Artisan Empanadas Truck Wheeling Uptown | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A food truck that’s been doling out empanadas to hungry fans in Midtown has made its way to a new site uptown — and the owner hopes to urge other vendors to sell in the area too. Nuchas Artisan Hand-Held Foods truck has been taking up residence on [...]
Genesis Restaurant: A Taste of Ecuador in Inwood
BY Karen Silva (@ClassicKaren) Once in a blue moon you’ll bump into a place that will capture not only your heart but your appetite as well. For me, this is Genesis, the Ecuadorian restaurant that has resided in 207th as far as I can remember and has another location in 181st Street. From the Julio Jaramillo [...]
Uptown Eats: Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week Has Begun…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) That’s right folks; Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week kicks off today and that means a bunch of great deals at some of your favorite restaurants. The promotion also gives you a reason to try some of the spots you haven’t patronized yet. So from an Uptown institution like Coogan’s, to the lighter [...]
New Washington Heights Coffee Shop Attracts Swarms of Java-Starved Locals | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Taszo Espresso Bar is open for business, and java junkies in lower Washington Heights are lining up to get a cup of joe. Customers have been streaming into the trendy new cafe, located at 5 Edward M Morgan Pl. between West 157th and West 158th Streets, which held [...]
Uptown Social Gives Inwood Sports Fans a New Place to Catch The Game | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — Just in time for the NBA playoffs, uptowners have a new place to catch the big game. Uptown Social, a new Inwood sports bar and gastropub with 15 high-definition TVs, opened its doors at 186 Dyckman St. last week. The sports bar aims to be the place for [...]
Harlem Tavern Owners Eye New Washington Heights Location | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The owners of the the popular Harlem Tavern are taking their beer selection farther uptown, opening a second location on West 164th Street in Washington Heights. The new venture, the Heights Tavern, will feature outdoor seating for 80 people with 20 beers on tap when it opens [...]
Inwood Local Made TimeOut New York’s List of Best Beer Gardens & Beer Halls In NYC
That’s right folks – Uptown’s own Inwood Local made it to the distinguished list of Best Beer Gardens and Beer Halls in New York City as compiled by the indispensable TimeOut New York. With that said, next time you’re on 207th Street make sure you stop by and enjoy the taste of awesomeness. By the [...]
La Piñata: A Treat of Taste | Manhattan Times
Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer The lure of piñatas has long been the treasures hidden within. The new Piñata in town, however, saves you the trouble of having to smash anything to enjoy the treats. La Piñata Mexican Grill has become the latest installment to claim a culinary stake on corner of Broadway at 207th [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Tosca Café
Bottomless Brunch in the Boogie Down BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) If someone gave you access to unlimited food and drinks, what would you do? Run? Immediately. With brunch being the popular thing to do on weekends now, it’s no surprise the trend is making its way uptown. Tosca Cafe brings a rustic Italian edge to [...]
The Vegetarian Option: Indian Road Cafe in Inwood | Serious Eats: New York
Story & photos by Howard Walfish Indian Road Cafe may just be the most north-westerly restaurant in all of Manhattan. It is literally across the street from Spuyten Duyvil Creek, separating Manhattan from the Bronx, and looking out from the restaurant provides a commanding view of the Henry Hudson Bridge. The menu, at first glance, [...]
Open For Business: South Beach Restaurant & Lounge
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The wait is finally over. The elegant and expansive South Beach Restaurant and Lounge (1390 Saint Nicholas Ave) is now open for business. Think of it as Washington Heights meets the Cheesecake Factory. The place is big, bold and brash. It has 2 floors, several bars, private rooms, an adjacent take-out [...]
My Fave Meal Uptown: Camarones Al Horno @ El Lina
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) This is my favorite meal in my favorite Dominican restaurant Uptown, El Lina on 500 West 207th Street. The name alone, Camarones al Horno (Baked Shrimp) does this dish no justice. It should be called Baked Awesomeness or something more fitting of its deliciousness. The shrimps are cooked to perfection and [...]
UPinion: I ♥ Café Bustelo
BY Travis Broome The first step of my morning ritual begins with an unnecessarily high decant of the carefully measured, surprisingly tasteless, i.e. delicious, New York City tap water into the coffee pot’s ample reservoir. Being decidedly outside of the sphere of Mormon influence and operating in a city for which this and other blackened [...]
Best of New York: Carrot Top Pastries in upper Manhattan is tops for carrot cake | NY Daily News
By Jacob E. Osterhout / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS By Jacob E. Osterhout / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSRead more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/carrot-top-pastries-tops-carrot-cake-article-1.1202000#ixzz2CaFwBbww By Jacob E. Osterhout / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSRead more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/carrot-top-pastries-tops-carrot-cake-article-1.1202000#ixzz2CaFwBbw CARROT TOP PASTRIES 3931 Broadway, at W. 165th St. (212) 927-4800, http://CarrotTopPastries.com New York is full of characters, but none quite like Renee Mancino. [...]
In the Heights, a Taste of Ethiopia
Story & photos by Angela Bao Bei Bei (@AngelaBaoBeiBei) On a recent Saturday afternoon, the late-autumn sunshine heated this changing neighborhood along the Hudson River. The air just off 187th Street smelled of autumn leaves, damp earth and bus exhaust. But whenever the door to the new café swung open – and it opened often [...]
A Toast to Fort Tryon Park 2012 – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) Okay the summer can end now. Last night was the rain date for the A Toast Fort Tryon Park function that usually takes place earlier in the season. A Toast to Fort Tryon is one of my favorite events of the summer and last night’s celebration [...]
Open for Business: La Marina
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) The problem with high expectations is that if they are not met then hopes are dashed and disappointment is the inevitable outcome. Fortunately, La Marina (348 Dyckman) does not have that problem. In fact, it exceeded and surpassed all of my expectations. La Marina is [...]
At Saggio, a Day of School Revelry, Capped by Wine | NY Times
By ALAN FEUER The neighborhood restaurant plays a limited, but critical, role in New York’s culinary life: It is the place one goes not to be surprised, but satisfied. It’s always a little surprising, then, to find one that’s more than satisfactory. Saggio, a homey, full-flavored trattoria at 829 West 181st Street, is one of [...]
Un delicioso clásico that never goes out of style | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Sandra E. García It’s never the wrong time to revisit a beloved favorite – particularly at lunchtime. Piled up high, mashed up right, a mofongo is a feast for the gods. And an excellent meal for the rest of us. The hallmark mashed plaintain dish which is dense and chewy, is [...]
A casserole? A lasagna? Ah, yaroa! | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Sandra E. García Yaroa. The name sparks the imagination. Is it a major ecological destination in the Andes? A new Nike high-top? Or one of the long lost members of The Avengers? Keep it far more local, and you’ll find that the name, derived from a neighborhood in Santiago, in the [...]
Uptown, a Dominican Confection Makes Life Three Times Sweeter | Edible Manhattan
By Ana Sofia Pelaez | Photographs by Elizabeth Leitzell Most Latin Americans believe tres leches—a triple-whammy confection featuring heavy cream, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk poured over a single layer of cake and topped with meringue—was invented in their mother’s kitchen. Daisy Lebron’s kids have reason to believe it’s true. As owner of Bizcocho [...]
Downtown Vibe on Tap | WSJ
By V.L. HENDRICKSON Washington Heights locals have been bellying up to the Buddha Beer Bar since it opened on Super Bowl Sunday. The bar’s 24 taps and a large selection of scotch and bourbon generate a downtown vibe. “We want to give people a downtown experience, minus the price and attitude,” said Brian Duffy, the [...]
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