Save the Post Offices!

Written by admin on August 19, 2009. Posted in Dewing Things Better, On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

And now to “hammer” away against the latest danger to community and vital and accessible human connections: the closing of hundreds of post offices nationwide and in the communications capital of the world. Give us a protest song about that, Pete Seeger! Or maybe you readers will, and we will sure sing it—all over this
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CAFÉ CLOSED

Written by admin on July 8, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Elite Café, a casual restaurant at 185 Columbus Ave. between 68th and 69th streets, was recently shut down for non-payment of state sales taxes. The New York State Tax Department seized the restaurant, which had been operating since 1991, on May 26. According to department spokesperson Susan Burns, as of July 2, there were two
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LAST CALL AT YOGI'S

Written by admin on October 6, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

There was a last-days-of-Rome feeling of gritty decadence and debauched grandeur at Yogi’s this past Saturday night. The irony, of course, is that this is likely the first time those two adjectives have been applied to one of the most authentic dive bars around. For 10 years, Yogi’s, on Broadway between 75th and 76th streets,
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