New York Historical Society

People's Pops, Kelvin Slush, and Delaney Barbecue: A Small-Scale Food Revolution at Brooklyn's Pfizer Plant

"Should I turn the music down?" People's Pops founder Joel Horowitz asks as we embark on a tour of his ice pop manufacturing kitchen in Brooklyn. As explanation, he adds, "You don't make a tasty ice pop without loud music." People's Pops headquarters is located at 630 Flushing Avenue on a nondescri ... More >>

Our 10 Best Upper West Side Restaurants

Topped with bacon, slaw, and fried green tomatoes and sided with cheese grits, the fried chicken biscuit sandwich at Jacob's Pickles A score of years ago the Upper West Side was known as one of the worst dining neighborhoods in the city. Well, what happened? You may trace the transformation back t ... More >>

Whipped Baccala at Caffe Storico, Dish #41

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in every day (weekends, too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. [See More 100 Dishes: Fresh Churros and Hot Chocolate | Revisiting John Brown Smokehouse]

Summer Art Guide: 'Ghosts in the Machine'

5 Ways to Carboload at Caffè Storico

For this week's review, I paid a visit to Caffè Storico, the new eatery inside the New-York Historical Society. It's a gorgeous restaurant, all white and marble, and seemingly influenced by Dutch modernism and American colonialism. Yet the grub's from neither ilk -- it's Italian, with a slight Vene ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? Caffe Storico

And so concludes this week's game of Where Am I Eating? I was at Caffe Storico, the new Italian spot located in the New-York Historical Society. The pictured dish is of the artichoke mezzaluna, which comes chock-full of the prickly veggie and the slightest hint of lemon. A scattering of earthy porci ... More >>

Santa Claus Is From Chelsea

​Everything you thought you knew about Santa may be a lie! According to the New York Historical Society, Santa is not, despite all of our assumptions, a native North Pole-ian, complete with North Pole-like ideologies, politics, and annoying habits. He's actually a sophisticated New Yorker hail ... More >>

Say Hello to City Swiggers, Brooklyn Wok Shop

Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. City Swiggers Beer Store and Tasting Room has brought brews to the Upper East Side. Caffe Storico has debuted at the New-York Historical Society, serving paninis and ... More >>

Jose Garces to Open Three Restaurants in Revel

​Jose Garces, of Iron Chef, has agreed to open three restaurants in Revel, a new casino project planned for Atlantic City. [Eater] Caffe Storico, Chef Jim Burke's latest venture, will open at the New-York Historical Society on Saturday. [Grub Street]

Keith Haring Doodle Ceiling Revived at New York Historical Society

​The New York Historical Society is closing out a three-year, multimillion dollar renovation with an awesome finishing touch: Keith Haring's "Doodle Ceiling" from 1986, which used to be displayed in his Pop Shop. The Society is re-opening today at its Central Park West location. The Pop Shop ... More >>

MISSING YOU

10 ways to remember

Winter Guide: A Guide to 2010 Holiday Gifts

For the Less Neiman Marcus-inclined. P.S. Get your damn hands off the ostrich!

Japanese Chefs Shun Gotham Water; Yet Another Egg Recall

​After restaurants with a "C" grade from the Health Department were outed, a number of diners are shocked and now say they will stop frequenting them. [NY Post] Japanese chefs at the Culinary Institute of America's three-day forum on Japanese cuisines refused to use local water and instead co ... More >>

OPEN BORDER

Exploring New York City and the Spanish-speaking world

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​The National Weather Service says it's pretty much definitely going to rain all weekend, so indoors is good. Go see the Wizard of Oz today and tomorrow at the Film Forum (double feature, with Captains Courageous)

STILL TRUCKIN'

The hippies are coming!

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

The East-West School of International Studies ​Flushing and Manhattan's Chinatown welcome the year of the tiger with Lunar New Year parades this weekend. The Flushing parade runs from 11 to 1 today on Main Street (the last stop of the 7). Flushing Town Hall is throwing a free asian dance conce ... More >>

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​Go kiss in Times Square this weekend and get on the billboard for Valentines day. Photographers will be taking pictures at One Times Square today and tomorrow. If you can't get there, you can upload a picture here. Fifteen minutes of fame, a little corporate sponsorship, and hey, a kiss. It ... More >>

Class Action Listings

Oh Wow: Empire State Building Goes "Tie-Dye" for Grateful Dead Monday

​Well, after they lit it up for Red China, this was bound to follow: To celebrate the charity opening of The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society and the Grateful Dead Archive, the lights of the Empire State Building will go "psychedelic tie-dye" on Monday. We wonder i ... More >>

Cornbury: The Queen's Governor Goes Colonial Drag

David Greenspan does his best to impress Queen Anne

HISTORY ASKEW

Being governor's a drag

IT'S YOUR CHOICE

A pupu platter of punditry

Course(s) for Adventure

You've got a thing or two to learn. . .

Southern Gothic

Education Listings

Education

No-Sweat Gift Guide

Forgotten Ones

A Red-Baited Optometrist Records a Neighborhood

Listings

Water Bearer

Letters

Working-Class Hero

The Other Ghosts of Ground Zero

Unlike Other New York Landmarks, the Twin Towers Were Built on Landfill(ed) With Drama of the Past

Exhibit WTC

Dividing the Artifacts of September 11

Who’ll Advocate for the Public?

A Dramatic Contrast in Candidates

Imagining the Public Advocate

Five Visions for a Young Office

AIDS Culture: The Next Wave

Creating the Space to Explore Feelings That Can’t Be Expressed by Acting Up

Also-Ran No Flash in the Pan

The Call of the Wild

The Atrocity Exhibition

A Surfeit of Swans

Peter Martins Revamps a Classic

Designing the Future

Fanning the Fame