Judge: Tavern on The Green Can Keep its Name
A battle over the rights to the name “Tavern on the Green” ended Wednesday with the city coming out victorious, the Associated Press reported. Tavern on the Green’s former owners had argued they owned the rights to the name, supposedly worth $19 million. Selling the name could have helped the Leroy family pay off creditors and emerge from bankruptcy. Read More / Comment »
200 West Ready to Open. An Underground Trader Joe’s?
200 West, the new building at the corner of 72nd Street and Broadway, is preparing to officially open on Monday, and it has fully launched a website to advertise the luxury apartments it’s hoping to rent out. Read More / Comment »
Central Park to Get Fresh Fruit Carts
Put down that hot dog! It’s time to get healthy. Central Park will soon allow fruit vendors to roll their carts into Central Park, offering New Yorkers some healthy fare along with the “meat” and ice cream Read More / Comment »
Finally! Bomboloni to Open! Free Donuts Coming!
Forgive the exclamation points, but free donuts tend to make us very, very happy! Bomboloni, the Italian donut shop at 187 Columbus Avenue (between 68th and 69th Streets), owned by restaurateur David Ruggerio Read More / Comment »
Magnolia Bakery Owner Calls Community Board “Tone Deaf”
Steve Abrams, a partner in Magnolia Bakery lashed out at Community Board 7 this week, telling NBC.com’s Feast blog that the board “no longer represents the community.” Read More / Comment »
Overruled! Brewer Won’t Block Magnolia’s Sidewalk Cafe
Magnolia Bakery fans can take a deep breath. Although the famous cupcake shop at 69th Street and Columbus Avenue lost a community board vote to keep its sidewalk cafe a few weeks ago Read More / Comment »
Trader Joe’s Expected to Open Late September/Early October
Trader Joe’s has been incredibly hush-hush about its plans to open a new store at 200 West 72nd Street on Broadway. At first, it wouldn’t even confirm that it planned to open a store at all, and since then the company has refused Read More / Comment »
Open and Shut: New Sushi, Fancy Clothing, and Drugs
by Avi - March 1, 2010 at 1:53 am - - 2 Comments
This week’s Open and Shut reminds us of the movie Wall Street: sushi, $4,000 Shearling coats, and drugs. Okay, maybe it isn’t quite that exciting, but there are certainly some new stores and a few that have closed. Read More / Comment »
UWS Greenmarket Expands; New Farmers Moving In
By Laura Weiss
foodandthings
Just in time for spring—will it ever come?!—the Sunday greenmarket at 77th Street and Columbus Avenue is growing, adding new farmers and more space. Read More / Comment »
Get a Free Italian Ice on 93rd Street Through Saturday!
Rita’s Italian Ice, the Italian Ice chain that just opened on Broadway between 92nd and 93rd Streets on Valentine’s Day, is offering free Italian Ices to kick things off. Any regular size ice is free through Saturday, so run over there and get some! (This deal was reported earlier by MyUpperWest and Serious Eats)
