Upper West Side Openings: Ousted Wine & Roses Founder Set To Open Dakota Bar

Jennifer Klein, one of the founding partners of popular Upper West Side bar Wine & Roses, is opening a new spot in the neighborhood.
There’s quite a back-story here if you’re not familiar with it — Lauren & Torrey covered it last year before my tenure at MUW began.
Klein, a former Jordache model, was ousted by her partners [...]

Upper West Side Week In Review: 8/15/11 - 8/21/11

A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week:

Homeless Man Found Squatting In Ann Curry’s Vacant UWS Townhouse
UWS Wine Bar “Wine & Roses” Served With Eviction Papers In NYS Civil Court
Upper West Side Photo Of The Day: Double Rainbow Over The Neighborhood
“Boarding School Bandit” Pleads Guilty To String Of Central Park [...]

Upper West Side Wine Bar “Wine & Roses” Served With Eviction Papers In New York State Civil Court

Popular Upper West Side wine bar Wine & Roses (286 Columbus, btw. 73rd/74th) is back in the news again, and it’s not good.
Last summer there was a messy split between the bar’s founders, and now there is word the bar has been served eviction papers in New York State Civil Court.

Drama Continues Around Wine & Roses

Wine and Roses, the wine bar on Columbus between 73rd and 74th, has seen its fair share of drama recently, and this week, its owners and investors are making headlines again.  After last week’s showdown which started in the bar’s investors forcibly removing owners Jennifer and Todd Klein and which ended in a Manhattan judge [...]

Court Victory for Wine and Roses Owners

Yesterday, we reported on the drama happening between owners and investors of the Upper West Side bar Wine and Roses (Columbus between 73rd and 74th).  Now, the New York Post reports that the owners received a victory in court on Wednesday when a judge ordered in favor of them over the investors.  The battle between [...]