Where the Chicken and Crispy Bits Snag the Spotlight
Sempre Oggi in NYC is a new Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side with a vegetable-focused menu and a design inspired by Italy's Gio Ponti. [ more ]
Monday Bulletin: Controversial UWS Townhouse Hits Market For $85M; Brewer's Battle with Zaza Waza; Pushing Back Against the Mayor's New Request Forms; Boathouse Restaurant Fails NY Post Review
A luxury townhouse on the Upper West Side hit the market for $85 million, causing controversy over construction noise and property transformation. [ more ]
Stroll through thousands of beautiful tulips at this secret garden in Manhattan
Experience a springtime oasis on the Upper West Side with thousands of colorful tulips and other spring scenes at the West Side Community Garden.
The Tulip Festival at the garden is free to visit daily from dawn til dusk through early May, showcasing various tulip varieties and other spring flowers. [ more ]
Lee Child (James Dover Grant) purchased a townhouse on the Upper West Side for $17 million, previously owned by Kurt Roeloffs and wife who extensively renovated it.
The 1889 landmarked brownstone features a LEED-certified passive house design with sustainable features, a 500-bottle wine cellar, outdoor fireplace, and more amenities. [ more ]
Monday Bulletin: UWS Pizzeria Named One of NYC's Best; Second Shuttered by Health Department; Loan Secured to Construct 18-Story Building on West 84th Street; UWS Schools Fight for Space
Mama's Too! pizzeria at Upper West Side named among the best in NYC by Eater NY.
Marinara Pizza at Upper West Side faced shutdown by the Health Department due to violations. [ more ]
The first apartment featured is a two-bedroom, two-bath unit with modern finishes, keyless entry, and a garbage disposal in the kitchen. The building amenities include a doorman, courtyard, roof deck, and gym.
The second apartment featured is a two-bedroom, two-bath unit with city views, updated in 2021, and Venetian plaster walls and ceilings. The building offers a gym, shared laundry, and a private parking garage. [ more ]
Monday Bulletin: Bald Eagle Back in Central Park; UWS Sidewalk Sheds Among Manhattan's Oldest; Fordham's Unique New President; 2 UWS Eateries Named James Beard Semifinalists
Bald eagle Rover was spotted in Central Park after two years
Two Upper West Side sidewalk sheds named among oldest in Manhattan [ more ]
Where to Find Free and Affordable Yoga on the Upper West Side
There are hidden yoga gems in the Upper West Side of New York City, including free and donation-based classes at unexpected locations like churches, parks, and libraries.
The teachers of these classes are usually Upper West Siders looking to give back to the community and offer their skills without a financial barrier. [ more ]
Jay-Z and Beyonce hung out at this NYC home that now asks $5.99M for sale
Norton Cher is listing his former apartment, where he worked with Jay-Z and Beyoncé to create Rocawear, for $5.99 million or as a $19,990-a-month rental.
The apartment is located on the Upper West Side and offers river views, a great room with large picture windows, a chef's kitchen, and a corner suite with floor-to-ceiling windows and a custom home office. [ more ]
New York City is full of restaurants that deliver the unexpected.A nearly 80-year-old Jewish deli run by a Yemeni family, scallion pancake burritos lowered from someone's fire escape by bucket, bagels to rival New York's delivered from Connecticut.After all, isn't that why we live here?The ever-present possibility that something exciting could be right around the corner.
Team Behind Manhattan Hits Acme and Le Dive Opening a New French Restaurant
The team responsible for some of Manhattan's trendiest restaurants and bars has another project in the works.Jon Neidich, the restaurateur behind Noho bar Acme and Dimes Square hangout Le Dive, is opening a French restaurant in Greenwich Village at 260 Sixth Avenue, between West Houston and Bleecker streets, What Now NY reports.
I'm Ready for Deliveries at My Door Again, but My Building Still Says No
Q: I live in an Upper West Side co-op building with about 80 apartments and a 24-hour doorman.During the pandemic, our building restricted takeout food deliveries, holding them at the front desk for residents to fetch themselves, rather than letting the delivery workers bring them to our doors.While other buildings have reversed similar policies, my building's board has refused to restore door-to-door delivery, only saying some residents do not like the service.
This New Manhattan Ghost Kitchen Will Have Di Fara Pizza and a Steak Spot From Bobby Flay
Marc Lore, the billionaire founder behind online e-commerce sites diaper.comand jet.com, is bringing a new ghost kitchen to the Upper West Side on Thursday.Wonder, at 2030 Broadway, between West 69th and 70th streets, will open with 10 restaurants available for takeout and delivery, including Di Fara Pizza, Bobby Flay Steak, and Brooklyn ramen shop Chuko, the New York Post reports.
Jollibee's New York Takeover Continues With New Queens Location
Jollibee, the Filipino fast-food chain with a cult following in the United States, will open its next location in Elmhurst, Queens.The chain has signed a lease at 91-19 Queens Boulevard in Flushing, across from the Queens Center Mall, the website Secret NYC reports.It's Jollibee's fifth location in the city, following the opening of its flagship outpost at 1500 Broadway, between West 43rd and 44th streets, in Times Square last year.
Monday Bulletin: John and Yoko Atop Charts as Anniversary of his Death Passes; Shuttered Prison Near Central Park to Become Affordable Housing; UWS Landlord Sues Over Food-Truck Gripe; Mayor Eric Adams Polls Record-Low Approval Rating
NYC Hotel Week offers deals on Upper West Side hotels from January 3 to February 4, with savings of 24%.
John Lennon's song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" has reappeared on Billboard's top-10 rock-streaming songs list. [ more ]
Sales Begin for Upper West Side Condominiums at The Rockwell
The Rockwell, rising at the corner of 103rd Street and Broadway, is named for the block where the iconic American artist Norman Rockwell was born in 1894.He would have appreciated the visual appeal of the prewar neighborhood and nearby Riverside Park.Designed by Hill West, with interiors by Whitehall, The Rockwell offers 81 one- to three-bedroom condominiums.
Filthy bigot on Upper West Side spreads his feces on Pride flags in hate crime | amNewYork
By Robert Pozarycki Posted on April 29, 2023 The suspect who smeared feces onto Pride flags on the Upper West Side on April 15, 2023 Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Police on the Upper West Side need the public's help in finding the disgusting deviant who spread his own feces on Pride flags earlier this month.
Creep wanted for Upper West Side rape: cops | amNewYork
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Cops are looking for the creep who raped a woman on the Upper West Side over the weekend.According to police, at around 1:20 a.m. on March 4, a man followed a woman into a building near West End Avenue and West 65th Street.
Sunny Jain's Symphony Space residency, inspired by westerns, psychedelics, and more, to begin Jan. 24 * Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn-based bandleader, composer, drummer, and dhol player Sunny Jain - better known as the founder of the bhangra band Red Baraat - will perform three distinct shows in his residency at the Symphony Space on the Upper West Side starting at the end of this month.The New York City cultural institution will host Jain, the leading voice of the burgeoning movement of South Asian-American jazz musicians, between January 28th and February 9th.
Attempted Rape Of 18-Year-Old Happens On Upper West Side Train: Police
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY - A man exposed himself and tried to pull an 18-year-old woman's pants down on an Upper West Side train, police said.The woman got on a "2" train about 10 p.m. on Sunday at 125th Street, where she was followed by an unknown man, police said.The man then exposed himself and tried to grab her pants as the train pulled into the 72nd Street station, police said.
Sartiano's Replaces Mercer Kitchen, in the Mercer Hotel
The owners of the Mercer Hotel, which survived the evolution of SoHo from manufacturing lofts to mainstream retail and dining, have pushed the refresh button.Its Mercer Kitchen is now this spot, in the hands of Scott Sartiano, a hospitality entrepreneur best known for top-shelf places like Zero Bond.
A Musical Walk With Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and Papageno
Good morning.It's Friday.We'll go on a walk something you probably shouldn't do today, but reading about it might take your mind off the smoke from the Canadian wildfires.We'll also find out when the air quality in New York will improve.Image Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times Thomas Oliemans is a newcomer who navigates New York like a native.
Francoise Gilot, the famed artist who loved and then left Picasso, is dead at 101
Artist Francoise Gilot appears during an interview with Reginald Bosanquet in London on March 3, 1965, in connection with the publication of her book, My Life With Picasso.Bob Dear/AP NEW YORK Francoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso and for leaving him died Tuesday in New York City, where she had lived for decades.
A Tony Nominee Shows Off Her Snug Upper West Side Rental
Bonnie Milligan, an actress known for her vocal range and belting voice, shares a snug rental on the Upper West Side with a college friend who is also a performer.Ms. Milligan's bedroom is sufficiently small that she has to leave to change her mind.The kitchen and living room are pretty much one and the same space.
Nicholas Gray, Founder of NYC Hot Dog Institution Gray's Papaya, Dies at 86
1. Nicholas Gray, the founder of Grays Papaya, passed away at the age of 86. 2. Gray opened the first Grays Papaya location in 1972 on the Upper West Side, quickly becoming a New York City staple. 3. Gray's legacy lives on in the form
Nicholas Gray, 86, Dies; Paired Hot Dogs With Papaya to Make a Landmark
Nicholas Gray, the founder of Gray's Papaya, a storefront hot-dog stand whose culinary eccentricity, competitive prices, clever sloganeering and apparent immutability earned the affection of New Yorkers young and old, rich and poor, died on Friday at a hospital in Manhattan.He was 86.The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, his daughter Natasha Gray said.
Lincoln Center, Seeking New Audiences, Plans to Remake Its West Edge
Lincoln Center welcomes visitors at its main entrance facing Broadway with an elegant plaza, a majestic fountain and an array of travertine concert halls and theaters.But the view from the center's western edge, along Amsterdam Avenue, is far less convivial: An imposing wall stretches across several blocks, giving the feel of a fortress.
Lilia Co-Owner Is Opening a Pizzeria in the Hamptons
1. Fini Pizza will be opening a new location in Amagansett, Long Island in summer 2023. 2. Fini Pizza will feature indoor and outdoor seating, wood-fired pizza and a variety of Italian dishes. 3. Fini Pizza is aiming to create a welcoming
Roman and Kendall Roy's Succession' Pads Hit the Market for Real
If Roman Roy were a real person, he wouldn't live on the Upper West Side.So said a real-life real estate broker recently.Yet, Roman's apartment during the fourth season of Succession, the hit HBO show about a trio of mega-rich siblings vying for control of their father's media empire, is actually a penthouse at 200 Amsterdam Avenue, with panoramic city views.
Find Soft and Squishy Banh Mi at This Vietnamese Restaurant Hiding in a Bar Basement
New York's Vietnamese foodscene is still relatively young compared to places like Orange County, California, and Houston, Texas.As recently as a decade ago, many of the city's Vietnamese restaurants were found in Chinatown and run by Hoa, ethnic Chinese immigrants who were born and raised in Vietnam.
How the Head of a Shelter for Young L.G.B.T.Q. Adults Spends Sundays
Wendy Kaplan is the director of Trinity Place Shelter, which houses up to 10 young people at any given time most of them transgender men and women of color and steers them toward permanent housing, as well as professional or educational goals they set for themselves.The shelter, an independent nonprofit, was originally a pilot project of Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, and still occupies its basement on the Upper West Side.
On Thanksgiving morning, our dog, Sherlock, ate his usual breakfast and went for his usual walk, on which he performed his usual bodily functions before returning to his usual spot on his (that is, our) bed.Something's wrong with Sherlock, my son announced an hour later, after which the dog bolted into the room and began to jerk uncontrollably.
Casa Lever, in the Lever House on Park Avenue, Gets a Refresh
The eye-catching collection of Andy Warhol portraits are gone.The walls of Casa Lever, the elegant Milanese-style Italian restaurant that just reopened after months of renovation in the landmark Lever House on Park Avenue, will now display two colorful Damien Hirst paintings, Summer of Love and Love and Hate.
Gay writer Paul Rudnick won't let the book banners bring him down
In his epic new romance, Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style, author Paul Rudnick celebrates a pair of 18-year-olds falling in love at Yale University and follows them across an arc of gay history from New York to Hollywood to Paris and beyond.Like all the writer's work, it's non-stop incisive and insightful, and a rare combination of achingly funny and achingly tender.
17 lives lost: London exhibition turns lens on state-related deaths
On a wall in a back room of the gallery, next to a window, is a photograph of a basketball stuck between the hoop and the backboard, forever up in the air.A game prematurely cut short.Across in the adjoining room is an image of a dressing gown, slippers and shoes, along with a slinky toy, sleepily shed on the way up the stairs to bed.
A musician playing on an L train passing under the East River.A delicately wrapped bouquet of roses left behind on a seat.Couples sneaking hugs on the platform.On the Saturday night before Valentine's Day, there were signs of romance and friendship on the subway.Here's what some New Yorkers (and one couple from New Jersey) in transit had to say.
A Pigeon Was Dyed. Then It Died. Now the Police Are Investigating.
The New York City Police Department's Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad said Thursday it was investigating how a white king pigeon, nicknamed Flamingo, ended up dyed completely pink before being found by rescuers.The bird, which was taken to a wildlife rehabilitation organization last week, died earlier this week.
Reading Between the Lines and Talking to People in Them, Too
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.What is worth standing outside in the cold on Christmas Day?That question came up while I was having brunch with my family at Lafayette Grand Cafe & Bakery in Manhattan and noticed a line forming outside the window of the restaurant.
I Was Walking on Columbus Avenue on a Cold Afternoon'
Dear Diary: I was walking on Columbus Avenue on a cold afternoon when I suddenly had a strong desire for an ice cream cone.As if in answer to my thought, a lovely ice cream shop appeared almost immediately.I went in and ordered a double.When it came time to pay, I realized I had only a $20 bill.When I offered it, the young clerk told me he had no change.
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Manhattan Restaurant Accused of Serving Rat Soup Closed by Health Department
Gammeeok, a Koreatown restaurant that was sued this week for allegedly serving two customers a rat carcass in their soup, was closed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following an inspection on Wednesday, TMZ reports.Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, tells the publication: "No New York City restaurant is authorized to have mice or rats on the menu and we are investigating further."
Suddenly, It Appeared as Though the Bus Was Going to Be Able to Move'
Dear Diary: I was on my way home on a downtown M15 at around 9 p.m. on a Tuesday when the bus stopped abruptly near the entrance to the Midtown Tunnel.Road work.They didn't tell me about this, the driver said.Oh, lord.I don't know how you do this, I said.She smiled.She explained while we waited that she couldn't let me off because we had just pulled away from a stop and it would be too dangerous.
Afternoon sunbeams stretched across the vast floor inside a palazzo that occupies an entire New York City block.A clock without hands overlooked the empty drill hall, time forever suspended.It was a rare moment of stillness for the 142-year-old Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, also known as the Park Avenue Armory.
Amy Schumer Sells a Spacious Penthouse on the Upper West Side
The comedian Amy Schumer has finally closed on the sale of her Upper West Side apartment, a sprawling, glass-enclosed penthouse with wraparound terraces and an expansive rooftop deck overlooking the Hudson River.The buyer of the unit, perched atop 190 Riverside Drive, at West 91st Street, is the award-winning composer and lyricist Benj Pasek.
Upper West Side high schoolers protest DOE's plans to relocate their school to East Harlem | amNewYork
A number of students, families, and community members are calling on the Department of Education to abandon its plans to relocate a high school that is currently located on the Upper West Side to East Harlem.The students, along with teachers and school staff, held a protest outside of Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School on Wednesday in an attempt to thwart the DOE's plans to swap West Side High with The Young Women's Leadership School, which is located at the site that West Site High would move into.
Uptown Manhattan student group holds rally after boy with autism is attacked and beaten near their school | amNewYork
Three students from the High School for Media and Communications, who became frustrated with watching crime and racism from the sidelines, recently decided to form a new social justice organization to respond to racism and violence in uptown Manhattan schools.Uptown Youth Power, which they named their group, held its first rally in Washington Heights this past Saturday, March 18.
How a Fashion and Culture Editor Spends Her Sundays
I always knew that I wanted to write about fashion, said Aria Hughes, the editorial creative director of Complex, a global youth entertainment network that covers pop culture, style, food, music, sneakers and sports.Case in point: When she visited her parents in Virginia recently, she discovered a mock-up of a magazine page layout she'd made when she was about 12, she said, that was basically how hip-hop artists love Chanel.
Two of the Biggest Names in NYC Slice Shops Are Opening West Village Pizzerias
It's always the summer of the slice here in New York City, but in the West Village, it's looking especially so.Mama's Too and L'Industrie, two of the biggest names in NYC slice shops, are heading for the West Village this year.Mama's Too owner Frank Tuttolomondo says his pizzeria will launch at 323-325 Bleecker, near Christopher Street, while L'Industrie's Massimo Laveglia says he'd prefer to remain tight-lipped about his address, but that its "very, very close" to Mama's Too West Village.
Several festive new holiday drinks, suitable for year-end reveling, have been created by Nolet's, a gin company that was founded in 1691 in Schiedam, the Netherlands, and is still family-owned.The cocktails are notable for the simplicity of their ingredients no need to concoct arcane herbal mixtures, and the like.
Kebab aur Sharab, Celebrating Indian Food, Opens on the Upper West Side
Until now, the chef and restaurateur Salil Mehta's focus has been Southeast Asia.Laut, his showcase for Malaysian food, was awarded a Michelin star.He has interpreted Singaporean food and drinks at Laut Singapura, Chard (now closed) and Singlish near Union Square, and provided tastes of Indonesia and Malaysia at Wau on the Upper West Side.
A Korean Steakhouse Is Opening in the Theater District From Mari's Sungchul Shim
Chef Sungchul Shim of Hell's Kitchen's Kochi and Mari, both Michelin-starred, posted on Instagram that he has signed a lease to open GUI, a steakhouse and Korean grill in late 2023 or early 2024 in what had been a Staples at 776 Eighth Avenue between 47th and 48th streets.W42ST reports the restaurant will include the manager of Kochi, Jooyoung Yang; chef Byeongseok Lee, and sommelier Robert Longo.
For Newly Arrived New Yorkers, a Chance to Celebrate
Margo Tipan fed a plate of beans and arepas to her 8-year-old daughter, Genesis, on Christmas Day, a respite after a long and challenging month.This is the first time we have celebrated anything since arriving in this country, Ms. Tipan said.They came to New York City just a few weeks ago from Ecuador.