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Demetrios Imirziades, a Greek immigrant known as Big Nick who created restaurants that served Upper West Siders for more than five decades, died in his native Greece

Demetris Raptis and Yannis Botsis, the new owners of BIG NICK’S at 70 West 71st Street, between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West

Restaurants have closed, but a children's store just expanded and a new blow-dry spot is open for business.

Where once the legendary Big Nick's stood, you can now buy cronut knockoffs for $5 a pop. Mille-Feuille Bakery Cafe opened on Broadway

We've written so many stories in the past year, it's hard to pick the most significant ones. From food, to real estate, to crime, to politics, to roach invasions,

The former location of Big Nick's will become a French bakery next year, when New York bakery chain Mille-Feuille moves into 700 square feet

Big Nick, meet Big Croissant. Big Nick's Burger and Pizza Joint will be replaced by a pastry shop, according to a consultant for the Hotel Belleclaire who presented plans

Remember that rumor that Big Nick's Burger & Pizza Joint was going to become a bank? Looks like it was wrong.

Big Nick's Burger & Pizza Joint closed on Sunday, July 28 (or to be precise Monday at 4 a.m.) and left about a million memories behind. We've collected a few of

Big Nick's Burger & Pizza Joint has been in limbo for months, as its landlord has said he will hike the restaurant's rent by about $20,000 a month, but hasn't done so yet. The beloved 51-year-old restaurant is still hanging on, but not by much. And Big Nick himself is ...

Save Big Nick's! We've heard those words again and again in the past couple of weeks since we reported that the 50-year-old neighborhood staple Big Nick's Burger & Pizza Joint on 77th and Broadway is likely to close. Owner Nick Imirziades, however, doesn't seem interested in a neighborhood campaign to ...

Big Nick's is in big trouble. The restaurant on 77th Street and Broadway may have to shut down after serving Upper West Siders sloppy delicious food for more than 50 years, because of a rent hike that will make its annual rent cost more than $700,000. Big Nick himself broke ...

By Tracy Kaler Thousands of restaurants have come and gone on the Upper West Side in the past fifty years since Big Nick's first opened its doors. But few have won their way into the hearts of locals like the little greasy spoon on Broadway and 76th Street. This past ...

Big Nick's is drawing an amazing crowd this afternoon as the restaurant celebrates its 50th anniversary by rolling back prices on some food to 1962 prices. That means burgers are 60 cents, french fries are 30 cents and grilled cheese sandwiches are 50 cents. The deal has brought out droves ...

Upper West Side stalwart Big Nick's Burger Joint is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Wednesday with a downright stunning deal: the place is rolling back prices to 1962 levels! That means fried egg sandwiches are 35 cents, quarter-pound beefburgers are 60 cents, and cheeseburgers are 70 cents. A mug of ...