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Another Groupon Uptown Steal – La Estufa

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Groupon is back on its Uptown grind once again and thankfully so. This time around it is Inwood’s very own La Estufa (5035 Broadway Bet. 214th-215th St). You have approximately 14 hours to get in…

Daily Grind: Jason Minter & Indian Road Café

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) If there is one word to describe Indian Road Café (218th and Indian Road), it is character. Indian Road Café simply and quietly exudes outsized portions of character, charm, and…

My Groupon/Garden Café Power Lunch

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I would be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to the good folks at Groupon for selecting Uptown establishments 2 weeks in a row. First it was the mighty Indian Road Café &…

Another Groupon Uptown Steal – Garden Café

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) On the heels of a very successful Indian Road Café deal (nearly a thousand sold), Groupon is once again setting in sights on an Uptown establishment. This time around it is the über popular restaurant…

Piper’s Kilt – The Best Burger in Town

BY Sara Martinez (@Saritology) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) I was in the mood for a burger. I had one from some random diner but it wasn’t good, and I didn’t finish it. I said to myself, “Self, why…

THE FIX – MANGO'S PARADISE

BY Chloé Michelle Fischbach Photography by Art by DJ Boy My addiction started this summer. I’ll never forget the night it began. My father and I were walking down Nagle Avenue when Mango’s Paradise, a brightly-lit smoothie shop, caught…

Uptown Gem – The New Leaf Restaurant & Bar

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) There is a certain mystique, a kind of otherworldliness if you will, that envelops the New Leaf Restaurant and Bar. Nestled in the bucolic, urban oasis that is Fort Tryon…

El Malecon – A Dominican Cuisine Machine

BY Led Black  (@Led_Black) El Malecon (4141 Broadway at 175th St) is a machine. I mean that in a good way, as in El Malecon is an efficient and delicious Dominican cuisine machine. Great food, great service with a…

THE Wahi/Inwood Brunch & Supper Club

BY Claudio E. Cabrera This past Friday, the Wahi/Inwood Brunch & Supper Club came together for its October outing. Usually, we visit neighborhood eateries for Brunch or Supper, but this time, we decided to go outside the neighborhood. We…