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Upper West Side Restaurant Opening: Indian Eatery Aangan Opens on Broadway and 103rd Street

If you go to Aangan, an airy new Indian eatery on Broadway and 103rd Street, go for the goat.
Open since August, the 36-seat spot is strategically placed on a block that borders Morningside Heights, the better to attract Upper West Siders and the Columbia student crowd. With sleek decor that’s a calming combination of gray [...]

Upper West Side: New Trader Joe’s Store in Doubt (Updated)

Update: Nov. 25, 2009:  Trader Joe’s says they will open a store at 72nd Street and Broadway in 2010.  Fairway’s Steve Jenkins comments on TJ’s  planned opening.
Update, Sept. 4, 2009:   Trader Joe’s confirmed in an e-mail to the West Side Indepdent that the eagerly awaited TJs at the corner of Broadway and 72nd Street will [...]

Upper West Side: Wine Bar to Open in Former Docks Space in October

The former Docks space on Broadway will become the Upper West Side branch of Academia di Vino, according to General Manger John Fanning, who says the new eatery is scheduled to open in October. The wine bar and eatery already boasts an East Side location at 1031 3rd Ave at 64th Street.
With a restaurant going [...]