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Archive for February, 2010

Brooklyn: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Shop Opens Today

Ice cream in this miasma of slush and snow?  If it’s Van Leeuwen’s luscious frozen treats, yes!  Even if you have to schlep to Brooklyn.  Get on the train and make a beeline for their new store.
Let’s face it, what else will cheer you up like an excursion to an ice cream shop on a [...]

Wedding Foods at Astor Center March 11 Featuring Momofuko, Landmarc, Other Purveyors

Eat, drink, get married. Wedding bells are ringing at the Astor Center March 11 which is displaying festive wedding-friendly foods from the likes of Momofuku Milk Bar, Ronni-Sue’s Chocolates and The Cleaver Company.
Could one of these purveyors be your dream wedding caterer?
Tastings of food and champagne will be offered.
One couple will win a hands-on cooking [...]

Upper West Side: 77th Street Greenmarket Expands

Just in time for spring—will it ever come?!—the Sunday greenmarket at 77thth and Columbus is growing, adding new farmers and more space.
The weekly market has moved out of its longstanding schoolyard locale and onto the sidewalk lining the east side of Columbus Avenue where it will extend one additional block, to 80th Street. The action [...]

Upper West Side: New Restaurants for Steak Lovers

The Westside Independent reports that steak houses appear to be taking over the Upper West Side restaurant scene.  At least two new places are featuring lots of red meat.  Carnivores, read the story here.

Upper West Side: A Voce Shines with Dishes that Delight

A Voce’s Time Warner Center outpost buzzed the night I was there with a mix of tourists and locals. As for the food, the pasta dishes were sublime. But why take my word for it? Our very own Discerning Diner filed the following report:
We shared the ravioli with taleggio and brown butter and sage, with [...]