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Upper West Side Restaurants: Falafel, Druze Restaurants Turn Neighborhood Into a Middle Eastern Mecca

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 [...]

Upper West Side Restaurants: Cafe des Artistes To Reopen; Smoke Jazz Club Features Corn Chowder

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.

Upper West Side: Two Boots Pizza Plans Soft Opening Next Week at New Broadway and 96th Street Location

Food and Things has learned that Two Boots Pizza, which is erecting a storefront on Broadway between 95th and 96th Street, is planning a soft opening for next week. The official open is slated for some time in August, according to a company spokesperson. Two Boots already sells its well regarded slices in midtown and [...]

Upper West Side: Ditch Plains is Bringing Lobster Rolls to the Upper West Side

Ditch Plains, the lobster roll joint, is opening up an Upper West Side restaurant.

Upper West Side: Daniel Boulud Plans New Lincoln Center Restaurant

Daniel Boulud opens yet another restaurant across from Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side.