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Regional Italian for the Upper West Side; seafood from western Turkey and the Aegean in Park Slope; and more restaurant news.

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Thousands of 311 complaints have been logged in the city over outdoor dining setups since July Outdoor dining may be here to stay in NYC permanently, but not all residents have been welcoming the structures dotting the city’s streets. The various outdoor dining setups have attracted more than 4,400 complaints via 311 in NYC since July, local news site Patch reports. According to the site, New Yorkers filed complaints for months over outdoor dining issues, including an apparent lack of ADA ramps built into roadside structures and dining areas spilling over onto sidewalk passages and into the...

Onigiri for a Limited Time at Ootoya in Midtown Mediterranean on the Upper West Side, a new branch of Vanessa’s Dumpling House and more restaurant news. Credit...Jeenah Moon for The New York Times Ootoya Onigiri Pop-Up Window At the Times Square location of this international restaurant chain based in Japan, there’s a counter window that opens onto the street. From there, assorted selections of onigiri are being sold from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., daily through March 7. Previously, the window sold bento boxes, but the management decided to switch to onigiri. One reason was to offer freshly mi...