Upper West Side Dining Deals & Discounts For Fashion Week Start Tomorrow

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is returning to the Upper West Side tomorrow, running through 2/16.
The celebrate, the Lincoln Center Business Improvement District is once again organizing “Fashion Place Prix Fixe.”
Just like last fall, 25 restaurants located in and around Lincoln Center are participating with a variety of dining discounts.

NYC Aims To Reopen Iconic Tavern On The Green By 2013; Big-Name Restauranteurs Getting Ready To Bid

It’s been more than two years since the iconic Tavern On The Green restaurant in Central Park served its last meal.
Central Park Boathouse restauranteur Dean Poll was supposed to take over TOTG, but that deal fell through in the spring of 2010 and the landmark restaurant has been languishing as a snack bar/gift shop/visitors center [...]

Upper West Side Openings & Closings: Candle Cafe West, Trattoria di Vino, Chase, Oz Moving & Storage

Looks like 2427 Broadway (between 89th & 90th) is turning over again.
In 2009, Accademia di Vino moved in to what had previously been home to Dock’s Oyster Bar, and eventually that transformed into Trattoria di Vino.
TDV recently closed to make way for yet another new restaurant: Candle Cafe West — an offshoot of the popular [...]

NY Post Restaurant Critic Takes Huge Shit On UWS Newcomer Joanne (Lady Gaga’s Papa’s Place)

There are positive restaurant reviews, there are negative restaurant reviews, and then there are reviews like the one Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post wrote yesterday about Joanne (70 W. 68th), the highly-anticipated restaurant venture from Lady Gaga’s dad (aka Joe Germanotta) and celebrity chef Art Smith that opened on Wednesday (previous coverage here, [...]

Upper West Side Openings: Westside Market, Slightly Oliver

Posted in December (here & here) that the Subway Sandwich shop at 2595 Broadway (between 97th & 98th) closed rather suddenly with no explanation.
Looks like they were bought out by the Westside Market slated to open next door at 2589 Broadway.