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Budding crocuses or Groundhog Day may be the official harbingers of spring in the rest of the country but in New York City we have our own milestones. Palm Sunday is the official opening of the landmarked Cyclone roller coaster in Coney Island. There is an opening ceremony with an egg cream christening of the cars and the first 100 riders ride free! When you see elephants and the clown Bello (with the tall hair) walking through the Lincoln Tunnel you know spring and Barnum & Baileys' Circus has come to town. However if you see Pink Elephants you are in trouble! And finally when the first pitch is thrown at Yankee Stadium and the Star Spangled Banner is warbled not by a robin-red-breast but by some minor celebrity, you really know spring has sprung. Happy Easter! See Tony's Blog.
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The Plaza Hotel, which is due to open in the fall, was the scene of many famous films. Not to be outdone, Hollywood's movie studios are getting into the act and opening up theme hotels in Manhattan. Universal is debuting Bate's Motel with a bird motif and heavenly showers. Next to Katz Deli on the Lower East Side there will soon be a Twentieth Century Lox Hotel. In Times Square, you will be able to go right from the #1 train to the new Metro Grand. The restaurant at Hannibal's Hotel features an extensive Chianti wine list and their signature dish, beef cheeks with fava beans. Mel Gibson is behind the new Maya Hotel where nothing has been sacrificed to luxury.
Openings:
London
NY
La
Mela
Hotel
California
Closings:
Bate's
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The Empire State Building celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and has opened up a new observation level. Another place to catch the city view is Top of the Wok in Chinatown, a great place to catch the setting dim sum. The Donald is building a new skyscraper in Harlem to be named Trumped Up where Wolfgang Puck will be opening a rooftop restaurant called Pucked Up. Oprah is opening up a Book of the Month Club store in Times Square featuring only one book per month. Anne Coulter and Toys R Us are teaming up to open a new fl-agship store on Christopher Street to be called "Boys R Us". John Edwards is slated to do the ribbon cutting.
Openings:
Empire
City
Bloomberg
Radio City
Closings:
Roxy
Rink
Tower
Records
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Camaje, a Greenwich Village restaurant features "dark dining." You spend the entire evening blindfolded. Outside the restaurant, staff gives u a blind fold and seats you at your table. You then close your eyes and open your senses as you dine on a set menu. If you need to use the rest room, you are escorted to the appropriate room (although if you're blindfolded, what does it matter?). Also in the Village, Taco Bill is featuring a meal package called the "rat pack". On the East Side, Nino's Bellissima is serving a $1,000 pizza topped with six kinds of caviar and lobster.
Openings:
Hawaiian
Tropic Zone
Aunt
Artica's
Curry
in a Hurry
Closings:
Alain
Ducasse
Taco
Bell
Lonesome
Dove
Tropica
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Legally Blond looks to be a sure-fire hit and shoe-in to win the 2007 Tony as best musical. Billy Elliot, the Elton John musical based on the movie is a big hit in London. It steps onto Broadway fall 2008. President Bush is due to perform in a one-man show, By George, early 2009. Not to be outdone, Barrack Obama will appear in a 1950's doo-wop jukebox review call Obama Rama Dingdong. Also blowing into town, Bill and Monica, the Musical. There are high hopes for the new Mel Brooks musical, Fartalot, based on his western, Blazing Saddles.
Openings:
Young
Frankenstein (November)
Old
Man and the He-She
Katz
- A DELIcious Review
Closings:
Beauty
and the Beast
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