I Love The Upper West Side

12/02/2025

“Everybody tried, there’s nothing we can do, you know?” said Campbell during a phone call on Sunday evening.

Opened in 1943 on Columbus Avenue and West 69th Street, Emerald Inn remained there until rising rents pushed the bar to its current home at 250 West 72nd Street in 2013.

12/01/2025

For Lenane, the emotional weight of the decision goes beyond the logistics and the fundraising. She worries most about her two ACE employees, Jackie and Ramon, who became beloved presences on neighborhood streets—thanked by name, celebrated on birthdays, appreciated during holidays. “They were not faceless people,” she said. “It was life changing for them, the support that they got from the community.”

OneBlock UWS, a volunteer-driven cleanup initiative that became a fixture of the neighborhood at the height of the pandemic, is shutting down after five years.

12/01/2025

“I guess the rent was Too Matcha,” wrote a Reddit user.

A longtime matcha spot has quietly closed its Upper West Side café after seven years on Amsterdam Avenue.

12/01/2025

Upper West Side News

11/28/2025

The business tells us they’ll have the new space for a year while the original location is restored.

NY Loves Yoga has found a new place to call home following last month’s fire that forced the beloved Upper West Side studio to close its doors.

11/28/2025

New 🍕 rankings! 🏆

Upper West Side News

11/26/2025

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11/25/2025

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A well-known Upper West Side bakery recognized for its unique cookies and its commitment to giving back is upgrading to a larger space just a couple blocks away from its current outpost.

11/25/2025

Over the years, Bending Towards the Light…A Jazz Nativity has been recreated in cities nationwide, each production featuring its own community of jazz stars.

Upper West Side News

11/25/2025

A new documentary short is putting a longtime Upper West Side household in the spotlight.

11/24/2025

unlike any holiday event the neighborhood has seen before.

Upper West Side News

11/24/2025

Raquel, a Muffins employee who knew Theo for 25 years, said she’s going to miss him asking, “Who’s got my hot chocolate?” — his favorite menu item along with their lemon yogurt cake.

Flowers and a memorial note sat on Theo’s bench at Muffins Café on Friday, November 21.