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  • A View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 12/03/2020     Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo Nine months ago our lives suddenly changed, and nobody seems to know how long it will continue this way. In the short term it could be a good thing; we become better acquainted with our homes, we do some clearing out of our files long neglected, we dig out the articles we

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  • A View From the Kitchen

    Web Admin 06/03/2020     Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo Still quarantined, or confined which I like better. So what I observe from the window are sunnier days, more (but not excessive) car traffic, a bit more pedestrian traffic depending on the time of day. At night the streets are still empty of people and the number of cars decreases. Also, for

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  • A View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 01/09/2020     Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo 2020. Twenty years ago we left a century so full of contrasts: there were the two world wars, racist segregation, lynching, the blood-drenched ends of colonialism, the Vietnam war, the end of most kingdoms, the rise of Nazism and its brutality, the concentration camps, revolutions, the killing of a young and popular

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 01/09/2020     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood

    Open 232 Bleecker 232 Bleecker Street at Carmine Street The Dig Food Group, the parent company of fast casual chain Dig Inn has opened 232 Bleecker, its first full-service restaurant in the space that used to house Trattoria Spaghetto. The chef, Suzanne Cupps, was previously at Untitled at the Whitney, and before that at beloved

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  • Mini Melanie and Hot Bread Kitchen Incubates

    Web Admin 01/09/2020     Food, Neighborhood

    By Caroline Benveniste There is a new stand in Chelsea Market called Mini Melanie and when you find it you will be astounded at the elaborate display of intricate mini sweets. There are cakes and truffles and cookie cakes and mini cupcakes and cake pops. The offerings are colorful, fun, and delicious. Mini Melanie is

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  • CAP Beauty, Farm to People and Farm Vegetable Program for Seniors

    Web Admin 01/09/2020     Articles, Food, Medical, Neighborhood

    CAP Beauty, NEW YORK FLAGSHIP + SPA 238 West 10 Street, New York, NY 10014 (212) 227-1088 A facial at CAP Beauty is a full-sensory experience leaving one feeling extremely relaxed, nurtured and looking great. Esthetician/healer Crystal Greene provided me with a deep facial massage and treatments from CAP Beauty’s select arsenal of all-natural and

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  • Westbeth Artists Residents Council Wellness Event Poster

    Festive West Village Wellness Event – Dec. 8 @ 2 PM

    gcapsis 12/06/2019     Entertainment, EXTRA, Fashion, Food

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  • Harvest Home in October at St. John’s in the Village featuring Farm to People.

    Web Admin 11/01/2019     Food, Neighborhood, People

    Harvest Home in October at St. John’s in the Village featuring Farm to People. Here, Anina provides delicious produce, cheese, bread and cider samples for this wonderful new service that delivers weekly from farm to apartment and doorman buildings starting at $25. Full report coming in December! farmtopeople.com

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  • A View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 11/01/2019     Articles, Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo What do we think about when we think about November? There may be other guesses, but there is one essential one and that is Thanksgiving. There is the meal of course: the turkey, cornbread, many vegetables, different pies (usually pecan and apple). There are also the guests—those who live nearby and others

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  • New Eats: Ariccia at 14 Bedford Street

    Web Admin 10/05/2019     Articles, Food

    A piadina, originating in 1371, is a thin Italian flatbread typically prepared in the historic Romagna region of Italy. It is usually made with white flour, lard or olive oil, a little milk, salt, and water. The dough was traditionally cooked on a terracotta dish but is often cooked on a griddle today. Ariccia (646-630-8314),

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  • A View from the Kitchen: Orange Walnut Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

    Web Admin 10/05/2019     Articles, Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood

    By Isa Covo When we moved to the Village over thirty years ago there were several bookstores in the area, some small and intimate, a few large. There was a largish bookstore just around the corner from where I live, where I bought my first book by Kazuo Ishiguro, (which was his first book also),

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 10/05/2019     Articles, Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood

    This month saw a continued proliferation of vegan and Mediterranean spots, particularly in the Bleecker/Carmine/MacDougal corridor. Some popular bars/restaurants are opening new locations in the West Village, and some places that had been limping along for a while have finally closed.  Open Top Openings   Llama San 359 6th Avenue near Washington Place Villagers may

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  • A View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 09/03/2019     Articles, Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo …the days grow short when you reach  September…  …and the leaves turn to gold… Those words are from a beautiful song, with music by Kurt Weil and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson; it is a little sad too, as it focuses on aging. Time seems to be galloping after a certain age, even

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 09/03/2019     Food, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate/Renting

    This month saw only one opening, a couple of closings and a couple of moves, with much of the activity centered around Asian spots. As usual, the fall will bring some anticipated openings.  Open Omakase Room by Maaser 321 Bleecker Street between  Christopher and Grove Streets A new omakase spot has opened on Bleecker Street

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  • Olive Oil 101

    Web Admin 08/06/2019     Articles, Food

    By Annunziata Gianzero What do you really know about olive oil? Most everyone in New York likes to think of themselves as a foodie, as we make great sport of knowing the latest restaurants, chefs, diets and even trendy kitchen gadgets (Whaaat? You do not own a home sous vide cooker and an Instant Pot?).

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  • A View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 08/06/2019     Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo So, how are you enjoying this summer? Are you traveling? Going to the beach and walking on the scorching sand? Do you have to go to work stranded on the stifling subway platforms before squeezing into the somewhat air-conditioned compartments of the train that takes you to your destination feeling sticky and

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 08/06/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood

    As usual, July was a quiet month. Two spots opened that are not what they seem, and there was also activity in French and Italian establishments. Open Top Openings L’Accolade Natural Wine and Neo Bistrot—302 Bleecker Street at Barrow Street. It seems like every wine list now touts natural wines, but this French spot which

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  • The White Horse—A Pub with Food

    Web Admin 07/14/2019     Articles, Food, Neighborhood

    By David Porat Having spent a good bit of time in London and England (having visited many times over four or so decades), I have seen and tasted some very poor English food. But I have also had some very good meals in rustic pubs in unassuming, unpretentious, settings. These meals can be straightforward and

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  • A View From The Kitchen

    Web Admin 07/13/2019     Food, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo Summer is here: Time to enjoy the outdoors, the beach, time to travel. It is also the time to look at our bodies and decide that it may be a good time to consider if there is a need to slim down a bit. The advantage now is that with more felicitous

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 07/13/2019     Articles, Food, Monthly Columns

    Things were quieter this month, both for openings and closings, with most of the activity concentrated in the Meatpacking area.  Chelsea Market and Gansevoort Market Update  Hot Bread Kitchen, the organization which sells ethnic breads made by immigrants has a food incubator to help people interested in food entrepreneurship. Chelsea Market (75 9th Avenue between

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  • A View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 06/06/2019     Food, History, Monthly Columns

    By Isa Covo Here is what happened when women took matters into their own hands. Recently I read an article about some Palestinian women and children from Jubbet ad-Dib, a Bedouin village, who one day, and without warning, stormed the offices of their district council and demanded clean water and electricity for their village. They

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 06/06/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood, Photos, Real Estate/Renting

    This was a fairly quiet month, but after a long wait, it finally appears that some tenants are coming to the old St. Vincent’s site on 7th Avenue. A number of long-awaited openings have materialized this month, and a new pizza place has replaced a short-lived pizza place in the Meatpacking District. Open Top Openings

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 05/04/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate/Renting

    This month we noticed a higher number of openings than during the colder months. A long-time Village bookstore returned, while another closed. Openings outnumbered closings on Bleecker Street, something that did not go unnoticed in a March 2019 article in The Commercial Observer which stated: “Bleecker Street retail has gone through several rapid changes in

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  • The View From the Kitchen

    Web Admin 05/04/2019     Architecture, Art & Architecture, Arts and Culture, Briefly Noted, Food

    By Isa Covo This month my intention was to write about iconic American songstresses. The idea came to me as I was listening to Billy Holiday, and then the fire at Notre Dame de Paris happened.  From the time I heard the news, I was glued to the television and saw the spire fall, the

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  • My Favorite Restaurant

    Web Admin 05/04/2019     Articles, Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood, Opinion, People

    We’re asking readers of WestView to submit a description of their favorite neighborhood restaurant. The review we select for publication receives a FREE one year subscription to WestView News. Please submit your local favorite to: westviewarticles@gmail.com GRAND PRIZE WINNER  Roberta Curley Recommends: TAVERN ON JANE Jane and Leroy Streets When I crave unique, inventively prepared fresh

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  • They Came for the Rally and Stayed for the Wake

    Web Admin 05/04/2019     Articles, Featured, Food, Neighborhood

    By Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller  On a rainy, chilly, first full day of spring, a surprising number of people showed up at the White Horse Tavern on Hudson and 11th Streets—the reason? The sale of the building to the notorious landlord Steve Croman. The White Horse Tavern opened in 1880 and has been

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  • The View from the Kitchen

    Web Admin 04/03/2019     Articles, Food

    By Isa Benveniste My kitchen is small. After all, I live in a Greenwich Village apartment—but not very small, as I can comfortably fit in a table where I have breakfast and other meals and where I can do prep and roll out pastry dough. I always do these things standing up, for no other

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  • Caffe Reggio: 92-year-old Café in the Heart of the West Village

    Web Admin 04/03/2019     Articles, Food, Neighborhood

    By Anthony Paradiso Caffe Reggio is a 92-year-old coffee shop nestled right in the heart of the West Village at 119 MacDougal Street between Thompson and Minetta Lane. I walked down from Sixth Avenue and walked over to MacDougal Street, where I came across a coffee shop that looked different from the rest. You can’t

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 04/03/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood, Real Estate/Renting

    The title of this month’s In & Out could be “Delayed Gratification.” There were just two openings, a number of closings, but lots of projects in the works. There continues to be increased activity in the Bedford/Downing/Carmine area, and a couple of Korean restaurants are coming, replacing Do Hwa which closed last month. Open Chama

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  • My Favorite Restaurant

    Web Admin 04/03/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood

    We asked and you answered! We received many responses to our query for your favorite neighborhood restaurants. Our first winner is Dee Vitale Henle, who enjoys EN Japanese Brasserie. The winner receives a FREE one year subscription to WestView News. Please submit your local favorite to: westviewarticles@gmail.com GRAND PRIZE WINNER Dee Vitale Henle Recommends EN

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  • Rage, Rage Against Croman

    Web Admin 04/02/2019     Articles, Featured, Food, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate/Renting

    By Cynthia Chaffee and Mary Ann Miller Whenever a New York restaurant closes, look under the nearest rock and you’ll usually find Steve Croman, the notorious landlord who just spent several months in jail—not at Rikers where he was supposed to go, but at the Manhattan correctional center, a.k.a. “The Tombs.” Add to the mix Eytan

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  • Osteria 57 Flavors West Village with Mouth-Popping Italian Pescatarian Fusion

    Web Admin 03/09/2019     Arts and Culture, Food, Neighborhood

    By Karen Rempel Osteria 57 has been lighting up West 10th Street with tiny fairy lights for a year and a half, and delighting our mouthbuds with intricate flavors constructed from the earth and sea. I’ve enjoyed many meals and special occasions at owner and host Emanuele’s Sardinian masterpiece of hospitality and epicurean adventures. Last

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 03/09/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood

    This month we saw mostly closings, something that often happens in the winter, with five on Bleecker Street alone. Hopefully next month we will have happier news to report.  Open North Fork (122 Christopher Street and Bedford Street). This farm-to-table restaurant opened in the old Croman-owned Lima’s Taste space. I spoke with the Chef, Chris,

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  • My Favorite Restaurant

    Web Admin 03/09/2019     Food, Neighborhood

    “Can you recommend a good Village restaurant?” When you get asked this question by a tourist or a new friend what pops into your head? Probably it’s a restaurant you have been going to for years, or maybe it is a brand new one that you just found and the food is absolutely sensational. As

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web Admin 01/07/2019     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate/Renting

    Open Top Openings: Encore 1 Little West 12th Street (between Gansevoort Street and Ninth Avenue) When I spoke to Harold Moore a few months ago about his just-opened French spot Bistro Pierre Lapin, he explained that French food had fallen from favor in New York but that recently it was making a comeback, following the

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  • Integral Yoga Natural Foods Closes Doors After 45 Years

    Web Admin 01/06/2019     Arts and Culture, Food, Neighborhood, Real Estate/Renting

    By Sarah Dowson  Recently hundreds of loyal natural-foods patrons were shocked and heartbroken to learn that Integral Yoga Natural Foods (“IYNF”), at 229 West 13th Street, had closed because of overwhelming competition in the changing retail landscape. IYNF sold organic fruits and vegetables, prepared foods, freshly juiced vegetables, as well as flour, grains, and spices

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  • Integral Yoga Natural Foods: Some Memories

    Web Admin 01/06/2019     Arts and Culture, Food, Neighborhood, Real Estate/Renting

    Having finished my organic red kale the other day, I ambled over to Integral Yoga Natural Foods (“IYNF”) at 227 West 13th St. with the intention of buying another bunch to munch and maybe a few spices too. I felt devastated to see a sign on their door announced they were closing due to “overwhelming

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  • IN AND OUT

    Web admin 12/05/2018     Food, Monthly Columns, Neighborhood, News, Real Estate/Renting

    Correction: in the October In & Out, we reported that Toosh, a shoe store at Bleecker Street (east of 7th Avenue South) was closing. We hear from the owner that it is not, and a further check reveals that it is very much open. We apologize for the error. High rents and real estate taxes

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