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Monday, March 25, 2024
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Upper West Side News
By Gus Saltonstall
An Upper West Side pizzeria was recently named among the best in New York City. Eater NY, a popular restaurant review and news outlet, published a list of “The Essential Pizzerias of New York City,” which the author classified as a collection of “the best.”
The lone Upper West Side pizzeria to earn a spot on the ranking? Mama’s Too! at 2750 Broadway, near the corner of West 106th Street.
Here’s what the Eater NY editor said about the local spot.
“In an impossibly small space, the luscious square slices are on full display, each of them thicker, greasier, and more lushly topped than the one before,” Eater NY wrote. “The crusts are crunchy, too, and the tomato sauce is slightly sweet.”
Along with the classics, Mama’s Too! offers up a pie called the Angry Nonna that comes with hot soppressata, Calabrian chili oil, and hot honey. There is also the always popular Poached Pear pie that comes with pear, sweet gorgonzola cheese, and hot honey.
You can check out the full menu — HERE.
It has not been all good news for Upper West Side pizzerias this month. Marinara Pizza at 483 Amsterdam Avenue, near West 83rd Street, was shut down last Tuesday by the Health Department for violations that included evidence of mice, foods kept at improper temperatures, and the lack of a bathroom, Patch reported.
The pizzeria, which opened in 2019, was reopened as of Friday and said it had been closed for “maintenance.”
Marinara Pizza also has an Upper West Side location that opened more recently at Broadway and West 97th Street, but not without its own hiccups. As the Rag previously reported, soon after the farther uptown location opened in the summer of 2023, it closed with a sign posted on its storefront saying that the gas had been shut off.
After a years-long process that included a powerful real estate developer pitted against a lone hold-out tenant, the Naftali Group has landed a nearly $130-million construction loan from an Israeli bank for two new buildings across from the AMC Theater at Broadway and West 84th Street, according to The Real Deal.
The main property will be a 45-unit, 18-story building at 215 West 84th Street, along with an additional seven-story building extending eastward along the same block. The larger building will have mandatory affordable housing, with the smaller building having no requirements.
You can learn more about the incoming buildings — HERE.
On Feb. 2, West Side Rag wrote about West Prep Academy’s ongoing battle with the Department of Education to remain in its school building on West 105th Street — which it shares with P.S. 145, The Bloomingdale School.
On March 18, The New York Times also turned its pen to the situation unfolding between the two UWS schools.
“It is a battle that reflects events that have caused two of the biggest demographic shifts in New York City’s recent history: the Covid-19 pandemic and the surge of migrants from the southern border,” Times’ reporter Troy Closson wrote. More than 120 new students have joined P.S. 145 as a result of the influx of migrants.
You can read the full story — HERE.
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