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Upper West Side: Tavern on the Green To Throw Farewell New Year’s Bash

Right before the current owners of Tavern on the Green shut the doors of the legendary eatery located on the Upper West Side just inside Central Park, they’ll be staging a last hurrah – a New Year’s Eve 2009 farewell bash.
The extravagantly decorated restaurant—there’s topiary outside and stained glass windows within—was launched in 1976  by [...]

Upper West Side: Tavern on the Green Owner Chosen; A Voce Moves to the Neighborhood

Just as Cafe des Artistes was shuttered, two other restaurants announced new operations on the Upper West Side this week.
The owners of the Central Park Boathouse said they were taking over Tavern on the Green, the Central Park eatery better known for its surroundings than for its food.  As the Westside Independent noted about the [...]