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NEW TASTE OF THE UPPER WEST SIDE

Soirée in the Park is part of New Taste of the Upper West Side food festival

Theodore Roosevelt Park, Columbus Ave.
May 27-30, $105-$225
www.newtasteuws.com

It wasn’t too long ago that the Upper West Side was not exactly known for its culinary excellence. But times change, and the neighborhood will be strutting its comestible stuff this week at New Taste of the Upper West Side, a trio of food-based events benefiting the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District and Theodore Roosevelt Park. On May 27 at 7:30, Soirée in the Park ($150) will bring together Sarabeth Levine of Sarabeth’s, Rodney Mitchell of Calle Ocho, Dennis Petronio of Gastronomie 491, Lala Sharma of Savoury Indian Restaurant & Bar, Scott Bryan of the Milling Room, and Luke Holden and Ben Conniff of Luke’s Lobster for an elegant cocktail party featuring hors d’oeuvres, champagne, and live chamber music. On Friday night at 7:00 ($105), Comfort Classics consists of forty local restaurants serving “home-style fare,” hosted by Adam Richman, with food tastings, wine, cocktails, beer, and live music by the Silver Arrow Band; among the participating eateries are Artie’s Delicatessen, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Firehouse, Gabriela’s, Haru, Isabella’s, Momofuku Milk Bar, Pasha, Serafina, Sugar and Plumm, the Meatball Shop, and Virgil’s Real BBQ. And on May 30, Best of the West (general admission $135, VIP $225) promises glitz and glamour from forty preeminent UWS chefs and restaurateurs, including host Marc Murphy (with Anne Burrell and Lauren Scala) and Haley Fox and Lauren Fox from Alice’s Tea Cup, Olivier Quignon from Bar Boulud, Matthew Tivy from Café du Soleil, Michael Navarette from Café Luxembourg, Chris Wall from Cesca Enoteca, John Frasier from Dovetail, Bobbie Lloyd from Magnolia, Olivier Dessyn from Mille Feuille, Andy D’Amico from Nice Matin, William Sanders from Ocean Grill, Michael Lomonaco and Michael Ammirati from Porter House New York, Joe Quintana from Rosa Mexicano, Jacques Torres, Jean-George Vongerichten, and many more.

WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK 2015

Who: More than three hundred restaurants throughout the city
What: Winter Restaurant Week
Where: All five boroughs
When: February 16 – March 6, three-course lunches $25, three-course dinners $38
Why: Reservation lines are now open for Winter Restaurant Week, in which hundreds of New York City eateries offer three-course prix-fixe lunches for $25 and dinners for $38. (Some restaurants do only lunch or dinner, and others offer the deals only on weekdays.) Many of the prix-fixe menus are available online so you know just what you’re in for. Among the many restaurants are such favorites as ‘21 Club,’ Aureole, Bann, Barbetta, Charlie Palmer Steak, City Crab, City Hall, Darbar, DB Bistro Moderne, Delmonico’s, Dévi, Dos Caminos, Esca, Estiatorio Milos, Gotham Bar & Grill, Haru, i Trulli, Il Mulino, Le Cirque, Les Halles, Mercer Kitchen, Monkey Bar, Nice Matin, Nobu, Petrossian, Red Rooster, Rosa Mexicano, the Russian Tea Room, Shun Lee Palace, Tao, Tribeca Grill, Victor’s Cafe, the Water Club, and the Water’s Edge. As a bonus, if you register your American Express card, you will receive $5 back each time you charge at least $25 at a participating restaurant.

DINE AROUND DOWNTOWN

Chase Manhattan Plaza
Between Liberty & Pine and Nassau & William Sts.
Tuesday, June 14, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Admission: free, dishes $3-$7
212-566-6700
www.downtownny.com

Sponsored by the Downtown Alliance, the twelfth annual Dine Around Downtown will feature signature dishes from more than four dozen local downtown restaurants, from pizza places and burger joints to steak and seafood houses. Among the participating eateries are Battery Gardens, the Beekman Pub, the Bridge Café, the Capital Grille, City Hall, Delmonico’s, the Dubliner, Haru, Kitchenette, Les Halles, the Libertine, MarkJoseph, P.J. Clarke’s, Pound & Pence, Salud, Sequoia, Stella, Stone Street Tavern, Suteishi, Trinity Place, Ulysses’ Folk House, and Zeytuna. There will also be live entertainment. Each plate goes for $3 to $7, with proceeds benefiting the Alliance for Downtown New York, which “is striving to make Lower Manhattan a wonderful place to live, work, and play by creating a vibrant multi-use neighborhood.”