If the Big Apple has one food trend that needs to die, it’s food halls – those indoor clusters of same-old “favorites” that might or might not be available at any particular time you go. Just-opened Shaver Hall on the ground floor of the former Lord & Taylor building on Fifth Avenue, now owned by … Read more
The East 50s have new restaurants up the wazoo. But they never saw anything like Simon Kim’s three-level spectacle, Cote 550, at 550 Madison Avenue. With more feasting and boozing options than a cruise ship, it’s making the biggest splash in Midtown’s since the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree went up in 1931. The complex is anchored by a … Read more
From schmattes to schmears in the Garment District. NYC and bagels go hand in hand. And while doughy shops are churning out shiny crust and chewy bites on practically every corner, there is one short, heavily trafficked Midtown stretch that has become one of the Big Apple’s most unexpected bagel battlegrounds. On West 35th Street between … Read more
Grab your noses, folks. While New York City has always been aromatic, it’s been a particularly pungent year so far, with smell complaints soaring higher than the Freedom Tower itself. With 5,332 stench reports to NYC’s non-emergency 311 hotline already this year, 2026 is shaping up to be quite a stinker — and we haven’t … Read more
Rocco DiSpirito is back with his first Big Apple restaurant in six years — and it’s about time. Bar Rocco (32 W. 48th St.) is a proudly old-school Italian American restaurant on the Kimpton Era Hotel’s second floor. It’s plain wonderful, thanks to DiSpirito’s skills, which first wowed the city at French-American Union Pacific in the late 1990s. … Read more
Meet the year’s best new seafood dish — a Japanese thriller called nabemono. The hot-pot stew, sometimes called “Japan’s bouillabaisse,” is the star of the show at Double Knot, a sceney, jumbo, Japanese restaurant that just opened at 1251 Sixth Avenue (entrance on West 49th Street) on Midtown’s corporate row. As Avra does for Greek … Read more
Let’s meet in the middle. From Rockefeller Center to Grand Central Zone to Hudson Yards, Midtown Manhattan has become a high-profile culinary hub. This year has seen a slew of restaurant and lounge openings from renowned chefs in prime locations. Here’s a look at six notable newcomers. Hwaro | 776 Eighth Ave. There are (at … Read more
These sham-rock stars are raising the bar. On March 17, St. Patrick’s Day partiers from the world over will gussy up in green and descend on NYC for the world’s oldest and largest parade of its kind, drawing approximately 150,000 marchers, about 2 million spectators and nearly as many bagpipes. For the hardy army of … Read more
Potatoes — they’re so hot right now. As Midtown NYC lunch prices climb ever higher, office workers are taking a bite out of inflation in an unexpectedly tasty way. At markets, delis and street carts, price-conscious corporate drones are dropping a few dollars each for plain, roasted sweet spuds — a rudimentary, rustic-looking nosh that a growing … Read more
On Sunday, Broadway bids adieu to Café Un Deux Trois, the beloved French eatery that’s shutting its doors after 48 years in Midtown. It’s a heartbreaking blow to the neighborhood. The West 44th Street spot, which Gerard Blanes, Georges Guenancia and Michael Morse opened in the spring of 1977, was one of a handful of … Read more
It takes a Christmas village. Nothing says the holidays are here in New York City quite like the Radio City Rockettes. Today, more than 72 million people have witnessed the precision dance troupe, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, perform in the Christmas Spectacular. To transport wide-eyed audience members to a 90-minute Christmas wonderland … Read more
A new private club in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper offers a range of luxury amenities, if you can pay the price. Moss recently opened in five stories at 520 Fifth Ave., a 1,002-foot-high supertall at 43rd St. – with monthly dues of $280 to $745 on top of initiation fees of $1,500 to $3,950. Founded … Read more
They’re here, and they’re spectacular. Manhattan has officially decked its halls for the 2025 holiday season — and the real stars aren’t on a tree; they’re behind glass. Midtown’s world-famous collection of department stores is pulling out all the stops this year — from Herald Square to 57th Street, the city has been transformed into … Read more
Move over, soup dumplings and dragon rolls — NYC’s buzziest in-demand new dishes are pork belly chicharron and tacos callejeros. After long playing backup to the city’s Asian offerings, Mexico’s culinary bounty is having a moment — and on a grander stage than the cuisine has enjoyed in some time. While we’ve long had an array … Read more
He said “I’ll be back” — and meant it. Arnold Schwarzenegger has stayed true to his “Terminator” mantra — and has already hit Midtown’s new Planet Hollywood, a venture he invested in when it launched in the early nineties. “Arnold the Governator was in New York, just around the time that we opened earlier this … Read more
The reopened Waldorf-Astoria deserved a great new Waldorf salad. Michael Anthony, chef at the hotel’s Lex Yard restaurant, goes one better. His re-invention of the 100-year-old recipe not only improves on the country-clubby original, it lives up to the entire hotel’s spectacular, oft-delayed, $2 billion transformation. Like its Art Deco surroundings, Anthony’s salad is lightened, brightened and reconstituted for a new … Read more
Bronx Bomber fans know all about Lobel’s world-class steak sandwiches, served only at Yankee Stadium — until very recently. Now, the rest of New York — even Mets fans! — will know, too, as the historic Upper East Side butcher’s where Jackie Onassis once shopped for chops debuts its first-ever sit-down eatery, smack in the heart of Midtown. … Read more
Midtown has its pre-pandemic swagger back — and People’s Exhibit No. 1 is Santi (11 E. 53d St.), the buzzing new modern-Italian restaurant from celebrated chef Michael White. Its nexus of corporate power, great pasta and fun people-watching make it the area’s hottest scene since White’s Marea opened in prehistoric 2009. After splitting with the Altamarea … Read more
Fast-casual food spots are fast conquering Midtown to fill long-empty storefronts — buoyed by more office workers returning to their desks five days a week. The boom includes not only familiar names such as Pret a Manger and Sweetgreen, but also brands new to New York. “Coming soon” signs just went up in the windows … Read more
It’s not easy being green. Of the nearly 1,000 celebrity caricatures on the walls of iconic theater-district institution Sardi’s, the one pilfered the most, oddly, is Kermit the Frog. “Kermit was stolen three times. And then we screwed him up to the wall,” Johnny Felidi, longtime maître d’ at the 100-year-old eatery, told The Post ahead … Read more