Forget Chez Fifi — this is the must-try new Upper East Side restaurant

Forget Chez Fifi — this is the must-try new Upper East Side restaurant

Marlow East has been the late-summer sensation of the uptown dining scene. Happy food-lovers pack the place nightly for chef Braxton Decker’s delicious, Southern-tinted American dishes in a pretty two-level setting and on a civilized row of sidewalk tables. Marlow East at Lexington Avenue and East 73rd Street, open since late May, is almost as hard to book as … Read more

Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told The New York Times that her father died earlier that day at his home in New Jersey after “an extended illness.” … Read more

More than half of East Coast beaches tested positive for fecal contamination, shocking new study reveals — how did your vacation spot do?

More than half of East Coast beaches tested positive for fecal contamination, shocking new study reveals — how did your vacation spot do?

Hold your nose — and maybe hold off on that beach day. More than 60% of U.S. beaches tested in 2024 had at least one day where the water was so full of fecal bacteria that it failed federal safety standards, according to a new report by Environment America’s Research & Policy Center. That’s 1,930 … Read more

Bikini-clad Livvy Dunne gives intimate look at her ‘East Coast summer’ in new photos

Bikini-clad Livvy Dunne gives intimate look at her ‘East Coast summer’ in new photos

Olivia “Livvy” Dunne is living it up on the East Coast following her retirement from gymnastics this spring. The former LSU gymnast, who hails from New Jersey and owns an apartment in New York City, shared a carousel of Instagram photos Monday that showed her sunbathing in a blue and white bikini and partying with … Read more

East Hampton’s LDV at the Maidstone hotel debuts luxe brand partnerships

East Hampton’s LDV at the Maidstone hotel debuts luxe brand partnerships

Last summer, the 150-year-old Maidstone Hotel, located on Main Street in East Hampton, reopened its doors under the leadership of LDV Hospitality, the group behind NYC’s Scarpetta restaurant and famed for its Italian luxury. The hotel, since renamed LDV at the Maidstone, introduced a daily aperitivo hour in the garden and rebooted the elegant restaurant … Read more

In-demand pilates teacher Kevyn Zeller opens a new East Hampton studio

In-demand pilates teacher Kevyn Zeller opens a new East Hampton studio

For 18 summers, pilates instructor Kevyn Zeller has been offering one-on-one classes in the Hamptons — for those lucky enough to get a time slot. “I have a pretty devoted, solid clientele,” says Zeller, who also teaches on the Upper East Side. “It’s already starting to book up for the summer.” The popular pilates instructor … Read more

Colony Hotel founders bring Palm Beach posh to East Hampton’s Hedges Inn

Colony Hotel founders bring Palm Beach posh to East Hampton’s Hedges Inn

Despite having only 13 rooms, the historic Hedges Inn — which sits at the entrance to East Hampton village and across from its idyllic pond — has made oversized headlines in the last year.  Scott Sartiano, the man behind celebrity-packed private club Zero Bond, leased the inn last summer in the hopes of launching a … Read more

NYC dominates North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list — and this East Village cocktail den landed at No. 2 

NYC dominates North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list — and this East Village cocktail den landed at No. 2 

Cheers to NYC! North America’s 50 Best Bars of 2025 has been revealed — and it was an NYC takeover. Superbueno, a Mexican-American cocktail bar in the East Village, is little over two years old, yet it’s already achieved the title of second-best bar on the continent. Ignacio “Nacho” Jimenez, pictured holding Superbueno’s Green Mango … Read more

You can book a 30-minute bubble bath for $75 at this store on NYC’s Upper East Side

You can book a 30-minute bubble bath for  at this store on NYC’s Upper East Side

Unlike the lucky New Yorkers who can take a bath in their kitchen, I, like many others, don’t have a tub.  Lush has a unique solution — but it’ll cost you $75 for 30 minutes of blissful soaking.  The cosmetics giant offers a private, self-led bathing treatment at its spa on the Upper East Side, … Read more

Caitlin Clark supports boyfriend’s Butler team during Big East Tournament loss to St. John’s

Caitlin Clark supports boyfriend’s Butler team during Big East Tournament loss to St. John’s

Caitlin Clark is making the most of this New York minute. The star Indiana Fever guard was seated behind the Butler bench on Thursday when boyfriend Connor McCaffery’s Bulldogs fell to St. John’s in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, as captured in footage by The Post. Clark, the WNBA’s … Read more

Oldest-known alphabet found — it existed 500 years before previous Middle East discovery: scientists

Oldest-known alphabet found — it existed 500 years before previous Middle East discovery: scientists

Word. Researchers have discovered evidence of what they say is the world’s oldest alphabet, believed to have existed in the Middle East hundreds of years earlier than other ancient scripts. The early human discovery dating back to 2400 BC was made by analyzing clay fragments at a 16-year-long archaeological dig, Syria’s bronze-aged Tell Umm-el Marra, … Read more

 Ramona Singer and other hotties over 50 are flocking to Casa Tua on the Upper East Side

 Ramona Singer and other hotties over 50 are flocking to Casa Tua on the Upper East Side

A lot of fancy New York restaurants have opened outposts in Miami. But what happens when a fancy South Beach place takes the plunge in Manhattan? Casa Tua, a Miami Italian-ish joint that has been a magnet for boldfacers in the Sunshine State, leapfrogged to the Upper East Side this month. While the original has … Read more

NYC’s most frightening and fabulous Halloween houses — from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side

NYC’s most frightening and fabulous Halloween houses — from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side

Looking for some thrills and chills this spooky season? Take a walk! These residences boast some of NYC’s most imaginative and frightening Halloween decor, from atrocious animatronic displays to kitschy light-up flying saucers. Have a look — if you dare. Terror in motion It’s all about the animatronics at 143 St. James Pl. Stefano Giovannini … Read more

Lower East Side holds onto rebel edge 50 years after punk was born — but CBGB’s now just a memory

Lower East Side holds onto rebel edge 50 years after punk was born — but CBGB’s now just a memory

The once-gritty Lower East Side has grown trendy in the 50 years since the punk movement was born – but don’t tell residents the neighborhood has lost its rebellious edge. Some locals are tired of hearing about how rents have soared and about how the iconic CBGB’s – where bands like Talking Heads and Blondie … Read more

Inside village ‘vendetta’ rocking Zero Bond owner’s East Hampton restaurant: ‘They’re out to get him’

Inside village ‘vendetta’ rocking Zero Bond owner’s East Hampton restaurant: ‘They’re out to get him’

Around 7 p.m. Thursday — just after aperitivo hour — plates of $85 veal parmesan and $82 strip loin were landing on the white-clothed tables at the East Hamptons outpost of Sartiano’s, the trendy Soho Italian restaurant frequented by celebs such as Paul McCartney, Martha Stewart, Margot Robbie and Gisele Bündchen. But outside the Hedges … Read more

The renovated Maidstone hotel brings Italian vibes to East Hampton

The renovated Maidstone hotel brings Italian vibes to East Hampton

It was a thought that nagged at Irwin Simon whenever he drove out to his home in the Hamptons, and passed through East Hampton village. “The Maidstone hotel looked like it needed love. It was sitting there, and looked so lonely,” he says now of the landmark property overlooking the village green, where celebs like … Read more

Former NFL ref John Parry leaving ESPN for AFC East team

Former NFL ref John Parry leaving ESPN for AFC East team

Former NFL official John Parry is leaving ESPN for an interesting opportunity. Parry is walking away from his role as an NFL rules analyst on “Monday Night Football” to join the Bills as an “officiating liaison,” The Post has learned. Parry told the website Football Zebras over the weekend that he is leaving for a … Read more

Michelin-starred chef brings dazzling taste of India to East Village at Bungalow — but good luck scoring a reservation

Michelin-starred chef brings dazzling taste of India to East Village at Bungalow — but good luck scoring a reservation

A Michelin-starred celebrity chef and a high-powered restaurateur have opened a jewel of an Indian restaurant that has transformed a shabby section of the East Village into a sophisticated slice of Mumbai. Bungalow, which opened last month at a new luxury building on the site of the original Lucky Cheng’s, is tucked between a pizzeria … Read more

Front row for the eclipse, buzzy East Village bites and other NYC events this week

Front row for the eclipse, buzzy East Village bites and other NYC events this week

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.  … Read more

Socialite Libbie Mugrabi posts ‘Wanted’ signs on Upper East Side for financiers who ‘stole’ her Warhol

Socialite Libbie Mugrabi posts ‘Wanted’ signs on Upper East Side for financiers who ‘stole’ her Warhol

New York City socialite Libbie Mugrabi says she’s the victim of an “art heist” — and is taking matters into her own hands, distributing “Wanted” posters around East Hampton and the Upper East Side to name and shame the high-powered financiers she claims did her dirty. “$10,000 reward given for returned painting,” read the flyers, which … Read more