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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: West Branch Closes

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?

Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe: Corn Ice Cream Makes this a Great Summer Treat. Plus, Where to Buy Ice Cream Sandwiches in New York

Recipe for corn ice cream sandwiches. Plus where to buy great ice cream sandwiches in New York.

Upper West Side: Cupcake Cafe Crumbs Moves into Shiny New Digs on Amsterdam Ave.

Not able to resist an apparently unstoppable trend, New Yorker’s continue to wolf down cupcakes. In fact,the Upper West Side branch of Crumbs has moved into shiny new digs.  And the chain is expanding nationwide.
In a recent story, the Wall Street Journal, wrote about New Yorkers’ obsession with the little frosted cakes.  Personally, I don’t [...]

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 [...]