Raise your Glass at Westland Roe

West 72nd Street

​​By Claudie Benjamin Linda Hopper came from Dublin, Ireland to New York City in 1995, and Carrie Galvin arrived from Abbeyfeale, County Limerick around five years later. They met and became friends working as bartenders at midtown bars. Both women loved...

New Star with a Long History

West 72nd Street

​​By Claudie Benjamin Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys, a new star on the block, now shines at 270 West 72nd Street. The brightly lit sparkling white walls and tiled floors provide a welcoming backdrop for an abundant array of bialys, bagels, spreads,...

Comida China Y Criolla Bienvenido de Nuevo!

West 72nd Street

​​By Claudie Benjamin Miguel Yip, one of the propitiators of the family-owned La Caridad 72, has worked at the exuberantly welcoming restaurant for 40 years. Yip is the son of Chinese parents who lived in Havana, Cuba. He came to New York in the late 1960s...

Bite of the Big Apple

Boulevard Encore, Broadway

​​By Claudie Benjamin Look through the glass walls of Apple Upper West Side. See for yourself. Holiday shoppers are browsing and shopping nonstop. Among very few things that might draw you away from the convenience of ordering anything online is the option...

Royale’s Son Honored Father with 1,000 Black and White Cookies

Legacy Business, West 72nd Street

​By Claudie Benjamin Marc Wigder is an attorney and City Councilman in Boca Raton, Florida. His parents owned the Royale Bakery at 237 West 72nd Street for more than 40 years. On the ten-year anniversary of the day that Ben Wigder passed away at...