Steve Cuozzo joined the New York Post in 1972. He has covered commercial real estate for The Post in his Realty Check column every Tuesday since 1999, and the city's restaurant scene in his Wednesday Free Range column since 1998. He also contributes regularly to the op-ed pages, where he has closely monitored the state of progress -- or lack thereof -- at the World Trade Center site since shortly after the 9/11 attacks. His book, "It's Alive," published by Times Books in 1996, chronicled The Post's successful battle for survival in the early '90s when it foundered under previous ownership. A proud native of Brooklyn, he lives today in Manhattan.
Friends and some readers have grumbled lately that my recent reviews haven’t been snarky enough. “What happened to the beatings like the one you gave Harbour, with ‘soapy flavorless foams’ and ‘odors of backed-up...
August 10, 2011 12:00 AMIn a pair of retail deals reflecting the rising fortunes of Fifth Avenue below 42nd Street, the owners of 452 Fifth have nailed down 23,000 square feet in new leases, filling the store space in the nearly 900,000...
August 09, 2011 12:00 AM
When the world was ending two months ago, a funny lady from Forest Hills told The Post her biggest regret: “And I haven’t even been to Beauty & Essex.” Let’s hope she’s since made up for it — and brought all her gal...
August 03, 2011 12:00 AMA classic, only-in-Manhattan holdout struggle is unfolding at 48 E. 57th St., one of a half-dozen retail townhouses CIM Group wants to raze for its planned skyscraper on the former Drake Hotel site. While CIM hopes...
August 02, 2011 12:00 AM
Lapping up the mood at Marble Lane in the Dream Downtown Hotel lobby, delighted that the “steak joint + bar” menu wasn’t half as bad as common sense might suggest, I was struck by the same questions I’ve had at a...
July 27, 2011 12:00 AMTWO sets of Buildings Dept. approvals issued yesterday paved the way for full-bore work on two big projects on the block bounded by Broadway and Eighth Avenue and West 54th and 55th Streets -- soon to be Manhattan's...
July 26, 2011 12:00 AM
"I don't object to people making out in restaurants," a friend said at new Boulud Sud. "But I object to people tongue-kissing with food on their tongues." The couple near us were pretty gross. Were they seasoning...
July 20, 2011 12:00 AMThe Port Authority and the federal General Services Administration are negotiating for "much less" space at 1 World Trade Center than the GSA originally intended to lease, Realty Check has learned. The US agency...
July 19, 2011 12:00 AM
After two years of public si lence, prominent Midtown business owners are speak ing out over the ruinous impact of the 12-block-long pedestrian and bike lanes on Broadway north of 47th Street. David Letterman...
July 14, 2011 12:00 AM
Restaurant Week can be so confusing: Should you take advantage of bargain meals, or spend more money to try a place at its best? Fortunately, certain spots present no such vexing choices. They’re the Scenes in Search of...
July 13, 2011 12:00 AM
The giant stuffed animals won't be leaving Fifth Avenue after all. FAO Schwarz has renewed its lease at Boston Properties' GM Building for five years, ending speculation that the fabled retailer, now owned by Toys...
July 12, 2011 12:00 AM
Were you fed up waiting for Brushstroke, three months old and four years late? At least take comfort that David Bouley’s many-course kaiseki extravaganza isn’t one of those holy Japanese joints. Dishes reflect "roots on...
July 06, 2011 12:00 AMPoor Joseph Moinian. In parts of Midtown you might think he's Public Enemy No. 1. A small fire on Thursday at 237 W. 54th St., a 5-story building he's demolishing, drew a dozen FDNY engines and emergency trucks to...
July 05, 2011 12:00 AM
‘Who’s Bev Eggleston?” I asked the Aldea waitress about a pork chop bearing the name. “That’s the farm,” she replied with a hint of an eye roll. Then, as if we weren’t sufficiently charmed, she elaborated, “Not the pig....
June 29, 2011 12:00 AM
The World Financial Center's Courtyard restaurants will vamoose as part of Brookfield Office Properties' $250 million project to burnish the WFC's retail profile. In place of the eateries that filled the 4 WFC...
June 28, 2011 12:00 AM
When 3,000 Condé Nast employees move to 1 World Trade Center in 2014, where will they eat beyond their famous cafeteria? Unless things change, at the same places people who live in the area do: glorified delis,...
June 22, 2011 12:00 AMOne of the city's noblest Art Deco skyscrapers, 70 Pine St., will finally don its landmark crown today, when the 66-story tower is expected to receive designation from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The former...
June 21, 2011 12:00 AM
Take a trip on the scariest ride in town: the now mile-long High Line, home to thrills and chills that run deeper than fear of park muggings in the bad old days. Everyone loves the High Line — its fabulousness has...
June 19, 2011 12:00 AM
Bad Thai. Very bad. Down, Marcella! Trader Joe's frozen vegan pad Thai -- the product that made acquitted aisle-assaulter Marcella Caprario slap-happy -- wouldn't be worth a fight even in a time of famine....
June 16, 2011 12:00 AM
I’ve lunched and dined at Brasserie Ruhlmann often enough to wonder: Am I liking it too much for a place so filled with tourists? Should I feel guilty about it? Or am I dreaming that the food really is this good in a...
June 15, 2011 12:00 AMThe blighted-looking northeast corner of Third Avenue and East 57th Street is ready to blossom. TD Bank has signed a lease for over 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, allowing construction of a four-story...
June 14, 2011 12:00 AM
Cafe des Artistes was over years before it died. The Leopard at des Artistes, a baby at six weeks, is roaring in its cradle. Long live fregula, bucatini and naked ladies! The Italianized second coming of New York’s...
June 08, 2011 12:00 AMHigh Line II is the best argument for opening High Line III -- the rail trestle's derelict, northernmost spur, which curls around the vast West Side railyard like a friendly serpent. If you thought High Line I...
June 08, 2011 12:00 AMIt's hello to a prestigious bank and goodbye to Syms at 400 Park Ave., the office tower at 54th Street being re-branded and repositioned by its new owners. Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust has signed a lease for a...
June 07, 2011 12:00 AM
Gov. Cuomo is obligated to make decisions about the new World Trade Center based on the needs of New York, not of New Jersey. That means keeping Christopher Ward on the job as Port Authority executive director --...
June 02, 2011 12:00 AM
Conde Nast is moving downtown. So is the Whitney Museum. Has Manhattan’s dining scene irreversibly gone south as well? Lately I’ve felt like a downtown eater trapped in an uptown body (and ZIP code). I dine in and...
June 01, 2011 12:00 AMAll over town, stalled projects, commercial and residential, have sprung back to life. This is wonderful news for the city as a whole, if not necessarily for developers who might still face rough going in finding...
May 31, 2011 12:00 AM
Now that Conde Nast has formally clinched a deal to move its headquar ters to 1 World Trade Center, let us credit those responsible for arguably the single most important lease ever signed in New York City's history --...
May 31, 2011 12:00 AM
East 53rd Street between Second and Third avenues laughs at Manhattan’s other “restaurant rows.” The block’s home to a mind-boggling 24 eateries offering Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Hawaiian,...
May 25, 2011 12:10 AM
The world's richest man, Carlos Slim, has bought the former Felissimo townhouse at 10 W. 56th St. for $15.5 million in cash, Realty Check has learned. The five-story building was once home to Elizabeth Taylor and third...
May 24, 2011 12:00 AM
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