Open and Shut: You Will Need Five Napkins for This One
by Avi - November 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm - - 2 Comments
This week’s edition of Open and Shut is particularly delicious, as Upper West Siders get ready for a much-heralded burger chain’s entrance. In other news, New Jersey is leaving the neighborhood, and we hardly got to know it! Read More / Comment »
Massive Winter Festival Hits the Upper West Side Monday
Lincoln Square hosts the 10th Annual Winter’s Eve on Monday, featuring musical performances, a tree lighting, Chinese lion dances, and other performances (there’s even a yoga performance at Pottery Barn on 67th and Broadway). Read More / Comment »
Tavern on the Green Needs a New Name. Vote for One Here.
The name Tavern on the Green is worth $19 million, according to the restaurant’s current owners. By the time the restaurant’s current bankruptcy is over, however, it could be worth about as much as the name “Enron”. Read More / Comment »
Upper West Side Gets Pumped Up for Thanksgiving
by Matthew Huisman
Thousands of residents flocked to West 77th Street to catch a sneak peek at balloons like Snoopy, Spiderman and Kermit the Frog on the evening before they fly in Read More / Comment »
A Gallery Like No Other
Photo Credit: Azriel James Relph
By Azriel James Relph
The ground floor of The Century, the double-towered art deco prewar classic at 25 Central Park West, is playing host to a troupe of young artists. Read More / Comment »
New Rules Confound, Delight Pedicab Drivers
Two months ago Burak Firik quit riding his pedicab. He returned to work Saturday, after new citywide regulations went into effect. (Photo Credit: Shane Dixon Kavanaugh)
By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
Burak Firik started riding a pedicab around Central Park two years ago to help pay for college. The money was good, he said. But it had its hazards. Read More / Comment »
Special Report: How Banks Took Over the West Side
by Avi - November 23, 2009 at 10:29 pm - - 6 Comments
By Victoria Finkle
There was a certain irony to the controversy that erupted in 2006 when Apple Bank decided to convert the top seven floors of its landmark building on 74th Street and Broadway into luxury Read More / Comment »
Macy’s Changes Thanksgiving Parade, Bypassing Broadway
For the first time in 83 years, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will not march down Broadway on its way to the flagship Macy’s store in Herald Square. The decision to change the parade route stemmed from Mayor Bloomberg’s Read More / Comment »
Fairway’s Butcher Demonstrates the Perfect Cut
By Laura B. Weiss
foodandthings
Are you a hacker or a slicer when it comes to carving up your Thanksgiving turkey? In my house Read More / Comment »
Brought to You By the Letter H
Earlier this week, the owner of H&H Bagels was indicted on charges of tax fraud.
Will the layer of cream cheese get thinner or will we have to pay more than $1.40 per bagel? Read More / Comment »
