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 [...]
Market Tours: Moscow on the Hudson, a Russian Outpost in Washington Heights | Serious Eats
Story & Photos by Clara Inés Schuhmacher For some New Yorkers (say, the Sri Lankans on Staten Island I visited two weeks back), Manhattan’s Washington Heights might as well be Russia—it’s that far away. But it also might as well be Russia because, well, it’s home to a sizable Russian population. The aptly named Moscow [...]
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 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, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Local Couple to Bring Ethiopian-Themed Coffee Shop to Hudson Heights | DNAinfo
By Farran Powell, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer UPPER MANHATTAN — A local couple is taking its fair-trade and organic Ethiopian coffee small business from the virtual realm to a brick-and-mortar store in Hudson Heights. Sarina Prabasi and Elias Gurma, who met in Ethiopia seven years ago, decided to open Buunni Coffee in the neighborhood after spotting a [...]
Inwood Sweets Lovers Celebrate Arrival of Neighboring Bakeries on Broadway | DNAinfo
By Farran Powell, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — Inwood may not have its own Starbucks, but the neighborhood is brewing up new local coffee shops with two new shops opening within one block of one another in just a few months. Pin Pan Bakery, a Dominican-style coffee and pastry shop on the corner of Broadway and [...]
The Led Black Buddha Beer Bar B-Day Bash & Nutcracker Inc Fundraiser Goes Down Tonight!
What up people? Tonight is my B-Day Bash and Nutcracker Inc. fundraiser at the awesome Buddha Beer Bar (4476 Broadway). We will be raffling off a bunch of cool stuff such as Nutcracker Inc. merch, gift certificates for Buddha and 181 Cabrini and much more. Not to mention that we will be previewing some never [...]
Inwood Local Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary This Weekend
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Happy Father’s Day – El Día de los Perros | Manhattan Times
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) My dad likes to refer to Father’s day as “el día de los perros” (The Day of the Dogs) because fathers, he says, don’t get the same kind of love and respect as mothers do. My dad is the epitome of the old-school Dominican father. While I was growing up, my [...]
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 [...]
Throw Back Thursdays: Jason Minter & Indian Road Café
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) For this week’s Throwback, I chose one of my fave posts, Daily Grind: Jason Minter & the Indian Road Café. First of all, Jason is such an awesome guy and has shown the Uptown Collective love from the beginning. Secondly, Indian Road Café (218th and Indian [...]
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 [...]
Uptown Tonight: Catch Flaco Navaja & Zeitlin Perez @ Hudson River Café
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) If you have never witnessed the awesomeness that is a performance by Flaco Navaja, then you are in for a real treat tonight. The first time I had the privilege of seeing the incomparable Flaco Navajo perform, I stood there mesmerized, mouth agape as [...]
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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