New Restaurant In Former Gabriela's Home + UWS Food Prices

Good morning, Upper West Side! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Upper West Side today.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and breezy. High: 66 Low: 57.

Here are the top stories today in Upper West Side:

1. West Side Rag » Monday Bulletin: Adams Backs G&T, Statue Tsuris, Who Broke Up The Beatles? (westsiderag.com)
2. Agave Taking Over Former UWS Home of Gabriela's for Second Outpost (Commercial Observer)
3. Woman Sues City After Falling Branch On UWS Causes Amputation (Upper West Side Patch)
4. Peaky Barista Opens 2nd UWS Location (I Love the Upper West Side)
5. West Side Rag » With Food Prices Jumping, How Do UWS Markets Compare? Frugal Frannie Investigates… (westsiderag.com)

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Upper West Side Patch Notebook

• American Museum of Natural History: "What’s a Volcano Junco (Junco vulcani)? It’s a bird that lives in montane forests throughout parts of Costa Rica and Panama. The highlands that it inhabits are often volcano sites, or scrub or grasslands that have grown in the place of p..." (Facebook)
• American Museum of Natural History: "It’s time for Mineral Monday! Pictured is the Pilbara Dravite. Many tourmaline group minerals form in pegmatites, but dravite is common in metamorphic rocks. These spectacular crystals grew near the boundary of two colliding microcontine..." (Facebook)
• New-York Historical Society: "✨📖✨ Phillis Wheatley was the first prominent African American poet and the first internationally recognized American poet. ⁣ ⁣ Enslaved at the age of seven, she learned to read and began to write poetry. Her poems addressed the experien..." (Facebook)
• I Love The Upper West Side: "The space occupied by the long-time Irish bar is available for a new tenant." (Facebook)
• American Museum of Natural History: "Did you know? Pumpkins are fruit. The flowering plants that bear pumpkins are native to the Americas and are part of the family that includes watermelon, cucumbers, and zucchini. As angiosperms, pumpkin plants rely heavily on insects lik..." (Facebook)
• The Juilliard School: "Application deadlines are fast approaching for Juilliard’s BFA and MFA in Acting! This year, prescreening is required for any Acting applicant currently residing outside of the U.S. or Canada; if that’s you, be sure to submit your applic..." (Facebook)
• Central Park: "163 years ago today, the first trees were planted in Central Park, a humble start to the 18,000 trees that live here today. For over 40 years, the #CentralParkConservancy has cared for the Park's trees, keeping New York City cool and cle..." (Facebook)
• American Folk Art Museum: ""A holy grail of American folk art, hiding in plain sight." —Sarah Bahr in The New York Times on the rediscovery of William Edmondson's Martha and Mary, a sculpture which has been given to #AFAM by #KAWS. Read more: https://bit.ly/AFAMMM..." (Facebook)
• West Side Campaign Against Hunger: "The Hayden Sphere at the Museum of Natural History weighs less than the 4.4 million pounds of food we provided New Yorkers in need last year. Help us distribute even more food this coming year and support our fall giving campaign today. ..." (Facebook)
• New York Institute of Technology: "ICYMI: New York Tech is conducting its first Climate Survey to help assess and improve our community's culture & environment as it relates to #diversity, #equity, & #inclusion. Student, staff, or faculty member, here’s how to make your v..." (Facebook)
• The Beacon Theatre: "JUST ANNOUNCED: Ronny Chieng is coming to the Beacon on Fri, Feb 18! Access presale tickets starting this Wed, Oct 20 at 10am with code SOCIAL. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Fri, Oct 22 at 10am. More info: go.msg.com/Ronn..." (Facebook)
• Assembly Member Danny O'Donnell: "Still need your #COVID19 shot? Stop by the Mobile Vaccine Pop Up at 100th and Amsterdam. The van will there until 5PM today. Help keep our community safe and strong- get vaccinated!" (Facebook)

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