Pumped for Yummy Mummy
‘One stop shop’ for breastfeeding moms
By Sarah Liston
Posted by Our Town on May 14, 2009 · View Comments
M is for May and mammaries! This month, the first and only breastfeeding store on the Upper East Side opens its doors. Its name should make you giggle: Yummy Mummy. This self-described “one stop shop” for the breastfeeding mom, at 1201 Lexington Ave. between 81st and 82nd, will have everything that nursing moms need to be their very best at breastfeeding: nursing bras, breast pumps, pads, DVDs, reference books and even weekly classes, special seminars and breastfeeding support groups.
A cultural transformation has occurred at Brazilian café Buzina Pop. The owner, Stephanie Laurent, has traded the bossa nova vibe for a French one and has changed the name to match. Le Magnifique, at 1022 A Lexington Ave. and 73rd, now offers a classic bistro menu with a ground-floor bar and an airy, second floor dining room. For those who want to
Pedicure time at Serenity Spa, a glossy, delicious smelling spa on Third Avenue between 79th and 80th streets. Photo by Andrew Schwartz
follow the caipirinhas, Laurent plans to reopen Buzina Pop in the West Village.
A couple of the perpetually vacant spots on Third Avenue from 79th to 82nd have finally been filled, making that stretch seem a little less 1980s Flint, Mich. Serenity Spa, a glossy, delicious smelling spa at 1397 Third Ave. between 79th and 80th opened in April. Services include manicures, pedicures and waxing, skin care treatments such as facials and micro-dermabrasion, and more obscure options like eyelash extensions, permanent eyeliner and an eyelash permanent (a procedure that tints, extends and straightens your lashes).
For the hair on your head, there’s Shaggy Hair Studio, 1405 Third Ave. between 81st and 82nd. Get a great bob, some highlights, low lights, become a red head or just ask for a fantastic blow out before a big Yorkville night out. Strut down the block afterward to grab a café au lait, mini babka or basil chicken salad sandwich at the newly opened location of the Corrado Bread & Pastry chain, 1390 Third Ave. at 79th (formerly a Vitamin Shoppe store).
Surprise! The CVS Pharmacy at 1294 Lexington Ave. near 88th is being super-sized. The storefront that once housed Glendale Bakery is being taken over by next-door neighbor CVS, which will result in even wider aisles through which the infamously long checkout lines will snake. Speaking of pharmacies, a neighborhood mainstay has closed. Bogden Pharmacy, a lovely old school chemist on the corner of Park and 88th, is sadly no longer with us. But it’s not all bad news. The vacant space will soon be an offshoot of fine meat purveyors and prepared food mavens Ottomanelli Brothers. Otto To-Go, at 1080 Park Ave. and 88th, is expected to open this month and will offer an assortment of prepared foods, like the best-selling grilled chicken and pecan salad, as well as specialty sandwiches and coffee drinks. This stretch of street is certainly starved for food options.
For those jonesing for more than a light lunch, be sure to check out Ottomanelli Brothers New York Grill on Fifth Avenue and 111th Street. This full-service restaurant, which opened last October, serves lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. The menu covers steaks, burgers, pasta and chicken—dishes sure to please picky kids, grouchy grandpas, discerning dads and dieting moms alike.
It just got a little bit harder to find house wares in the northern stretches of the Upper East Side. Rainbow/Ace Hardware, at 1815 Second Ave. and 94th, has closed due to the construction of the Second Avenue subway. The store space will become an entrance to what will someday (when we’re all 100 years old) be the T line. Another home goods and hardware store, Feldman’s IV Hardware, has moved from Madison and 88th to 1200 Lexington Ave. between 81st and 82nd—meaning if you live north of 86th, you’ll have to travel just a little farther south to get those filters for your Miele vacuum.
Upper Madison Avenue has seen a fair amount of change over the last few months. Longtime gourmet grocer Petak’s, at 1246 Madison Ave., has closed after 25 years. Bolton’s clothing store, at 1180 Madison Ave. and 86th, is out, leaving a huge, expensive corner retail space empty. Didis Children’s Boutique, a gallery specializing in upscale European toys at 1196 Madison Ave. between 87th and 88th, has closed. Schatzie’s Prime Meats, at 1200 Madison Ave. between 88th and 89th, is saying good-bye to Carnegie Hill and moving to a storefront on the Upper West Side at 87th and Amsterdam—due to, you guessed it, rising rent. I’m afraid that Upper East Siders who have a hankering for Schatzie’s renowned “Dirty Brisket Sandwich” will now have to make a calorie-burning trek across the park.
In the meantime, what will become of upper Madison Avenue? At the prices that real estate companies want for their spaces, will it turn into one continuous Bed, Bath & Beyond, an exhibit of empty, papered-up windows and “for lease” signs or a giant suburban strip mall?
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