NYC Café Find: Tarallucci e Vino

NYC Café Find: Tarallucci e Vino | meltingbutter.com

Tarallucci e Vino is an unassuming, opposite-of-trendy café but it should still be your East Village pit stop for proper Italian coffee made for you by an Italian accented barista. As soon as you put away your espresso, order the best pistachio gelato you will find in the city. Big call I know, but you’ll […]

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NYC Culture Find: Nuyorican Poets Café

NYC Culture Find: Nuyorican Poets Café | meltingbutter.com

The Nuyorican Poets Café is a legendary Lower East Side cultural landmark. Since the early 70’s the café has offered a stage for multicultural, independent artists to deliver poetry, spoken-word and Afro-Caribbean musical performance to the city’s ethnically diverse, culturally expressive inhabitants. Originally this cultural gem had been set up as a platform for Puerto […]

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NYC Cafe Find: Gasoline Alley Coffee

NYC Café Find: Gasoline Alley Coffee | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Gasoline Alley is the perfect NoHo refueling pit stop for coffee snobs looking for quality, consistency and a simple menu aimed at people who actually know how to drink coffee (i.e. no strange flavouring syrups available here). It’s just an added bonus that you get to enjoy your […]

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Cafe Food Find: Urban Deli Stockholm

Stockholm Food Find: Urban Deli | meltingbutter.com

Leave it to the Swedes to come up with a supermarket concept that’s so cool and design-y that you actually want to hang out there. Urban Deli, located in the artsy Sodermalm district is literally a one-stop-shop. Once inside you can shop for all of your fresh organic groceries, pick up some bread from the […]

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Good Coffee Find: Coffice Stockholm

Stockholm Hotspot Find: Coffice | meltingbutter.com

Coffice is the place to go in Stockholm for excellent quality barista coffee made by award winning baristas. This café has some serious coffee cred since they offer johan&nyström coffee who are arguably the best roasters in Sweden. But Coffice has a much fresher concept than your average café. Inside you’ll find a workers club where creative […]

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London Cafe Find: Shoreditch Grind

London Hotspot Find: Shoreditch Grind | meltingbutter.com

SHOREDITCH GRIND, OLD STREET Conveniently located directly on the Old Street station roundabout is Shoreditch Grind a third wave, artisanal café by day and a cocktail bar by night. Is it just me? Or is that a genius idea? A trip to Shoreditch Grind will have you sipping on a flat white (these guys are […]

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NYC Restaurant Find: Hi-Collar

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: HI-COLLAR | meltingbutter.com

HI-COLLAR, EAST VILLAGE I keep saying “this is my new favourite restaurant” but this time it really is, promise. Hi-Collar is one of those no-details-spared Japanese hotspots. It’s a Parisian-inspired cafe by day and restaurant/sake bar by night. The place literally transforms as soon as the barman stealthily slides the wall-to-wall cabinet door to reveal […]

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NYC Cafe Find: Toby’s Estate

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: TOBY’S ESTATE | meltingbutter.com

TOBY’S ESTATE, WILLIAMSBURG Australian transplant Toby’s Estate is the place to go if you’re a creative Australian expat living in Williamsburg. By now you’re probably pining after your old barista’s lovingly crafted flat white with its rich, intense flavours since they aren’t quite as easy to come by in this city. Toby’s Estate has got […]

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NYC Cafe Find: Hester Street Café at the New Museum

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: HESTER STREET CAFÉ AT THE NEW MUSEUM | meltingbutter.com

HESTER STREET CAFÉ AT THE NEW MUSEUM, BOWERY This New Museum X Hester Street Fair collaboration sees the two partners creating a platform for some of NYC’s most creative local artisans to present and sell their food inside a museum environment. Inside you can enjoy baked goods from Café Grumpy, an espresso from Intelligentsia Coffee, […]

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The Curators: Jewellery designer & artist Stephanie Simek on being creative in Portland and her Portland city guide

THE CURATORS: JEWELLERY DESIGNER & ARTIST STEPHANIE SIMEK ON BEING CREATIVE IN PORTLAND AND HER PORTLAND CITY GUIDE | meltingbutter.com

A little while back I came across a Portland based jewellery designer, Stephanie Simek, who creates the most intriguing little adornments for all of your jewel wearing body parts. I was instantly drawn to her Classealienne Rings – the colourful baubles you see me wearing below which decorate your often-overlooked finger nooks that you can […]

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