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Posts tagged “NYC - Uptown”

It's Open! New Whole Foods (and Wine Store)
New York city

Today was opening day for the new Whole Foods on 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, and we walked through the doors at 8:30 a.m. First up: a latte from the coffee bar, followed by a long stare at the...

Old-School Butchers in Your Neighborhood

Where do you buy your meat? I think shopping a little more old-school by visiting a neighborhood butcher is such a bigger pleasure (and often a bigger savings) than buying meat from the grocery store....

Is Fairway the Best Grocery Store in Manhattan?

We know we may rankle a few readers with this one, but when it comes to all-purpose, get-everything-on-your-list grocery stores, we think Fairway has little competition. But the crowds......

NYC Food Find: Home Baked Rice Cakes from Westside Market

We're suckers for free samples, and the Westside Market on 110th and Broadway has been hawking these in-house rice cakes for a while now. They set them up with a variety of dips, right next to a "Mag...

Wine Store Review: Best Cellars

For the casual-yet-discerning wine drinker, perusing the jumbled aisles at the liquor store can be an antiseptic and uninspiring experience. And yet it's easy to feel intimidated and tongue-tied when ...

Zabar's Housewares Dept.

There's nothing like an old standby. At the center of Upper West Side Levantine food culture is Zabar's. Started in 1934 by Louis and Lillian Zabar this is a family operation and there is always "a Za...

Vintage New York

This review just in from Molly... "We fell in love with New York wine when in college upstate. Now we're starting to get that tingly feeling again – but this time, we're falling in love with Vintage ...