Western Beef Moves North


Where’s the Beef? In Chelsea, of course.

According to the minutes of Community Board 2′s 14th Street Gansevoort Market Area committee, Western Beef, the venerable meatpacking district supermarket, will be staying in the neighborhood after all.

As previously reported, 401 West 14th Street, the store’s current location, will soon be getting renovated Read More

No Beef With Markt


401 West 14th Street, the home of the bistro Markt and food purveyor Western Beef, is due to get a face-lift soon. Last night, Community Board 4 tentatively approved the renovation, which includes a rooftop addition, a new canopy, windows and store infill.

Architect Richard Cook, from Cook+Fox Architetects, told the board that Read More

In Today’s Observer

Jessica Bruder and Ben Smith examine the first blows dealt Jeanine Pirro and note that, behind Sen. Clinton’s stoic refusal to engage her adversary directly, her campaign machine is alive… and kicking.

Phoebe Eaton joins Giff Miller on the campaign trail in Southeast Queens, where his forays – from chatting outside Western Beef Read More