You’ve Probably Walked Past this New Viral Dessert Shop Without Knowing It

Mike Mishkin August 7, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

A cake business that started as a side project between two friends in a New Jersey apartment has spent the past couple months quietly building Read More...

One of NYC’s Only Cambodian Restaurants Has Closed for Good

Mike Mishkin August 6, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

For the second time in six years, one of the very few places in New York City serving Cambodian food has gone dark. Read More...

Six New Restaurant + Bar Openings

Mike Mishkin August 6, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Six new restaurants and bars went before Community Board 8 this week, and all six came away with approvals. Read More...

This UES French Bakery Turned Into a Restaurant at Night. Both Just Closed.

Mike Mishkin August 5, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

One Upper East Side storefront has spent the past few years running two businesses out of the same room. Sandwiches and pastries over the counter Read More...

The City Says the UES Legionnaires’ Exposure Has Ended. It Still Can’t Say What Caused It.

Mike Mishkin July 31, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Legionnaires' disease outbreak that had the Upper East Side checking rooftops all month has stopped spreading, the city announced Friday. Read More...

Missing Autistic Man Found Stabbed on Upper East Side Street

Mike Mishkin July 31, 2026 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

A 23-year-old autistic man who had been reported missing from his Bronx home nine days earlier was found stabbed on an Upper East Side sidewalk Wednesday afternoon. Read More...

1,000 Free Treats Are Being Handed Out at Two Upper East Side Storefronts Next Tuesday

Mike Mishkin July 31, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Yes, those are free. Read More...

A Sixth Person Has Died in the Upper East Side Legionnaires’ Outbreak as Cases Reach 92

Mike Mishkin July 30, 2026 Odds and Ends No Comments

The Upper East Side’s Legionnaires’ outbreak has claimed a sixth life, even as the city insists the worst of the cluster is over. City Health Read More...

Fellini Coffee Is Opening a Second UES Location

Mike Mishkin July 29, 2026 Food & Drink No Comments

Franco Noriega has exactly one more café to open before the year runs out, and he's giving the Upper East Side a second one. Read More...

A Foreign Government Owns the Priciest Home on New York’s New Second-Home Tax Roll

Mike Mishkin July 29, 2026 Real Estate No Comments

The city's new second-home tax roll quietly settled a long-running argument about which house New York considers its most valuable. Read More...