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Upper West Side: Unwined Wine Bar is Moving from Symphony Space Locale

Unwined, the Upper West Side  wine bar tucked into Symphony Space at 95th and Broadway, is moving. The new location hasn’t been announced. E-mail me if you have info on the new locale.

O’Neal’s near Lincoln Center: RIP

True, O’Neal’s, on 64th Street between Broadway and Central Park West, is filled with blue-haired ladies on their way to Lincoln Center. (Actually, when it was the Ginger Man a very long time ago, I’d stop there with my mother for a bite to eat after we’d attended a Philharmonic concert.)
The New York Times [...]

Chocolate Sauce: Grown Up Kids Stuff Hits the Mark

Yes, it still feels like November out there, but ice cream season will soon be upon us. If you’re a chocolate sauce fanatic like I am, you may want to enrobe your ice cream with chocolate topping from Grown Up Kids Stuff. Why? Like so many other chocolate sauces, it’s not cloyingly sweet. And [...]

Cocktails and Snack Recipe: For New Year’s, A Sparkling Cocktail; Caramelized Spice Walnuts

Usher in the New Year with Caramelized Spice Walnuts from Chef Renee Marton.  Pair them with a Sparkling Ginger Daisy.  There’s even a mocktail recipe those who don’t imbibe.
Happy New Year!

Sparkling Ginger Daisy Cocktail
from Spice & Ice – 60 tongue-tingling cocktails, by Kara Newman (Chronicle Books, 2009)
A daisy is a classic juice-based cocktail sweetened with [...]

Upper West Side: Riverside Park Marks 400 Year Hudson Celebration

Photo by Juanfrans via flickr.

Everybody’s celebrating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s sail up the river that now bears the Dutch explorer’s name. What better place to mark the the event than….Hudson Beach Cafe in Riverside Park at 105th Street?
On Sunday, you can drop into the cafe, down some oysters and take a peak [...]