Wrote back in October about Park West, a bistro from the owner of neighborhood stalwart Pomodoro that was slated for 103 W. 70th (between Amsterdam & Columbus). Six months later, it’s finally here — the bar/restaurant opened its doors on Saturday night.

It’s been 14 months since the bizarre saga/debacle that led to the closing of The Blue Donkey Bar. 487 Amsterdam (between 83rd & 84th) has been vacant since then, but a new restaurant is getting ready to open in the space.

Posted last month that upscale consignment shop Second Time Around was working on a second UWS location at 238 W. 72nd (between Broadway & West End). Word at that time was the store wouldn’t be opening until “sometime in November,” but it looks like that was a conservative estimate — the store opened for business [...]

You never know what, or whom, you’ll see while strolling down the streets of the Upper West Side and NYC. If you were on Columbus Avenue between 70th & 71st around noon on Friday, you could have spotted music legend Jon Bon Jovi hanging out at neighborhood fixture Pomodoro.

UPDATE 5/21: Pomodoro has reopened Looks like neighborhood standby Pomodoro (229 Columbus, btw. 70/71) is the latest victim of the Health Department’s crackdown on restaurants. Pomodoro joins a slew of other UWS restaurants that have been shuttered in the past two months, including Bellini, Dinastia China, Abbey Pub, Hungarian Pastry Shop, and Freddie & Pepper’s (all reopened [...]

UPDATE 4:26 pm: Great response so far — more than 60 submission. Thanks to everyone who has tweeted, e-mailed, and posted on Facebook. Keep the tips coming! UPDATE 5:31 pm: We’re up to about 100 submissions and counting — thanks again for all the great feedback! I’ve gotten a lot of e-mails from people asking [...]