For those sure that uptown fails to offer the amenities befitting a Manhattanite, those in West Harlem know that the tide is turning. In what some are calling a second Meatpacking District renewal, three veteran restaurant owners are setting up shop on the 12th Avenue strip underneath the dramatic Riverside Viaduct. Occupying a large triangular building on 135th St., a brick-oven pizzeria with a 1950's feel (from the owner of Max SoHa), a Mediterranean bar and grill (from the owner of Sabor), and a Thai-Latin fusion restaurant and lounge (from the owner of Mamajuana Café) will open just north of the popular and lip-smacking Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and newcomer Hudson River Café, adjacent to the Harlem Piers currently under construction. (The New York Times reported on the area last summer, when some of these details were first emerging. Apparently, some are trying to name the area ViVa, for Viaduct Valley.)
The Upper West Side traditionally gets a bad rap for restaurant options, but Amsterdam Avenue below 110th Street is also seeing its new crop of offerings. If you visit, post some reviews and tell us what you think!
The Real Deal: 135th Street's Restaurant Row
The Upper West Side traditionally gets a bad rap for restaurant options, but Amsterdam Avenue below 110th Street is also seeing its new crop of offerings. If you visit, post some reviews and tell us what you think!
The Real Deal: 135th Street's Restaurant Row
New York Times (from 6/06): Along a Viaduct, A Restaurant Row Emerges
New York Sun: New Restaurants Signal Changes in West 90's
Chow.Com: Two New Thai Contenders Uptown
New York Sun: New Restaurants Signal Changes in West 90's
Chow.Com: Two New Thai Contenders Uptown
2 comments:
That would explain the suits I've been seeing on that stretch. "ViVa" is as detestable a HiNac (Hip Nabe Acronym) as they come, though.
Viva is not even that creative. Soho, noho, dumbo
are the only 3 that have really caught on.
Uptowners should be a littl cooler than trying to
copy what's been done.
If "the meatpacking district" can be said in one
mouthful, then Manhattanville Viaduct should
not be so difficult.
Great area with great potential. Needs to keep
to it's history.
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