The NY Post reports that some big-name restaurants have decided to take an “end-of-summer break,” if you will, by closing down for the month of August, with some staying closed well into September.  Along with well-known restaurants throughout the city, there are some notable spots on the Upper West Side that will close their [...]

With the economy having seen better days, many retail stores and restaurants have become understanding and began including “recession specials.”  High-end restaurant Picholine (64th between Broadway and Central Park West) is one of those restaurants, offering a special “Menu d’Economie.”  This restaurant, which, according to New York Magazine, “aspires to lofty heights, and reaches them,” [...]