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Sneak Peak: Key West Diner on Upper West Side Dropping Tropical Look; New Name Needed

The Key West Diner on Broadway on the Upper West Side is dropping its distinctive tropical look and renovating, Reopening of the 108-seat capacity neighborhood icon is scheduled for November. The diner’s management is inviting customers to suggest a new name for the redesigned eatery.

Halloween: Dylan’s Candy Bar May Move to the Upper West Side

Love candy? The possibility, according to Grub Street, that Dylan’s Candy Bar may be planning a move to the Upper West Side on Amsterdam Ave. in the 70s should make your sweet tooth—and maybe your dentist—ache with sugar-induced joy. The candy emporium denies that a move to the Upper West Side is definitely in the [...]

Food Trucks: Cupcake Stop, Rickshaw Dumpling Arrive on Upper West Side (Sort Of)

Photo: Laura B. Weiss
Today, I spotted Cupcake Stop and Rickshaw Dumpling trucks on the Upper West Side. OK, they were parked a couple of blocks south of Columbus Circle. But that’s at getting pretty close.
I asked the Cupcake Stop guy why they didn’t park further up on the Upper West Side
Cupcake Stop Guy: We’re at [...]

Chocolate: Jacques Torres Talks About His Upper West Side Store

Jacques Torres talks about Upper
West Siders’ taste in chocolate and what he might make for the Jewish holidays.

Review and Recipe: Melissa Clark’s In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite–and Her Break-the-Fast Salmon

I rarely cook from cookbooks, but I love to read them. Still, I might change my mind about preparing meals from recipe books after reading Melissa Clark’s In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite.
Leafing through Clark’s accounts of her successes and near-misses is like having your best friend in the kitchen—except this best friend [...]

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Sneak Peak: Key West Diner on Upper West Side Dropping Tropical Look; New Name Needed

Halloween: Dylan’s Candy Bar May Move to the Upper West Side

Food Trucks: Cupcake Stop, Rickshaw Dumpling Arrive on Upper West Side (Sort Of)

Chocolate: Jacques Torres Talks About His Upper West Side Store

Review and Recipe: Melissa Clark’s In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite–and Her Break-the-Fast Salmon

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