Through Feb. 12, NYC Restaurant Week Has Plenty of Local Catches to Put on Your Plate

Through Feb. 12, NYC Restaurant Week Has Plenty of Local Catches to Put on Your Plate

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | NYC Restaurant Week—which began on January 17—isn’t contained to a mere seven days on the calendar. The annual wintertime gastronomic go-to happens through February 12. Its prix-fixe two-course lunches and three-course dinners for $30, $45 and $60 are available at nearly 500 restaurants across all five boroughs—but we’re containing our coverage […]

Survey Seeks Community Input on Flatiron & NoMad Nabes

Survey Seeks Community Input on Flatiron & NoMad Nabes

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | “You are what makes Flatiron & NoMad the heartbeat of NYC. We would love your thoughts,” said organizers, in an early 2023 posting to the website of the Flatiron NoMad Partnership (click here to visit the site). Noting that the Partnership’s team is “ready to hit the ground running,” they’re asking the public […]

Chelsea’s Small Businesses, Decked Out for the Holidays, Beckon

Chelsea’s Small Businesses, Decked Out for the Holidays, Beckon

    PHOTO ESSAY BY CHRISTIAN MILES    The Triple Crown Ale House is an Irish sports bar located at 333 Seventh Ave. Located just steps away from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, they offer (according to the website) “indoor and outdoor dining” and “many excellent options that are exciting, flavorful, and satisfying! All of […]

Shop Like it Matters: On Black-Owned Friday & Small Business Saturday, it Does!

Shop Like it Matters: On Black-Owned Friday & Small Business Saturday, it Does!

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 26, 2022 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Your neighborhood thrives when you support local, independent merchants. Well said, isn’t it? Yes? Then we’re compelled to tell you we lifted that opening sentence wholesale from the Village Alliance (Business Improvement District), as stated on their Small Business Saturday (SBS) landing page. Click here […]

Peter Mac as Judy Garland Throws Down Halloween Gauntlet with October 1 Show

Peter Mac as Judy Garland Throws Down Halloween Gauntlet with October 1 Show

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Superachiever Judy Garland isn’t wasting one second of precious, pumpkin spice-infused time when the final day of September gives way to a month-long celebration of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and things that go bump in the night. And in honor of that, the woman who once singlehandedly killed a wicked witch by […]

Strawberry Fields for Sunday, as All-Singing Drag Brunch Comes to Chelsea

Strawberry Fields for Sunday, as All-Singing Drag Brunch Comes to Chelsea

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Drag and lip synching go together like drag and brunch, or brunch and booze–and although live signing is making some serious inroads as an arrow in the savvy queen’s well-packed quiver, not every drag performer born to entertain can belt one out at will and in tune. That takes a very […]

Botanically Inspired Moxy Chelsea’s Soaring Spaces Embrace Sun, Air, Sharable Pleasures

Botanically Inspired Moxy Chelsea’s Soaring Spaces Embrace Sun, Air, Sharable Pleasures

NYC Hotel Week is in play through the middle of the month. Book accommodations at 22 percent off standard retail rates, at more than 110 hotels across all five boroughs. Locally, one of the standout participants is Moxy Chelsea, (105 W. 28th St. at Sixth Ave.), the visually dynamic food, lodging, and lounging space that lets […]