Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 8/20/11

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Saturday, August 20th, 2011…
FlyNY Kite Festival
Pier I, Riverside Park South
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
FREE
Walking Tour: West Side Stories
Central Park (enter at West 81st)
2:00 - 3:00 pm
FREE
SummerStage: Tiken Jah Fakoly / Meta and the Cornerstones / Los Rakas / Atropolis
Rumsey Playfield, Central Pak
3:00 pm (gates open at 2:00 [...]

Free Wine Tasting & Food Event Tonight At West Side Wine

In case you missed it in the “Today On The UWS” post, I thought it was worth repeating that West Side Wine, located at 481 Columbus Avenue (@ 83rd) has a pretty cool free event tonight.
From 5:00 to 8:00 pm they’ll be offering tastings of “a white, a red, and a killer bubbly that’s a [...]

New Happy Hour at Tangled Vine

The Tangled Vine Wine Bar and Kitchen, located on Amsterdam and 81st, has a new happy hour, according to Eater New York.  Come to the (relatively) new joint on Sundays through Wednesdays from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm for half off select wines by the glass.  In addition, all bottles over $50 and reserve wines [...]

Upper West Side Openings

My Upper West tipster @Brazil_nut (via Twitter) found a new location of Maoz, a vegetarian restaurant with falafel sandwiches, fries, and a yummy salad bar, opening soon on Broadway between 110th and 111th.  The chain currently has four locations in New York City, including one on Broadway between 70th and 71st.
Another opening is a second [...]