UWS Openings And Shutterings: Perfectos, Warby Parker, Pizza Spot

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Businesses come and go on the Upper West Side, but the latest cycle of openings and shutterings include two longtime staples of the neighborhood.

A pizza place and Greek restaurant located next to each other have both shuttered, while a different pizza place and glasses shop are opening their doors in the community.

Here is the full UWS opening and closing news.

Perfecto Pizza and Telio: 2497 Broadway + 2481 Broadway

The two restaurants that sit next to each other between West 92nd and 93rd Street and Broadway both had their final day on Sunday, as first reported by ILoveTheUpperWestSide.

Perfecto and Telio are both owned by Yianni Berbeis, who told ILoveTheUpperWestSide in October that its landlord was raising the rent from $20,000 a month to $39,000 a month.

There are rumors that Berbeis will look to move Telio to a new address on the Upper West Side.

The closure will leave a major vacancy on the Broadway block.

Warby Park: 424 Columbus Ave.

The popular glasses store will open its second Upper West Side location between West 80th and 81st streets in 2023.

The spectacles store will be replacing a Flying Tiger location, which closed all of its outposts in the fall of 2020.

Warby Park is known for selling top-quality glasses for affordable prices. Its other neighborhood location is at 185 Columbus Ave.

You can find out more about Warby Parker on its website.

Emmy Squared Pizza: 200 W. 60th St.

The Detroit-style pizza spot opened December 1 in the former home of the longtime Olympic Flame Diner.

The pizza eatery opened its first location in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2016.

Along with pizza, Emmy's also serves up garlic sticks, meatballs, mozzarella sticks, glazed cauliflower, salads, burgers, and sandwiches.

You can find out more on its website.