If you’ve been meaning to check out any of the more than two dozen Upper West Side restaurants participating in Winter Restaurant Week, now is the time. The bi-annual event offering discounted eats at well known restaurants enters its final week today, with the deals ending on Friday (2/8). Here’s the complete list of participating [...]

Mentioned last Monday that reservations were being taken for 2013 Winter Restaurant Week. Just a quick reminder that the actual eating begins today.

It’s that time of year again… Winter Restaurant Week is just around the corner (January 14 – February 8th), and once again there are plenty of  Upper West Side options for you to sample the goods at. Unless otherwise noted, the restaurants listed below are offering their Restaurant Week menus for both lunch ($25) and [...]

Mentioned last Monday that reservations were being taken for 2012 Summer Restaurant Week. Just a reminder that the actual eating begins today.

It’s that time of year again… Summer Restaurant Week is just around the corner (July 16 – August 10) and reservations are officially open as of today. Once again there are plenty of  Upper West Side options for you to sample the goods at.

It’s that time of year again… Winter Restaurant Week is just around the corner (January 16 – February 10th), and once again there are plenty of  Upper West Side options for you to sample the goods at. Unless otherwise noted, the restaurants listed below are offering their Restaurant Week menus for both lunch ($24.07) and [...]

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Upper West Side restaurant Fishtag (229 W. 79th, between Broadway & Amsterdam) seems to be a very polarizing place. NYT’s Sam Sifton gave it a zero-star review in March, prompting a defensive rebuttal from the publisher of Saveur. EatBigApple.com had nice things to say about it in June and Yelpers are pretty positive on the [...]

When NYT restaurant critic Sam Sifton posted his zero-star review of Fishtag (222 W. 79th) in March there was some debate over whether or not he was too harsh.

Interesting twist on the typical “Opening/Closing” routine… NYT Diner’s Journal reports restauranteur Jeremy Wladis will be closing Campo (2888 Broadway, at 112th) after dinner on Sunday and reopen it as Il Cibreo, a “rustic Italian trattoria” on Wednesday. He’s tapped perennially transit chef Ryan Skeen as the consulting chef on the project. Skeen was most [...]

Eater and GrubStreet are both reporting a change in the kitchen at FishTag (222 West 79th) — chef Ryan Skeen is longer working there. The kitchen will now be overseen by chef/owner Michael Psilakis and newly promoted sous chef Stan Matusevich. FishTag received a harsh zero-star from NYT critic Sam Sifton in March, prompting a [...]

After The New York Times‘ Sam Sifton published a harsh, zero-star review of the newly-opened Michael Psilakis restaurant FishTag (79th between Broadway and Amsterdam), surprising many after a series of glowing reviews, one foodie came rushing to defend the newest Psilakis creation.  Merri Lee Kingsly, publisher of Saveur, was so irritated with Sifton’s negative review [...]