Weekly Culinary Classes Kick Off at Whole Foods

The Columbus Square Whole Foods Market (Columbus and 97th) is holding a weekly series starting in January to help you put those healthy living resolutions in action.  Step out of your comfort zone and meet other like-minded shoppers while joining Beverly, the store’s innovative healthy eating educator, to learn how to make healthier food choices, [...]

Upper West Side Openings and Closings

The Yard, a wine bar/brunch/pizza spot, is now open.  The restaurant is a much-needed addition to the Trump development area… located on Freedom Place and 68th, it is one of the only eating-out options available in the vicinity, which houses a series of high-rise residential buildings and ABC studios.  The Yard opened around December 8th, [...]

Today: Christmas Shrimptacular at Whole Foods

Come to the Columbus Square Whole Foods Market (Columbus at 97th) today for the “Christmas Shrimptacular.”  Join Chef Juan Pablo from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm where shrimp will take center stage.  Taste some Shrimp Pancakes with Satsuma Relish while you strut down the red carpet, join a flash mob, and upload event photos at [...]

Upper West Side Openings

Graffit, the art-meets-food, Spanish-influenced spot at 69th between Broadway and Columbus, opens today.  The restaurant, which is headed up by Spanish-born chef Jesus Nunez, has been generating a lot of buzz for its forward-thinking food with artistic presentation (The New York Times declares, “Wylie Dufresne had better watch his back”).  Stop by and try dishes [...]

UWS Trader Joe’s Gets Slammed by Famed Food Critic

Racked reports that food critic Gael Greene doesn’t have much good to say about the new Upper West Side Trader Joe’s (Broadway at 72nd).  The critic, who has appeared as an eccentric judge on Top Chef and New York Magazine‘s former “Insatiable Critic,” sent a newsletter out this week detailing her opinion of the new [...]