#times-square

#times-square

Virtual restaurants - the online businesses that exist on delivery apps but don't have a storefront of their own - might be getting out of hand.Four bodegas on the Upper East Side account are operating under at least 76 different names on Seamless, local website Upper East Site reports.East Side Market, at 1463 York Avenue, near East 77th Street, is responsible for at least 18 of them, appearing on the app under Fatties Philly Cheesesteaks, Baker's Boys Breakfast Sandwiches, Jay's Breakfast Bar, Croissant Club, and other names.

Today, the role of Where to Eat writer, usually played by Nikita Richardson, will be performed by an understudy.I hope you'll still enjoy the show, as we have a few exciting reader questions to address.The curtains open on Act I, a request for dishes from Florence, Italy, that can scratch the travel itch.

Lekka Burger, a vegan burger spot backed by Amanda Cohen, owner of Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy, will call it quits on March 29 after three years.The restaurant did not provide a reason for the closure, which was reported by Tribeca Citizen on Friday, but manager Jazz Mace tells the publication that the restaurant, "will be announcing some exciting news in the next month."

Just steps from Times Square and surrounded by Broadway theaters, the Row NYC hotel advertises itself as more New York than New York, bringing together urban grit with grandeur.But for months, it has been at the center of a humanitarian crisis.It is one of about 100 hotels and other facilities, from iconic skyscrapers to humble airport motels, that the city has converted into temporary housing for some of the 50,000 migrants who have arrived on buses from the southern border since last spring.

Rihanna hasn't even performed at the Super Bowl yet, and her halftime show look has already inspired a wax figure.On Tuesday, Madame Tussauds announced two new wax figures of the singer and business mogul - just in time for Sunday's big game.The statues will feature Rihanna's showstopping ensemble from the 2018 Met Gala and a yet-to-be-revealed costume from her highly anticipated halftime performance.

For years, anyone going across the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge in New York has had to cast their eyes on former President Donald J. Trump's surname, emblazoned in paving stones at the entrance to the public golf course he controls in the Bronx.For most New Yorkers, it is a peculiar, particular affront made worse by the high greens fees charged at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point: $195 during the weekends, out of reach for many residents in one of the country's poorest counties.

Trish BendixReporting on culture The hosts weighed in on the congressional TikTok hearing but spent most of the week anticipating the possible indictment and arrest of former President Donald Trump, which Trump claimed would happen on Tuesday (it didn't).Here's what they had to say Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Associated Press It's really magical.

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.Former President Donald Trump was not arrested on Tuesday, as he previously suggested would happen.A Manhattan grand jury could indict him as early as Wednesday over a secret payment to a porn star to cover up a tryst.

New Yorkers are famously belligerent when it comes to changes made to their beloved institutions.So when it came to something as timelessly iconic as Milton Glaser's I ❤️NY logo from 1977, arguably the most recognizable and most-copied logo in the world, the reactions were predictably vicious.If I were the brand designer who released the "We ❤️NYC" logo introduced by Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul this week, I'd dread getting out of bed on this beautiful morning.

Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul were expected Monday to kick off a new "We Love NYC" ad campaign focused on brightening the spirits of New Yorkers and attracting more tourists to the city.Echoing Milton Glaser's classic "I Love NY" campaign from the 1970s, the new effort is the product of conversations between local elected officials and Partnership for New York City President Kathy Wylde, Adams said.

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Ukrainian New Yorkers gathered in Brooklyn's Asser Levy Park Thursday afternoon in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Sovereign Eastern European nation.Assembling around the park's bandshell draped in the embattled county's colors and brandishing signs condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion, the predominantly Ukrainian area of the borough looked to stand in defiance of the ongoing onslaught on the eve of the war's anniversary.

Despite frigid temperatures, hundreds of Ukrainian-Americans, Ukrainian refugees and their allies gathered for a peace rally in Times Square on Friday evening marking the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The crowd demanded that Russia end its unjustified war against Ukraine and the bloody destruction that has claimed the lives of thousands, including children.

Red Sox fans might recall a bench-clearing incident between Joe Kelly and former Yankees first baseman Tyler Austin, a chaotic brawl that later gave rise to the viral phenomenon known as the "Joe Kelly Fight Club."Plunking Austin in retaliation for injuring teammate Brock Holt on a hard slide, Kelly instantly became a cult hero, breathing new life into baseball's oldest rivalry while serving as a rallying cry for the Red Sox en route to their 2018 World Series.

Federal prosecutors filed charges on Tuesday against a 19-year-old Maine man whom the authorities have portrayed as carrying out a jihad-inspired terrorist attack on three New York City police officers near Times Square on New Year's Eve.State prosecutors said last week that the man, Trevor Bickford, had told investigators after he was arrested in the attack on the officers that he had come to New York to kill people and carry out jihad.

Gacek is a fat black-and-white cat who lives in a wooden box on the side of the road and likes snacking on sausages.He's also the top tourist attraction in Szczecin, Poland with a five-star rating on Google maps.To put that in context: Szczecin's Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, a Renaissance building with a history dating back to 1346, only gets 4.5 stars.

After the two fought in a game, Chicago White Sox pitcher Joe Kelly wanted to confront former New York Yankees prospect Tyler Austin in Times Square.At the early start of the 2018 season, the Yankees were up at Fenway Park to take on their most hated rival, the Boston Red Sox.At the beginning of the game, Austin slid into second base and appeared to spike a Red Sox infielder with his metal cleats.

They told you in the academy that you'd never get used to it, and you believed them then, but you didn't quite understand what they meant.You see the body below you, a body you know well.It's outlined in chalk, and there's broken bottles around it.They coulda been thrown by disgusted fans, or they could be a metaphor.