At the start of this century, it was commonplace to say there were no good restaurants on the Upper West Side. It was wrong then and is even more wrong now, as dynamic new places open. A cluster of Chinese restaurants has popped up on the northernmost edge of the neighborhood, new kosher and halal places are surging, and pizzerias offer a variety of styles. Meanwhile, Indian restaurants dot the landscape, along with Vietnamese, Turkish, and Chilean places — there’s even an updated and glorified diner.
Culinarily speaking, the Upper West Side, which extends from Columbus Circle to 110th Street west of Central Park, is always renewing itself.
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