A slice of Times Square’s vast underbelly is quickly becoming one of Midtown’s coolest destinations. Steps from a recently abandoned Duane Reade and a massive, shuttered Sbarro’s at the neighborhood’s northern end, the concourse level of the 50th Street downtown 1 train station is home to a growing cluster of businesses giving Bushwick vibes in … Read more
High-end sushi, Korean-inspired steak and American favorites will be on the menu at three new restaurants slated to open at the former Sony building in Manhattan, The Post has learned. The distinct dining venues at 550 Madison Avenue — the landmarked tower that’s home to Hermes, Chubb and Corsair Capital — were revealed for the first time … Read more
Libra author, straw hat enthusiast and father of new journalism Truman Capote maintained, “New York is not a city, it’s a world.” The roughly 340 neighborhoods found within this world, this sprawling, five borough constellation, are defined as much by their physical properties and energetic feel as they are the people who inhabit them. … Read more
Rockefeller Center’s owners were thinking outside the Rock — way outside — when they brought bar/restaurant Smith & Mills to the fabled Midtown complex. The speakeasy-like lounge is a hiding-in-plain-sight delight. The new venue was originally supposed to open a year ago, and it’s the last sort of place you expect in the landmark’s underground concourse, which is teeming … Read more
Four Twenty Five, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s gorgeous new Park Avenue restaurant, is more than a place for prime movers to feast on charred and marinated Jurgielewicz duck breast. The jewel-box, modern-American eatery at 425 Park Avenue rides the crest of an ambitious East Midtown dining wave that includes reopened Casa Lever, David Burke’s Park Avenue Kitchen and soon-to-come new … Read more
She’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse. Kerri Lavine, a fast-talking, cigar-smoking 62-year-old Midtown jewelry dealer has become an unlikely TikTok star, calling herself the “Godmother of Diamonds.” Dripping in $100,000 worth of jewelry, her nails done in a perfect French manicure and her brunette bob heavily teased, she doles out advice on jewelry … Read more
She’s gonna cake it ‘til she makes it. Every weekday, Oriana Molina Garcia rises at 5 a.m. to bake confectioneries, then spends the rest of the day peddling them from her Midtown apartment. “Baking is amazing, I really love it – and it’s nice to hear the feedback that I get from people who really … Read more
It’s brine dining. Pastrami has returned to the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and West 57th Street after 28 years — thanks, surprisingly, to a colorful, upscale Middle Eastern restaurant. In December, Acadia opened at 101 W. 57th St., an address that belonged to the iconic Wolf’s deli for decades before it closed in 1996. … Read more
The likely imminent closure of La Grenouille — the East 52nd Street carriage house it occupies was put up for sale last week — has some crying into their soufflés and questioning the future of French dining in the city. It’s the last of the city’s original “Le” and “La” restaurants to close, following Le … Read more
There’s no need to score a reservation at one of Daniel Boulud’s popular restaurants for a select group of well-heeled diners: They have brought the Michelin-starred chef to their doorstep. Boulud – whose vast empire spans from his French flagship Daniel to the recently opened Japanese speakeasy Joji – will launch his first private eatery, … Read more
A mysterious green slime has been spotted oozing from Gotham’s grates and manholes, causing some New Yorkers to wonder if a superhero comic had suddenly come to life. An X user from Manhattan first sent the phenomenon viral on Thursday, posting photo and video of the bright-hued liquid appearing from below the sidewalk. “So there’s … Read more
This autumn, the new restaurant openings nearly outnumber falling leaves. The grim warnings of 2020 — dining-out was dead, life would forever be limited to takeout and delivery in foam containers — now seem foolish. The incoming class has something for everyone. The biggest kitchen names are back — Vongerichten, Boulud, Carmellini, Samuelsson, Forgione, Bloomfield. … Read more
For once, it’s okay to look up. NYC’s hottest new performance venue is hiding in plain sight — atop an 18,000 square-foot billboard in Times Square. Rapper Post Malone christened the cutting edge concert space, hanging from the front of the new TSX Broadway building on the southeast corner of 7th Avenue and 47th Street. … Read more
It’s last call for Rosie O’Grady’s, and the famed Midtown saloon is finally dishing on the boldfaced names who’ve drank — and even saved a stranger’s life — there. The beloved watering hole will pour its last pint on July 1, ending its 41-year run in the heart of the Theater District. “Celebrities knew they … Read more
On a recent Thursday afternoon at around 1:30 p.m., a long line snaked out the door near the corner of East 54th Street and Lexington Avenue. Customers waited eagerly in an oily fog. “I love Taiwanese fried chicken, I’ve been looking for it for a long time, but it’s hard to find an authentic restaurant … Read more
A few weeks ago, Christina Izzo, 33, was out with a couple of friends at Ye’s Apothecary, a Szechuan restaurant and speakeasy that opened in NYC’s Chinatown last year. They asked to order some more food — the restaurant serves a menu of $12 to $15 small plates — but were told they couldn’t: The … Read more
The most thrilling new uptown restaurant since anybody first heard of COVID-19 is in a shopping mall — believe it or not. Bad Roman at Deutsche Bank (née Time Warner) Center, from the Quality Branded team (Smith & Wollensky, Quality Bistro) touts “inauthentic twists on authentic Italian dishes.” But the real twist is what Midtown has … Read more
Here’s some good news about the trio of new restaurants now debuting at Rockefeller Center, as part of the art deco landmark’s ongoing — and very welcome — makeover. The food at all three isn’t just good, it’s great. Great as in, oh my God. Great as in, tell your friends now, while they can still get … Read more
Like many New Yorkers, I’ve long had a soft spot for the red, green and gold czarist fantasy of Midtown’s vintage Russian Tea Room, even if the food only intermittently lived up to the decor. Things hit what I thought was rock-bottom at a mid-December lunch. On that unfortunate occasion, snippy service and leaden dishes … Read more
Pass the tartar sauce! The dark-horse breakout hit of Midtown’s Singaporean-themed Urban Hawker food hall, filled with such East Asian specialties as stingray fried rice and murtabak, turns out to be a plate of fish and chips. The buzzy new hall is home to seventeen vendors, eleven of them hailing directly from Singapore, which is … Read more