Category Archives: West Village

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Quest for the Perfect Pasta in the West Village

Despite the thin actress’s physique, Sarah Jessica Parker has begun a search for the best pasta in the city.
For ravioli, she has already found the place–Gradisca, in the West Village on 13th street between 6th and 7th. The actress told the New York Times that the eatery’s ravioli “is absolutely gorgeous. It is light as air. I always tell people to go visit Gradisca because I think it’s such a surprise.”
She’s also fond of the restaurant’s pasta carbonara, which she calls “beautiful” with its perfect balance of bacon, cheese, olive …

by Michael Foster on December 20, 2011

The Novogratz Design Empire

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Rob and Cortney Novogratz have done it all. They have a successful design firm, written a book, they’ve had a show on Bravo called 9 By Design, and now they’re back with another hit show on HGTV called Home By Novogratz. Rob and Cortney have single-handedly built a design empire while raising their seven kids in the City.
And while they’re always fixing up other people’s homes; they have also managed to rebuild and redesign their current home in NoHo. The six-story townhouse which was a gun store in its past …

by Phylis J. Iqbal on August 19, 2011

Top 5 Ways to Get Your Ice-Cream Fix in NYC

It’s been one of the hottest summers we’ve had in NYC and everyone’s looking for a way to beat the heat. If you’re looking for a treat as well as a way to stay cool, check out these unique ice-cream creations right in NYC!
Everyone hits up places like Pinkberry and Red Mango for frozen yogurt rather than plain boring ice-cream, but artisans around the City are making it hip again to be into the dessert we grew up loving.
Melt Bakery was developed by experienced pastry chef Julian Plyter and Kareem Hamady. …

by Phylis J. Iqbal on August 9, 2011

4 Brunch Picks to Try This Weekend

 
If you live in New York, you more than likely love to find a great brunch place on the weekend, especially in the summer when you can sit outside with a good meal and good friends! With literally hundreds of restaurants to choose from it’s difficult to find a place that you enjoy. Like other New Yorkers, I like to take a couple of hours to enjoy brunch and have found some personal favorites that I found myself frequenting time and time again.
The first is 7A Cafe in the East …

by Phylis J. Iqbal on July 29, 2011

The Narrowest House in NYC

For years on Manhattan, the West and East split ways and tried very hard to ignore each other. Nowadays, a friendly rivalry between the East Village and the West Village has been fueled by comparing the amenities available in both neighborhoods. The latest competition was sparked by the return of 75 1/2 Bedford Street to the market. This four story townhouse is on the market for $4.3 million, even if it is a mere 9 and a half feet wide. The house is so narrow that it has long been known …

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by Michael Foster on July 5, 2011

What’s in a Name (or a Neighborhood)?

 
Every so often, we receive breaking news of a so-called “new New York City neighborhood.” In recent decades, we’ve been asked to add TriBeCa (the “triangle below Canal Street”), NoHo (“north of Houston Street,” modeled on the forty-year-old designation of SoHo, “south of Houston Street”), and even DUMBO (“down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass,” believe it or not) to our local lexicons. Even more recently, there have been attempts to brand NoLita (“north of Little Italy”), CanDo (“Canal Street downtown”), and BoHo (“Bowery south of Houston Street,” whose nickname at …

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by Noah Diamond on February 27, 2011

When It Snow’s In New York…Be Prepared

It was another snow day here in New York City, and I don’t know if you noticed but the day was a perfect for heading to New York public parks for some fun in the snow. Minus the transit troubles, the city was beautiful. Just check out my friend Gillian’s view outside her balcony on East 89th Street, a tree line shot right to Central Park:

If you are a new comer to New York, or you are planning to buy a new condo in the area, here are some tips …

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by Anthony Longo on January 27, 2011

Hot Air

Central Park, December 2010

Given the wintry mixes with which our city has been battered in recent weeks, it seems a good time to discuss heat, both literal and figurative.
First: Is there any area of New York that is not at least occasionally referred to as one of “New York’s hottest neighborhoods?” Google that phrase, and among copious results you’ll be told that the city’s hottest include Alphabet City, Astoria, Allerton, Arden Heights, and Annadale — and that’s just the As. Some neighborhoods, like Greenwich Village, Soho, and Tribeca, have been referred to as “one …

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by Noah Diamond on January 19, 2011
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