Upper East Side Gem 83 1/2 Reopens as Italian Restaurant
When 83 1/2 opened last fall in the heart of Glenwood's Upper East Side territory, I was excited. With well-known Chef Ryan Skeen manning the burners–he of Allen and Delancey, Resto, and 5 & Diamond fame/notoriety, among others–and a modest, local-favorite sort of feel, it seemed like just the sort of place the neighborhood needs.
Gajyumaru Japanese and Sushi Restaurant; Upper East Side Neighborhood Gem
There are probably a hundred restaurants in this town that look exactly like Gajyumaru, especially, perhaps, on the avenues of the Upper East and Upper West Sides. You know the type of place: narrow, travel posters as decor, outdated color scheme, random menu, an overall feeling of fatigue.
P.J. Clarke’s vs Clarke’s Standard; May the Best Burger Win!
Ok, so it's a bit of a misnomer, "Old School vs. New Style", My name for the burger battle I embarked upon last week, where I pit NYC dinosaur P.J. Clarke's (the Third Avenue restaurant that's been around since 1884!) against the company's fast-food-ish offshoot Clarke's Standard, just opened on Lexington and 54th.
James Nares’ Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the most important unwritten rules of living in this magnificent, packed-like-sardines city is that, even in the most crowded of our public spaces (which is all of them), we don't intrude upon each other's privacy. We don't make eye contact for too long on the subway, or stare into each other's windows. For […]
Dulce Vida Cafe; Authentic Colombian Restaurant in New York City
Dulce Vida Cafe and Bakery, Lexington Avenue restaurant, is the type of place that you'd probably hurry past a hundred times without much more than a glance or two in the window. Inside, the mishmash of table-clothed dining to your right, huge food photos plastered to your left (are those coffee beans?), combined with the […]
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity at the Met: Tourist Bait or Worthy Exhibition?
It sounds almost comically desperate, the new Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity show at the Met, an exhibition dreamed up by the museum's marketing and accounting departments. Like uploading a video of "cats and giggling babies doing the Harlem Shake AND Gangham Style" onto You Tube in a guns-blazing attempt to go viral.
Pip’s Place; Gluten Free Bakery on the Upper East Side
It was 2006 when Erin McKenna opened up BabyCakes, slinging her amazing gluten-free (and vegan) baked goodies from a cute, tiny storefront on the Lower East Side. We first stumbled across BabyCakes about a year later, during intermission of a "Shakespeare In the Parking Lot" performance going on around the corner, and though we were […]
Making Room for Micro Apartments at the Museum of the City of NY
Sizes of the New York Micro Apartments can vary, but they usually fall anywhere between 250 and 325 square feet. They seem to be a sure-fire trend in NYC real estate in the coming years, and could even change the market here for good.
Build-Your-Own-Burger at Burger Bistro on the Upper East Side
In the summer of 2010, long-time buddies and restaurant veterans, John Agnello and Vincent Dardanell, opened their first Burger Bistro, on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. Their fully-customizable, build-your-own-burger concept quickly proved to be a hit.
Sinister Pop at the Whitney; Exploring the Dark Side of Pop Art
You can't help but feel a little wary of the Whitney's big holiday-season show, Sinister Pop. Not because it sounds too spooky or anything, but the exhibition definitely has the whiff of a shameless attendance-grab. After all, pop art is pretty much a sure thing at museums these days (witness the mobs at the Met […]
When 83 1/2 opened last fall in the heart of Glenwood's Upper East Side territory, I was excited. With well-known Chef Ryan Skeen manning the burners–he of Allen and Delancey, Resto, and 5 & Diamond fame/notoriety, among others–and a modest, local-favorite sort of feel, it seemed like just the sort of place the neighborhood needs.
Gajyumaru Japanese and Sushi Restaurant; Upper East Side Neighborhood Gem
There are probably a hundred restaurants in this town that look exactly like Gajyumaru, especially, perhaps, on the avenues of the Upper East and Upper West Sides. You know the type of place: narrow, travel posters as decor, outdated color scheme, random menu, an overall feeling of fatigue.
P.J. Clarke’s vs Clarke’s Standard; May the Best Burger Win!
Ok, so it's a bit of a misnomer, "Old School vs. New Style", My name for the burger battle I embarked upon last week, where I pit NYC dinosaur P.J. Clarke's (the Third Avenue restaurant that's been around since 1884!) against the company's fast-food-ish offshoot Clarke's Standard, just opened on Lexington and 54th.
James Nares’ Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the most important unwritten rules of living in this magnificent, packed-like-sardines city is that, even in the most crowded of our public spaces (which is all of them), we don't intrude upon each other's privacy. We don't make eye contact for too long on the subway, or stare into each other's windows. For […]
Dulce Vida Cafe; Authentic Colombian Restaurant in New York City
Dulce Vida Cafe and Bakery, Lexington Avenue restaurant, is the type of place that you'd probably hurry past a hundred times without much more than a glance or two in the window. Inside, the mishmash of table-clothed dining to your right, huge food photos plastered to your left (are those coffee beans?), combined with the […]
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity at the Met: Tourist Bait or Worthy Exhibition?
It sounds almost comically desperate, the new Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity show at the Met, an exhibition dreamed up by the museum's marketing and accounting departments. Like uploading a video of "cats and giggling babies doing the Harlem Shake AND Gangham Style" onto You Tube in a guns-blazing attempt to go viral.
Pip’s Place; Gluten Free Bakery on the Upper East Side
It was 2006 when Erin McKenna opened up BabyCakes, slinging her amazing gluten-free (and vegan) baked goodies from a cute, tiny storefront on the Lower East Side. We first stumbled across BabyCakes about a year later, during intermission of a "Shakespeare In the Parking Lot" performance going on around the corner, and though we were […]
Making Room for Micro Apartments at the Museum of the City of NY
Sizes of the New York Micro Apartments can vary, but they usually fall anywhere between 250 and 325 square feet. They seem to be a sure-fire trend in NYC real estate in the coming years, and could even change the market here for good.
Build-Your-Own-Burger at Burger Bistro on the Upper East Side
In the summer of 2010, long-time buddies and restaurant veterans, John Agnello and Vincent Dardanell, opened their first Burger Bistro, on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. Their fully-customizable, build-your-own-burger concept quickly proved to be a hit.
Sinister Pop at the Whitney; Exploring the Dark Side of Pop Art
You can't help but feel a little wary of the Whitney's big holiday-season show, Sinister Pop. Not because it sounds too spooky or anything, but the exhibition definitely has the whiff of a shameless attendance-grab. After all, pop art is pretty much a sure thing at museums these days (witness the mobs at the Met […]
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