Tag: openings

By Cheryl Wischhover Hey, Upper West Side jewelry buffs--good news for your necks, but potentially bad news for your checking account: jeweler Alexis Bittar is opening an outpost on Columbus Avenue. Alexis Bittar is a Brooklyn-born jeweler who made a splash in the fashion world with his kind of weird ...

A frozen yogurt shop, a second-hand clothing store and a new bakery have recently opened on the Upper West Side.

El Mitote, which replaced Rigoletto on 69th Street and Columbus Avenue, opened its doors today. The restaurant serves a full menu of Mexican food and drinks, including margaritas and beers. The menu has tortas, which are traditional Mexican sandwiches; molettes, which are open-faced sandwiches; salads; and side dishes like guacamole ...

Rookie USA, the (relatively) new kids' sporting goods store at 808 Columbus Avenue (99th), is holding its grand opening on Friday, and there's quite a celebrity guest list. Carmelo Anthony sounds like he will definitely be there, as will a hologram of Carmelo, but the rest of the list sounds...questionable. ...

Just in time for winter: frozen yogurt! Here are two spots that either just opened or are close to opening.

Numero 28 Cucina, a restaurant chain with locations in other parts of the city, just opened this weekend at 660 Amsterdam Avenue near 92nd Street. The restaurant is known for its pizza, but this location will have a wider array of entrees too from chef Philip Guardione, a native Sicilian ...

Not only are 10 new restaurants about to open on the Upper West Side. We also have some baked goods to look forward to.

Colorful cars driving around the Upper West Side handing out special fortune cookies with gift cards inside. A carnival with giant teddy bears, a live DJ, popcorn and

Numerous restaurants are getting set to open on the Upper West Side in the next few months. From Mexican to Indian to Italian to Spanish tapas, there are quite a few exciting spots ready to take your order. Check them out in the map above and read about them below: ...

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

The Upper West Side seemingly can't have enough yoga and workout clothes. After months of plywood, lululemon has finally opened its store on the corner of 75th Street and Broadway.  Lululemon already has an outpost on 64th and Broadway. And lululemon is also working to get the next generation hooked ...

Second Time Around, a chain of consignment shops that opened an Upper West Side location last year, is expanding again. The store plans to open a new 2,000-square-foot shop at 238 West 72nd Street by the end of the year, Crain's reported. That space used to house a stationary store, ...

Rookie USA, a sporting goods store for kids, opened its doors today at 808 Columbus Avenue (99th Street) in the Columbus Square development. The new 7,000-square foot store (plus 2,200-square-foot basement)  sells apparel and footwear from Nike, Converse, and Levi's. RookieUSA is a new brand and the Upper West Side ...

Some new restaurants are opening on the Upper West Side, and a few stores have recently closed. Thank you to everyone who

The OTB on the North side of 72nd Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues has been replaced by a business whose purpose couldn't be more different: an East Asian health and wellness shop that sells vitamins and offers hot stone treatments. A space that once held desperate souls praying for ...

KTCollection, a handmade jewelry business started by designer Katie Thompson, will  open its first New York store in September in the space at the corner of 75th and Columbus recently vacated by a Verizon dealer (at right). KTCollection has sold items at holiday fairs and other events in the past ...

DSW will swing open the doors to a big new shoe emporium in the old Filene's Basement space at 79th Street and Broadway on Saturday. "At over 26,000 square feet, the 79th & Broadway store boasts three floors of selling space, housing over 36,000 pairs of men's and women's shoes ...

Rookie USA, a new children's sporting goods and apparel chain, is opening a store at 808  Columbus Avenue (99th Street) in the Columbus Square complex this fall. The chain currently doesn't have any stores, but will be launching this fall in multiple locations, according to its website. "In the Fall ...

The corner spot on 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue that briefly held Burrata Bakery and Pizza Bar has been empty for well over a year. But a company has finally decided to open a new business there -- Drybar is expecting to sign a lease for the space this week, ...

For months, David Schatsky, the operator of a website called Stop Sugar & Plumm has lambasted the restaurant and candy store "Sugar & Plumm Purveyors of Yumm" slated to open on 78th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. He's called it "offensive," ridiculed its Macorons, and said it "degrades the character of ...