Open and Shut: Truffles are the Gentrification Endgame

An entire store devoted to truffles is about to open on the corner of 60th Street and West End Avenue. Truffles! Pretty soon, even regular upper-middle-class people won’t be able to live here. Until then, here’s this week’s Open and Shut. Read More / Comment »

Wine Bar on 62nd Passes, But Lawyers are Circling

A proposal for a wine bar on the ground floor of 25 Central Park West made it through the gauntlet of the Community Board on Tuesday night, but lawyers hired to fight the bar have opened a new legal challenge that could sink the plan. Read More / Comment »

One Last Drink at O’Neals’ Before the Final Curtain

After 46 years in business, O’Neals’ closed its doors for good on Monday with a party open to the community. Longtime fans crowded the bar and the restaurant, watching the game and discussing old times. Read More / Comment »

City Wants to Put Booze Cart at Tavern on the Green

After plans for Tavern on the Green to reopen under new management fell through, the city has been preparing to turn the space into Read More / Comment »

Open and Shut: You Need the Right Assets for These Jeans

After tons of new steakhouses, burger joints and doughnut shops opened up on the Upper West Side in the past few months, some more healthy options are coming to the neighborhood. So try frozen Read More / Comment »

Is Trader Joe’s Behind Fairway Cafe’s Possible Demise?

Fairway Cafe fans were shocked when they heard in recent days that the cafe could shut down, but it was unclear exactly why it might close. A New York Times report, however, sheds some more light on the decision — and the possible culprit. Read More / Comment »

New FroYo Opening Up This Week on 82nd

We are living in the age of frozen creamy desserts, and the Upper West Side is getting a new frozen yogurt store this week. Read More / Comment »

Coming Soon to the UWS: A New Zen Palate

Zen Palate, the fusion vegetarian restaurant that used to have a location at 77th and Broadway, is opening a new restaurant at 239 West 105th near Broadway. Read More / Comment »

Wine Bar Proposal Passed Over Loud Opposition

A community board committee approved plans for a new wine bar on the corner of 62nd Street and Central Park West despite hours worth of loud objections from the people who live in the landmark building where it’s supposed to go. Read More / Comment »

FREE Italian Creme Brulee Donuts Thursday

Bomboloni pledged to give customers free donuts when it opened a few months ago, but never came through. Now they’re making amends, according to Eater. Read More / Comment »

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