Tag: restaurants

There's finally some action in the old Georgia's Cafe & Bakery space at 89th street and Broadway, which closed last year after a fire. A restaurant tentatively called Cibo e Vino is seeking a

The space at the corner of 102nd street and Broadway has been on an unlucky streak: First, Mama Mexico closed about a year ago, and now its replacement Maria Bonita has folded -- it "never caught on," said our tipster David. "We went a few times, most recently last weekend," ...

Birch Coffee has been planning to open a new cafe on Columbus Avenue between 96th and 97th streets for months now, but got delayed by "issues...completely out of our control." Well, those issues have clearly been solved, because Birch began serving coffee and pastries today, and the company posted the ...

This week, we have lots of Upper West Side opening, reopening and closing news to report.

The Village Voice trudged up to the Upper West Side to dine at some of our finer establishments over the past few months and put together a list of the spots they claim are the "10 best" in the neighborhood. The list may surprise you. The spots they chose range ...

After an education campaign on the Upper West Side last year, the Department of Transportation is set to begin enforcing rules for delivery bicyclists this month. The crackdown comes after years of complaints that delivery bicyclists -- many of whom are under pressure to make fast deliveries -- often flout ...

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

Simit & Smith, a small cafe, just opened at 124 West 72nd Street on Thursday night, selling simit, the pretzel-like pastries shown above, as well as coffee, tea and sandwiches. Simit comes in various flavors: original with sesame, whole wheat with sesame and whole grain. You can have it with ...

You read it here first: the Upper West Side is becoming a hotspot for good Chinese food again. Today, a restaurant called Legend opened on 109th near Broadway, in the former home of Rack & Soul. That, and the upcoming opening of Red Farm on 77th, is making mouths water ...

This fall has been filled with restaurant openings, and three more restaurants recently came across our radar.

Mamma's Famous Pizza and Burgers on Broadway between 85th and 86th Streets was closed by the health department because an inspector found a variety of critters hanging around that shouldn't have been there. Mamma's has had run-ins with the DOH before. In June, the restaurant netted a whopping violation score ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

Spring Natural Kitchen, a spinoff of longtime SoHo restaurant Spring Street Natural, just opened on Columbus Avenue between 82nd and 83rd Streets with a robust menu full of organic ingredients. While there are lots of options for vegetarians and vegans, including an enticing Moroccan stew, the menu is also filled ...

Has any Upper West Side restaurant ever had this kind of celebrity cred? Oprah's former personal chef is working with Lady Gaga's father to build a family-friendly Italian restaurant on 68th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West, and the new spot is generating all sorts of buzz. The ...

The Smith, an East Village restaurant that has another location in midtown, will open a big new restaurant at 1900 Broadway, the space vacated when Josephina and Sushi A Go-Go closed earlier this year. The Smith is known for relatively inexpensive American food, including big bacon cheeseburgers and pots full ...

As we scan the Upper West Side for signs of life, it's clear that the preppies are still alive and well, as J. Crew opened a new high-end men's shop in the Time Warner Center and Brooks Brothers is getting ready to open a new store on 87th. For those ...

November 17, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 48 Degrees.