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Jan Ransom/New York Daily News Jaime Lucero, owner of the New Mexican Festival restaurant on Broadway at 102nd St., says there’s nothing unlucky about the site and he’s going to prove it. His restaurant replaces Maria Bonita, which replaced Mama Mexico. Upper West Side residents are about to get another heaping helping of re-re-refried beans. A Mexican restaurant has opened ...

FOX Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers make a rather peculiar executive team on ‘The Simpsons.’ Even bosses need a little love. Wednesday is National Boss Day, the workplace pseudo-holiday meant to show our appreciation for the unappreciated supervisors in our working lives. Forget about celebrating the 55-year-old tradition by giving him or her that punny coffee mug or treating them ...

Craig Warga/Bloomberg Researcher Michael Slattery says nearly every neighborhood in every borough of New York saw an increase in home buying since last year. Home buying has become New Yorkers’ favorite pastime. Marking a six-year high, $ 11.3 billion in New York City home sales transactions were completed in the third quarter, up a whopping 32% from 2012, according to ...

Associated Supermarkets has had 739 violations since 2008, whereas Westside Market and Trader Joe’s has had one. The Whole Foods on the upper West Side is a foodie nirvana that sells top-quality cuts of grain-fed beef, pricey produce like organically grown heirloom tomatoes and a mouth-watering selection of fine French cheeses. It’s also been found to have mouse droppings in ...

GRPR GUTS RAAK/AKM-GSI Kim Kardashian slipped into a pair of skinny jeans for a night out on the town over the weekend. New mom Kim Kardashian has revealed the secret to her post-baby body. “I’ve actually been doing the Atkins diet & luv it,” she said Sunday in a message to her 18 million Twitter followers. PHOTOS: KIM KARDASHIAN’S STYLE ...

ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images Haute couture owned by Danielle Luquet de Saint Germain, a former model and muse to Saint Laurent. She’s auctioning off her impressive fashion collection in Paris. PARIS – A huge collection of haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion owned by the model who inspired Yves Saint Laurent’s famous “Le Smoking” tuxedo went under the hammer on Monday in ...

Susan Watts/New York Daily News A five-story, century-old double-townhouse building currently home to doctor’s offices and apartments is on the market for $ 48 million — but it may cost $ 10 million for a luxury renovation. Where but the upper East Side could you find a $ 48 million fixer-upper? A pair of unspectacular townhouses has just hit the ...

Banksy NY via YouTube Banksy says he sold original pieces in Central Park over the weekend — for only $ 60 each. An elderly man worked the pop-up stall at the edge of the park on Fifth Ave. near Central Park South. Graffiti artist Banksy, whose works sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, claims he sold original pieces at ...

Richard Pierce/ASSOCIATED PRESS LA eatery Ray’s & Stark Bar has created a 45-page menu boasting bougie bottled water. Who knew water could taste so expensive. Los Angeles upscale eatery Ray’s & Stark Bar is taking thirst quenching to a record-breaking high with their 45-page, 20-item menu dedicated entirely to bottled water. Parched patrons can sip from the city’s “most extensive ...

Calvin and Christy, together again. The supermodel first posed in a campaign for the brand in 1988. The seemingly ageless Christy Turlington is once again the face and body of Calvin Klein. Turlington, 44, shows off pieces from the brand’s fall 2013 collection in a series of sultry black and white ads as well as a 30-second clip. Calvin Klein ...