Tag: food

Some new restaurants recently opened on the Upper West Side, or are close to opening.

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 ...

Upper West Siders have flocked to Grom, the Italian gelato shop on 76th and Broadway, for the past six years. The line was often out the door. But apparently it wasn't quite enough of a hot spot, because the gelato shop has closed. Grom was pricey, but was arguably worth ...

The Smith, an East Village hotspot, will open a new Upper West Side location this week, a rep for the restaurant tells us. The French brasserie-style restaurant replaces Sushi a Go Go and Josephina at 1900 Broadway near the corner of 63rd Street, and is likely to be a draw ...

It's Sunday afternoon. Sandy is looming. I haul out the flashlights and batteries, consider filling up the bathtub with water. I make a mad dash to Westside Market to get a bag of chocolate chips. If the electricity

Casa Pomona, the Spanish restaurant that's getting set to open at 507 Columbus Avenue (between 84th and 85th Streets next door to Kefi), will host a special dinner on Monday to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy. Casa Pomona, one of the 10 upcoming restaurants we highlighted in September, plans to ...

At the first sign of danger, Upper West Siders tend to go food shopping. But what do they buy? We took an informal survey.

Just three years ago, the Upper West Side had zero 7-Elevens. Pretty soon, it will have four. The Slurpee-slinger

Upper West Sider Steven Weisz was shopping at Zabar's the other day when he looked down at the bottom of a sign for garlic: it said "Product of China." He wrote to us: "Can you believe that from

The rat infestation on the Upper West Side has reached a new low point: the furry creatures have been sighted in Fairway's produce section! Fairway, on 74th and Broadway, is right in the midst of the rat triangle of death: it's two blocks

Locals have listed numerous reasons why they don't like a new homeless shelter that was installed in two buildings on West 95th Street last month. But some of the shelter residents are peeved too -- in part because they can't afford the food in the nearby stores. Casey Tolan, a ...

By Tracy Kaler As I walk South on Broadway, I always know how many blocks I have left until I reach Zabar’s without ever looking at a street sign. I see the crowds of pedestrians ahead, the commotion and energy as I approach the store, and when I reach West ...

Alouette, a French bistro on 97th Street and Broadway, will close its doors for good on August 30, because the owners couldn't keep up with high taxes and rent. The writing was on the wall last month, as the restaurant sold more than 880 Groupon discounts, selling $92 meals for ...

Tavern on the Green took its first step to becoming an actual restaurant once again, as the city chose a Philadelphia company to run the historic spot, it announced today. The Emerald Green Group and chef Katy Sparks are expected to open the restaurant in the fall of 2013. Sparks ...

Talé Thai, a restaurant that had been around for almost exactly one year on Amsterdam Columbus between 84th and 85th Street, has closed down. The restaurant apparently stopped serving around July 4, and the windows have now been papered over. It's unclear what caused the place to close -- the ...

For months, we have been hearing rumors that RedFarm, the hugely popular West Village Chinese food restaurant, is planning to open a new restaurant on the Upper West Side. And now we know exactly where the restaurant is planning to open

By Josh Goldblatt Don't let anyone tell you you can't get good fried chicken on the Upper West Side, at least if it's Father's Day.* This past weekend, Thomas Keller, better known in these parts for fancy French restaurants (Per Se), offered a fried chicken meal at Bouchon Bakery in ...

Family-friendly pizza spot Rigoletto Pizza on Columbus and 69th is moving to 141 72nd Street, where Buttercup Bake Shop recently closed. Rigoletto has been in that spot for 20 years. The move means that it will be harder to grab one of Rigoletto's heaping spinach and ricotta slices and then ...

Artisanal coffee roaster Irving Farm Cafe opened its first Upper West Side cafe today at 224 West 79th Street. The spacious cafe (1,300 square feet) can hold 74 people and will serve some very fancy-shmancy coffee indeed -- the Kalita Wave coffee drippers were imported from Japan and the espresso ...

Some of the finest food in the city filled a white tent at 76th Street and Columbus this weekend as Whole Foods presented "A New Taste of the Upper West Side," a two-night celebration of local restaurants and food culture. Celebrities like