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Open and Shut: Yes Craft-Lovers, Michaels is Here
This week, two more stores at Columbus Circle have either opened or are preparing to open. Michaels, the Texas-based crafts chain, has opened its first New York City store, and TJ Maxx will open...
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Open and Shut: Kosher and Unkosher on the West Side
In the last week or so, we learned about some big restaurant openings and reopenings, and a technology company named after a fruit announced some major news too. There was also some sad news, about...
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Open and Shut: You Will Need Five Napkins for This One
This week’s edition of Open and Shut is particularly delicious, as Upper West Siders get ready for a much-heralded burger chain’s entrance. In other news, New Jersey is leaving the neighborhood, and we...
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Open and Shut: Toys, Slurpees and Donuts Come to Town
A special holiday season Open and Shut brings lots of goodies to the neighborhood, including a new toy store, the imminent opening of the Upper West Side’s first 7-Eleven, and a new Tim Hortons (as...
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Open and Shut: Hello Robert and 999, Goodbye Tavern
The new year is upon us and a few new restaurants are helping Upper West Siders usher it in. But the closing of an iconic eatery overshadows the openings this week, as Tavern on the Green has gone...
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Open and Shut: Welcome La Terrine, Bye-Bye Broadway
This week, open and shut features more than a dozen items, as new businesses start to flood into the Upper West Side. Look out for new baby stores, steakhouses, Mexican restaurants and cupcake shops....
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Open and Shut: How Many Steakhouses Do We Need?
Already this year we’ve learned of plans for two new steakhouses on the Upper West Side. A couple of weeks ago, we told you about a new steakhouse called Aged, and now Prime KO is looking to settle...
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Open and Shut: New Sushi, Fancy Clothing, and Drugs
This week’s Open and Shut reminds us of the movie Wall Street: sushi, $4,000 Shearling coats, and drugs. Okay, maybe it isn’t quite that exciting, but there are certainly some new stores and a few that...
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Open and Shut: More Treats for Your Sweet Tooth
This week, we have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Bomboloni, the Italian donut shop, and a new cafe has opened offering tons of different chocolate drinks. Meanwhile, there have been a few...
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Open and Shut: When Starbucks Closes, the End is Near
For a couple of months there, it seemed like the local commercial real estate market was picking up. We were reporting tons of openings, with fresh-faced entrepreneurs flooding into the neighborhood....
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