The much-buzzed about Columbus Square (808 Columbus, between 97th and 100th) retail and residential development has seen parts gradually open recently, from the apartments to the Whole Foods Market, and now arts and crafts store Michaels is ready to open!  Although the store has already had a soft open according to The Shophound, the grand [...]

In UWS restaurant opening news, a new burger joint is slated to open late this year at Broadway and 91st.  Big Daddy’s Restaurant, a 50’s-style diner serving up greasy yet tasty burgers, fries, shakes, and dinner fare with locations in Gramercy Park and the Upper East Side, announces a late 2009 opening of the Upper [...]

Lincoln Center’s Harmony Atrium (Broadway between 62nd and 63rd) renovations continue, with the slated November reopening seemingly on schedule.  We gave you some sneak peeks of the progress in July and September; here is a more recent photo of the current Harmony Atrium.  Construction crews continue to stay hard at work to get the future [...]

After Center Cut, the steakhouse on the ground floor of the Empire Hotel (63rd and Broadway), closed in mid-August, owner Jeffrey Chodorow’s team quickly got to work on a restaurant makeover.  The result, Ed’s Chowder House, opens today.  The new restaurant is headed up by Ed Brown, the chef responsible for Michelin-starred restaurant Eighty One [...]