Tag: food reviews

Food reviewers have regularly sneered at Upper West Side restaurants, because they don't serve the kind of cutting edge molecular gastronomy fusion la-di-da

Food reviewers don't tend to spend much time on the Upper West Side, so it's always nice to see local restaurants get some love.

Mama’s Too, a small pizza shop on Broadway at 106th Street, has joined the ranks of Levain Bakery on West 74th and Barney Greengrass on Amsterdam near 87th -- a New York

We've been hearing some early buzz on two new Upper West Side restaurants, and frankly they're making me hungry.

A couple of new Upper West Side restaurants were visited by food reviewers in the past week or so, and the results were quite mixed.

By Kara Rota Brunch on the Upper West Side is a beloved event, with touchstones like the ubiquitous strawberry butter found everywhere from Good Enough to Eat to Lansky's, or the smoked fish spread at Barney Greengrass. It's not hard to name a generous handful of

By Marisa Olsen Legend Bar & Restaurant in Chelsea, a cult favorite Sichuan restaurant, now has a new sister spot on the Upper West Side. Legend Upper West, located at 109 Street and Broadway, which opened its doors in early December. The word has definitely

By Josh Goldblatt As mentioned in my prior dispatch, there are not one, but two South Asian delis on Upper Columbus, between 106th and 107th Streets. Last time we took a look at Doaba Deli, the establishment run by a man from the Indian state of Punjab. In this episode, ...

New Yorkers tend to head to Flushing, Jackson Heights and the Lower East Side to discover food from the far reaches of the world. But don’t write off our little section of Manhattan, for there are treasures to be found. Welcome to UWS Food Adventures!

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 ...

By Kara Rota Shortly after moving to the Upper West, I had a truly memorable and truly exorbitant dinner at Sushi of Gari, one I enjoyed but probably won't repeat. I'm firmly of the belief that good, expensive sushi never beats out good, affordable sushi, and the UWS has plenty ...