And Williamsburg thought the beer-specializing Duane Reade was bad.
Yet another chain store is bound for the hostile territory of bourgie Bedford Avenue, and it could be the worst arriviste yet, at least in the eye of the Burg’s twee set. That downright suburban discount store, Marshalls, is considering a location in Read More
CVS Pharmacy is leasing a basement retail condominium in the Philippe Starck-designed condo on 23rd Street between First and Second avenues. Omnispective Management, the leaser, bought the condo for $22.2 million. Eastern Consolidatd represented both the buyer and the seller in the off-market transaction, and told The Observer of the deal.
It represents a homecoming Read More
The invasion of Asian mega-restaurants, with their Raiders of the Lost Ark décor and fusion cuisine, has not abated. Hot on the heels of Buddakan, Megu, Morimoto and Matsuri (to name a few) comes Japonais, a Chicago import that has opened in a former bank just north of Union Square. The restaurant, which opened in Read More
The invasion of Asian mega-restaurants, with their Raiders of the Lost Ark décor and fusion cuisine, has not abated. Hot on the heels of Buddakan, Megu, Morimoto and Matsuri (to name a few) comes Japonais, a Chicago import that has opened in a former bank just north of Union Square. The restaurant, which opened in Read More
KARA: When it comes to travel, I’m like Woody Allen. I’m afraid of plane crashes. I’m afraid of rare tropical diseases. I’m afraid of food poisoning. I’m afraid of getting into a cab in a place where I don’t speak the language, being driven to a secluded location and being forced to marry into Read More
When you live in a brownstone in the West Village not far from Christopher Street, you expect a certain amount of color. In my 18 or so years here, I have endured street-fair vendors beneath my window, setting up clanking aluminum poles at 6 a.m. and hawking fried dough; parades that twinkle until the wee Read More
For women and gay male Park Slopers, the day after Thanksgiving marks not the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, but the arrival from points north of the neighborhood’s handsome French-Canadian Christmas-tree salesmen
For the last six years, Nicolas and Louis have driven down from Montreal to set up their ephemeral tree sale outside the Read More
If you were blindfolded and transported to just about any restaurant on lower Park Avenue, you would know where you were. The model is instantly recognizable: a packed bar full of thirtysomethings drinking weird cocktails and beer, a gorgeous but harried hostess at the door, a lounge decorated with potted palms and sofas, and in Read More
