Tag: food

A new cafe just opened last week on Amsterdam Avenue between 74th and 75th Street, and its sheer cuteness is kind of astonishing. From the stenciled letters on the awning, to the wallpaper made of old newspapers, to the exposed brick walls, to the fresh mozzarella balls and pans of ...

A quick reminder that the food fest "New Taste of the Upper West Side" is this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and there are still tickets available to many events, including a vegetarian extravaganza at Dovetail, a Comfort Food tasting smorgasbord, and the main event: the Best of the West tasting, ...

Well-known Irish chef Conrad Gallagher sent us a note about the concept behind The Purple Fig, his new restaurant on 72nd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue that opened in place of PD O'Hurley West End. "The idea for opening came from a friend of mine who had the ...

Sushi Hana, on Amsterdam Avenue between 82nd Street and 83rd Street, was closed this week by the Department of Health, for a variety of transgressions. The restaurant racked up 59 total points -- 28 and above tends to get you special scrutiny from health inspectors. The major violations (including evidence ...

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 ...

By Phil Vasquez I got a taste test today at Fratelli La Bufala, the Neapolitan pizza restaurant opening later this week on the corner of 76th Street and Broadway. In a word? Bellissimo! Or maybe Bravissimo! The pizza is as Neapolitan as Salvatore Magno, the man who makes it. It ...

A few weeks ago we brought you the news that a 24-hour cupcake ATM machine is coming to the Upper West Side. California-based Sprinkles Cupcakes is getting ready to install it in our neighborhood, but when it will be here and where exactly it will go are mysteries. The whole ...

West Side Rag columnist Malcolm Carter sent us this photo of the Ben & Jerry's on 104th Street and Broadway. As part of an annual tradition, the ice cream company is giving out free ice cream cones today until 8 p.m. The 104th Street store is the only one in ...

By Laura Weiss The newest Westside Market opened on Thursday on Broadway between 97th and 98th  Street, and Upper West Side food shoppers thronged the store for a first look at the produce, the prepared foods and the salad bar. The neighbors seemed mostly pleased, but being New Yorkers, they ...

March 29, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy and windy, High of 55 Degrees.

By Laura Weiss Just-opened Upper West Side food specialty shop Gastronomie 491 owner Nicole Ahronee says, “People are tired of going to Zabar’s,” and that they’re eager for an alternative to the 70-plus-year old food emporium. Gastronomie 491, an upscale eat-in and take-out place, is just a few short blocks away ...

Associated Supermarket, a big glassy market in the Columbus Square development on 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue that opened just a couple of years ago, appears to be closing soon. The store is already being cleared out, with many items being sold at discount prices, from 10% to 50% off. ...

By Kara Rota One could argue that Fine & Schapiro Kosher Restaurant & Delicatessen on West 72nd Street doesn’t fit neatly into the “Cheap Eats” category. One of the double-decker King Size Combination sandwiches will put you out between $15 to $20. But that wouldn’t be taking into account that ...

Gastronomie 491, the new food market and restaurant on Columbus between 83rd and 84th, opened today at 7 a.m. after offering some journalists, bloggers and friends a sneak preview last night. I got a chance to check it out and can't pretend to be fully objective: they fed me well ...

The Upper West Side is bursting with phenomenal grocery stores and markets. From Zabar's to Citarella to Fairway to Trader Joe's to Whole Foods (not to mention Westside Market, Gourmet Garage and dozens of smaller specialty shops like Barney Greengrass and Epicerie Boulud) we are never more than 10 blocks ...

Upper West Sider Kara Rota will be reviewing inexpensive local restaurants for the West Side Rag. This is her first review for the site. By Kara Rota While some of us were still in a mild daze from the lost hour of sleep last weekend, the perks of "springing forward" ...

By Kara Rota I was wandering around the 97th Street Whole Foods on Saturday, during my bimonthly pilgrimage for tofu spare ribs and nuts in bulk, when I came across an event: "The Crack Heard 'Round the World." Whole Foods stores globally cracked open 300 wheels of 24-month aged Parmigiano ...

This is the second article in a West Side Rag series about the most essential eateries on the Upper West Side. Spurred by the sudden closure of H&H Bagels last year, we asked ourselves the question: what other restaurants, markets, and bakeries are absolutely essential to the neighborhood? This is ...

Frank Bruni, the masterful New York Times food writer (and now columnist), recently shared his favorite local eating spots with

Irving Farm Coffee just hung a sign outside 224 West 79th Street alerting the neighborhood that a new coffee shop is about to open in the neighborhood. Irving Farm coffee gets roasted in Millerton, New York, 90 miles from the city. I've been to the location at 71 Irving Place, ...