
The Upper West Side Guide
It’s more than strollers and Zabar’s. Here’s where to find the neighborhood’s real character, from pre-theater cocktails to the city's most essential appetizing counter.
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It’s more than strollers and Zabar’s. Here’s where to find the neighborhood’s real character, from pre-theater cocktails to the city's most essential appetizing counter.
Before the opera, the ballet or the Philharmonic: Tatiana in Geffen Hall, the antipasto bar across Broadway, a French room on 68th and the rooftop for after.
New York City and the Metropolitan Opera are giving away 70,000 free tickets this season. Here is exactly how to enter, what the rules are, and what to see.