Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. It’s natural to be skeptical about eateries that open in public facilities ...

The magnolia in front of my house is a little unusual in one respect – it produces flowers that are both purple and yellow at separate times. In the beginning, many years ago, I planted a Yellowbird ...

PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Young Gideon is on to something - a tour of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and then lunch inside Yellow Magnolia Café. The restaurant opened just in time for flower ...

The cherry trees are blooming, and just in time for the new season, a restaurant spotlighting vegetables has opened at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Yellow Magnolia Cafe, which opened Tuesday, ...

Few plants can be considered as quintessentially Southern as the magnolia. Their big, waxy, glossy leaves juxtaposed with heady, fragrant flowers are familiar sights to Southerners. They bloom in a ...

Yep, it was once a beautiful ‘Elizabeth’ yellow magnolia. Then came the hard, cold winter a few years ago and I think it knocked this magnolia back to its roots. What I think happened – and I will be ...

Yellow magnolia blossoms, less common than the pink and white starburst varieties commonly seen throughout the city, are now in bloom. This tree covered in yellow flowers was looking beautiful on ...

Magnolia x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird' is described as a shrub of "breath taking beauty" when in full bloom and we have an offer to save on this striking plant. Available via You Garden's special ...