If you want falafel or maybe something more exotic from the Middle East, the Upper West Side is sprouting an array of joints to help you sample cuisines from around the region.
Soom Soom, which opened recently on 72nd Street just east of Broadway is a falafel lovers delight. The golden orbs are perfectly fried, then [...]
Recent Upper West Side restaurant news:
The venerable Cafe des Artistes will reopen around February or March as an Italian restaurant; the interior will remain mostly untouched, says the new owner Gianfranco Sorentino (WSJ)
Smoke Jazz Club’s chef Patricia Williams has been preparing some fine corn chowder, reports The Times.
Grub Street reports that Chef Tom Valenti’s West Branch has closed. When it first opened, I craved their vitello tonnato, that luscious chilled veal with tuna sauce classic. Then the place seemed to go steadily down hill. Wonder what will wind up in that space?
Aprpeggio Outdoors, the al fresco extension of the restaurant in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, will be supplying picnic foods this summer to concert-goers attending summertime Lincoln Center events.
If convenience is your goal—Yelpsters are divided on the food at the Avery Fisher eatery—you can’t get more convenient than this.There will be a stand situated [...]
Grub Street reports that Tom Valenti’s West Branch at Broadway and 77th Street is in trouble. The owners are behind on their rent, Grub Street says, and are considering other concepts. Could the bistro be in danger of closing? Read more here.
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