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Sahadi's, a Brooklyn store for Middle Eastern spices, grains, condiments and other products that was established more than 125 years ago, has added wines and spirits to its inventory.Adjacent to its Industry City branch that opened in 2019, the company has installed an airy wine and spirits store with a particularly uncommon focus: the lesser-known products of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.

Meati, a self-described animal-free food company that makes its products almost entirely from mushrooms, has entered the crowded market for meat alternatives.They don't use portobello caps and the like, but mycelium, the fungal threads in mushroom roots.With smidgens of oat fiber and chick pea flour, plus vegetable and fruit extracts for color, the Boulder, Colo., company has created white meat cutlets with and without breading that easily pass for boneless chicken breast.

Like kids with lemonade stands, two restaurants are holding Saturday bake sales.In Manhattan, Eleven Madison Park's executive pastry chef, Laura Cronin, has let loose with flaky vegan croissants: rich chocolate-sesame ($6), jammy strawberry rhubarb ($7) and classic ($5), plus coffee to go, all from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., first come, first-served, available until May 20.

Fried cod, haddock, hake, and whiting for Lent, spring, or any time at all




A pub food classic, fish and chips is a perennial crowd pleaser, whether the fish in question is haddock or cod, beer-battered or tempura.The fries are equally important, from fat potato wedges with a crisp exterior and a creamy interior to the more American style, twice-fried sticks sometimes tossed in Old Bay seasoning.

More than two years after New York's first indoor dining shutdown, restaurants and bars continue to struggle.At least 4,500 have closed since the onset of the pandemic due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Due to the difficulty of tracking restaurant and bar closings, experts say that number is likely much higher and will take years to fully assess.

Desbrosses Street in TriBeCa is not exactly the Champs-Elysees, but it's a fairly broad boulevard.So it's still an appropriate home base for this venerable Paris brasserie, now with a global presence.It's managed by Groupe Barriere, whose hotels often house a Fouquet's.Built into the Hotel Barriere Fouquet's New York, the ground-floor brasserie is brightly elegant, done with Art Deco details, glittering chandeliers, red leather upholstery, brass trim and white tablecloths.

It may not attract Rihanna, Jay-Z, and Mariah Carey.But the new DC outpost of Philippe Chow, a Chinese restaurant known for celebrity spotting, aims to hew as closely as possible to its flagship Manhattan location.And its owners are looking to woo a new high-powered clientele."In DC, we consider the political crowd the celebrities," says owner Abraham Merchant.

Bonnie Milligan, an actress known for her vocal range and belting voice, shares a snug rental on the Upper West Side with a college friend who is also a performer.Ms. Milligan's bedroom is sufficiently small that she has to leave to change her mind.The kitchen and living room are pretty much one and the same space.

Good morning.It's Thursday.We'll look at a 101-year-old apartment building on the Upper West Side that is celebrating its link to a famous architect.We'll also say goodbye to Pale Male, the red-tailed hawk who captured the city's heart.Image Credit...Steven Freeman for The New York Times Before the famous buildings on Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue with the famously opulent duplexes, there was 215 West 92nd Street, a building on the corner of Broadway that was Rosario Candela's first solo commission.

A ghost gun team of the New York Police Department raided a luxury co-op on the Upper East Side on Wednesday, seizing gun parts, drug-related materials and pressure cookers and chemicals that could be used to make explosives, the authorities said.They also arrested an occupant of the apartment, Christopher Fox, 30, on a litany of drug and weapons charges, including the manufacture of a machine gun, the police said.

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Several defendants face charges in connection with murders and robberies at Manhattan bars that terrorized the city's gay community, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.The homicides last spring drew wide attention to a danger that has long stalked New York's nightlife: the use of easily obtainable drugs to incapacitate, rob and sometimes kill.

Gammeeok, a Koreatown restaurant that was sued this week for allegedly serving two customers a rat carcass in their soup, was closed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following an inspection on Wednesday, TMZ reports.Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, tells the publication: "No New York City restaurant is authorized to have mice or rats on the menu and we are investigating further."

Jambon beurre, meaning ham-butter, or just ham on buttered baguette, might be the quintessential French sandwich.It's a staple for a picnic or a quick lunch with a tot of Beaujolais.And it sounds easy enough.But, as Pierre-Antoine Raberin recalled, it prompted the chef Alain Ducasse to note that the simpler things can be most difficult.

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.For Hilary Howard, a senior editor on the Metro desk at The New York Times, every day feels like a Sunday.As the editor of Sunday Routine, a weekly column that profiles New Yorkers and what they do in their down time, Ms.

More than 150 trainee doctors went on strike Monday morning at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, the first physician strike at a hospital in New York City in more than 30 years.Chief among their grievances is the fact that they are generally paid less working at a public hospital in Queens, where they care for poor patients, than their counterparts are paid at wealthier Manhattan institutions.

Last weekend at Paul Choi and Ashley Austin Morris's wedding in a little stone church on Roosevelt Island, there was the sort of giddiness in the air that you might expect to find at an actual island destination wedding.That's because most of their guests, despite years of living in New York City, had never stepped foot onto Roosevelt Island, the residential waterfront Manhattan community sitting in the East River.

Rents around Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza have risen faster than at any other subway stop over the past year, according to a new analysis by the apartment listing site RentHop.Apartments near the Grand Army Plaza 2/3 station have risen by 25% in the past year, climbing to $2,800 for a one-bedroom by the famed 80-foot Soldiers and Sailors Arch and grand entrance to Prospect Park.

Temporary pop-up editions of retail stores and restaurants have proliferated in the past few years.And what is an art fair if not a specialized, group version of that idea?The 11th edition of the fair Frieze New York will pop up at the Shed in Hudson Yards this week, from Thursday to Sunday, and will feature 68 galleries.

By Dean Moses Posted on May 10, 2023 President Joe Biden waves to spectators as he makes his way to the Upper East Side on May 10.Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams President Joe Biden touched down in the Big Apple on Wednesday afternoon after spending the morning at SUNY Westchester Community College.

No show exhibits New York glamor quite like HBO's Succession - and Kendall Roy's penthouse is the epitome of indulgence.Kendall (played by Jeremy Strong) lives in a three-level penthouse at the top of the tallest tower north of 72nd Street, one of the tallest buildings in the Upper East Side.Comprising three floors and five bedrooms - and boasting views of Manhattan's skyline - the apartment is among the rarest in New York, and is considered to be one of the world's best home's on the market for $29 million.

Bâtard, open since May 2014, is closing in Tribeca, a neighborhood anchor that defied a straight-up fine dining label with off-menu fried chicken, PBR at a regular's request, and two, three, or four-course tasting menus at the reasonably priced $75 or less when it opened.The last day of service is Saturday, May 20, a manager confirmed.

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY - What do Copernicus and Calvin & Hobbes have in common?You can find both of them side by side this weekend at the 63rd annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory this weekend, where bibliophiles and casual browsers can browse rare collections at all sorts of price points.

Believe it or not, NYC's libraries are some of the most prestigious around the country (and world for that matter).Whether you're looking for somewhere to curl up with your new book, or want somewhere lesser known to admire architecture, there's plenty of places to do it!From the famous New York Public Library in Midtown to lesser known (but equally beautiful) spots, you're sure to be in awe when you see the detailing and book collections these places have to offer.

Over the course of Villa Albertine's Proust Weekend, a series of talks, workshops, and readings celebrating the forthcoming English translation of the last volume of the Recherche and the centenary of Proust's death, I ate more cakes per diem than usual: on Sunday afternoon, a miniature pistachio financier, a Lego-shaped and moss-textured cake that reminded me of the enormous chartreuse muffins at my college cafeteria; on Saturday morning, a crisp, disc-like, almond-sliver-sprinkled shortbread cookie with a hole, which reminded me of a Chinese coin; and, on Friday night, at a holiday party, a dish of Reddi-wip and sour cream studded with canned mandarin slices and maraschino cherries apparently called ambrosia salad.

The Manhattan apartment where Barbara Walters lived until her death late last year has hit the market for $19.75 million.The swanky space on the Upper East Side is said to look the same as it did when the legendary broadcast journalist lived there for 30 years.The posh, five-bedroom, five-bath pad is in a building that dates back to 1925.

Getty Images / Realtor.comJustin Verlander and Kate Upton have splashed out some serious money for primo real estate in New York City, according to the New York Post.While it isn't clear yet how much the couple agreed to pay, the four-bedroom penthouse in Beckford Tower on the Upper East Side was last listed for $16,750,000.

A new dinner series requires patrons to dine without clothes on.The Füde Dinner Experience is "a liberating space that celebrates our most pure selves, through plant-based cooking, art, nudity, & self-love," per a New York Times report.Held on the Lower East Side by Charlie Ann Max, an artist and model, tickets cost $88 per person for the vegan meal, and applications for attendance are required to be submitted through its website.

NYC's food and drink selection is massive, especially when it comes to bars.With new ones opening every day it seems, it's a constantly changing scene that we love to keep our pulse on.Depending on what you're looking for in a bar, you have so many options!Looking to snuggle up in a cozy speakeasy?Or maybe even enter through a hidden door?

The Gossip Girl star and Chanel ambassador keeps her friends close.Over Zoom, Whitney Peak stared at a photo of two nearly identical pale gray cats, trying to determine which one was Benny and which one was Bjorn.Unsure, she placed a FaceTime call to their owner, the singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter.

In one of the year's most expensive sales, a brand-new penthouse near the top of 220 Central Park South sold for $72 million.The full-floor aerie was acquired in an apparent off-market deal by an anonymous buyer, who also picked up a smaller unit on a lower floor of the skyscraper, which holds the country's record for the highest price paid for a single residence.

The Jewish deli is such a defining part of New York City that it might as well be the very air we breathe (along with pizza, dim sum, Trinidadian doubles and curbside halal).On Friday, an exhibit about just that arrives at the New-York Historical Society on the Upper West Side.I'll Have What She's Having': The Jewish Deli is by all indications the most sweeping survey of this culinary institution attempted by a major museum, Adam Nagourney wrote in The Times when the show made its debut in Los Angeles this summer.

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."

Neil's Coffee Shop, a New York City diner on the Upper East Side since 1940, has closed.Its closure dovetails with the death of Cristo Kaloudis, the owner for around 40 years.According to court filings reported by Patch, the coffee shop allegedly owed nearly $1 million in unpaid rent; Kaloudis died two months shy of the coffee shop's eviction date.

When LaChena Clark was laid off from her job as a senior loan officer at Chase Bank in 2008, she still had to do her laundry.So, she figured out how to monetize the never-ending chore, opening Sudsy Water Laundry&Dry Cleaners in Harlem.Now there are four locations; three in Harlem and one on the Upper East Side.

For years, Lawrence V. Ray manipulated and exploited a group of young people who had lived with his daughter in a dormitory at Sarah Lawrence College.He didn't do it alone, prosecutors say: Among them was an enforcer.Isabella Pollok became Mr. Ray's trusted lieutenant, prosecutors have said, helping abuse her onetime roommates.

A family-run vegan cafe in Brixton has launched a legal challenge against the London expansion of a big US coffee chain seeking to rival Starbucks, claiming its highly similar brand was causing reputational damage to its indie vibe.The David and Goliath trademark dispute sets south London's Blank Coffee, owned by Warner Newman, 34, and Samantha McKinson, 32, and their popular plant-based cinnamon buns, against Blank Street, a New York brand whose owners are funding their expansion plans with the help of venture capital.

Dear Diary: It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 2012, and my mother, who was 89 at the time, and I were on our way to the Museum of Modern Art to view Edvard Munch's The Scream.As it turned out, she was correct in her feeling that this trip to MoMA might be her last of many.We took the train in to the city and then rode the subway before walking the last few blocks.

If you have a yen for German food there aren't too many choices left that aren't beer gardens.At one time in Manhattan and Queens, there were dozens - many dating from a time when German was one of the city's predominant ethnic groups.Now, we have just a handful, including the Heidelberg on the Upper East Side, Zum Stammtisch in Glendale, and Rolf's in Kip's Bay, the latter founded in 1968 at the corner of Third Avenue and 22nd Street.

A woman broke into a temporary rental home where the actor Robert De Niro was staying early Monday morning and attempted to steal items from the residence, according to the police and Mr. De Niro's publicist.Officers from the Police Department's 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side saw the woman, Shanice Aviles, 30, entering the home on 65th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues at about 2:45 a.m., according to the police and a law enforcement official, who was not authorized to speak about the case.

Osemenga Celey-Okogun, 19, a biology major at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, was prepared to drop out of school this semester for one reason: She was about to become homeless.Instead, Ms. Celey-Okogun joined 12 other students who recently moved into an industrial-chic rental building in Long Island City, Queens, where their rent will be covered and a suite of services will be provided by a nonprofit housing group.

Eric Adams  mayor, landlord and apparently a New Yorker like everyone else  has beaten a $300 ticket for a rat infestation at his rental property in Brooklyn.The mayor, who has made his hatred of vermin a political asset, convinced a hearing officer that he had taken sufficient steps to rid his building on Lafayette Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of pests.

Daniel and his son Jules enjoying Fifth Avenue.Photo: Julianne Cuba
New York just got more room to celebrate the holidays this year - well, only on Sundays.For the first time ever, the city is banning cars along 11 blocks of Fifth Avenue to make room for the throngs of pedestrians and tourists that flock to gaze at the famed Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center - but only on three Sundays in December.

Around the time Brooke Shields celebrated her 16th birthday, she and her mother/manager, Teri, bought a townhouse on the Upper East Side.It was quiet, and it was luxurious, in that we had space in New York.We had a backyard.It was such a privileged and safe way to grow up in the middle of Manhattan, said Ms. Shields, 57, who, since her days as a child model, actor and professional Calvin Klein jeans enthusiast, has starred in television series and Broadway musicals, written books, designed jewelry, founded the digital platform Beginning is Now and appeared in a number of movies.

Cheese is a celebration, said Matthew Cortellesi, the manager of formaggi e salumi (cheese and cured meats) at Harry's Table by Cipriani, an elegantly casual food court and restaurant, in the West 60s of Manhattan.It's an opportunity for discovery, and it's accessible to everyone, he said of cheese, which can range in format and flavor from a gooey, pungent Camembert to a hard smoked Gouda.

Cynthia Karalla has never been represented by a New York City gallery but has managed to survive as an artist here for four decades, scraping by on individual sales.So when a high-end Manhattan developer inquired about buying a large number of her pieces this summer, she was both shocked and thrilled.

A curiously futuristic tower recently appeared on the corner of Putnam and Bedford Avenues in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.A gray column topped by a perforated casing, at a whopping 32 feet tall, it reaches higher than the three-story brick building behind it.Sixty-year-old Marion Little, who owns Stripper Stain & Supplies, the hardware store that has operated on that corner for 17 years, said that he and his neighbors had received no warning.

The playwright Edward Albee's longtime home, a TriBeCa loft where he wrote some of his most celebrated works, hosted rehearsals and readings, and displayed a vast collection of art, has finally sold six years after his death.The sale price was about $5.6 million, far lower than the nearly $9 million initially sought by his estate.