Come to the Columbus Square Whole Foods Market (Columbus near 97th) tonight or upcoming Fridays through April 8th to enjoy some jazz while you pick up your groceries.  The Jazz Legend Spring Series, a weekly series of performances honoring the great musicians that played at Mikell’s Jazz Club, the former resident of 97th and Columbus, [...]

Citarella (Broadway at 75th) has teamed up with City Harvest to help feed hungry men, women and children in New York City with a great limited-time campaign.  For the month of March, stop by one of the six Citarella locations and purchase a $2.99 Coconut Cupcake, baked fresh every day.  100% of the proceeds from [...]

Farmworkers rallied outside of the Upper West Side Trader Joe’s store (Broadway between 71st and 72nd) on Monday to demand better pay and fair treatment for tomato pickers, according to DNAinfo.  The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a workers’ rights group from Florida, organized the protest, gathering dozens of workers who shouted “si se puede” (“yes, [...]

Now that a slew of big-name chains have settled into Columbus Square, the large development surrounding Columbus between 97th and 100th, the realty group who is filling retail space is looking to community businesses.  Winick Realty Group sent out a press release this week announcing their search for smaller retailers to fill the remaining spaces, [...]

DNAinfo reports that Fairway, the UWS grocery staple on Broadway and 74th, has taken action to reduce its noise and traffic congestion in the neighborhood.  The store, which also has locations in Red Hook, Harlem, and outside of the city, reportedly opened a 15,000-square-foot warehouse in early December to centralize deliveries.  The UWS store will [...]