NYC Fashion Find: Creatures of Comfort

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: CREATURES OF COMFORT | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) CREATURES OF COMFORT, NOLITA I like to think of Creatures of Comfort as a more tightly curated, unobtrusively fashionable version of Opening Ceremony. The NYC store (an offshoot of the original LA location) offers New Yorkers looking for thoughtful casualwear by cult fashion labels like Rachel Comey, Isabel […]

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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 Restaurant Find: Saxon + Parole

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: SAXON + PAROLE | meltingbutter.com

SAXON + PAROLE, NOHO Saxon + Parole is a solid NoHo restaurant where you can expect an excellent meal with a memorable bottle of wine. You’ll even enjoy all of it in the restaurant’s lively atmosphere with its sophisticated NoHo crowd. Meat-lovers’ ears will prick up when they hear the specials because there’s bound to […]

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NYC Restaurant Find: Hide-Chan Ramen

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: HIDE-CHAN RAMEN | meltingbutter.com

HIDE-CHAN RAMEN, MIDTOWN Midtown is pretty much the most uninspiring place in Manhattan to work if you’re looking for an exciting lunch. But there is a hidden secret that office workers in the eastern mid-50’s have been guarding closely for a while now. Hide-Chan Ramen, a franchise hailing all the way from Tokyo (and sister […]

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Fashion Boutique Find: Assembly New York

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: ASSEMBLY NEW YORK | meltingbutter.com

Located on the same block where all the LES cool kids hang out is Assembly New York, where I assume they all shop as well. Here you will find a mix of men’s & women’s high-end vintage clothing as well as contemporary, slightly obscure international luxury labels (including their own). Their stylishly eclectic tastes will […]

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Restaurant Find: Bohemian NYC

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: BOHEMIAN | meltingbutter.com

Hidden behind Japan Premium Beef on Great Jones Street, lays a Japanese restaurant shrouded in secrecy ”“ an almost impossible feat in a city run by publicity and where speakeasies and members clubs are a dime-a-dozen. Somehow though, Bohemian pulls off the member’s only restaurant concept in a way that weeds out the scene-y side of […]

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Cool Shop Find: McNally Jackson Goods For The Study NYC

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: MCNALLY JACKSON STORE | GOODS FOR THE STUDY | meltingbutter.com

Indie bookseller and downtown darling McNally Jackson Books recently opened a precious little boutique right around the corner that does a good job of proving they don’t just have great taste in books, but anything book-ish or even surrounding the book. The store is stocked with everything you need to construct your dream study or […]

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NYC Restaurant Find: Charlie Bird

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: CHARLIE BIRD | meltingbutter.com

CHARLIE BIRD, SOHO Lingering lunches at Charlie Bird are my new favourite weekend pursuit. Modern Italian food isn’t always done with as much flair in this town, there’s always that fine line that’s crossed where the food is more American-Italian than it is Italian-Italian, but Charlie Bird gets it right. I’m even poised to say […]

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NYC Bar Find: Tooker Alley

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: TOOKER ALLEY | meltingbutter.com

TOOKER ALLEY, PROSPECT HEIGHTS This understated, yet quietly quirky artisanal cocktail bar serves up undoubtedly stylish tipples, which they evidently take very seriously. Just take a peek at their multi-page old-timey style menu which offers readers insight into the history of what they’re drinking as well as the bar’s manifesto which is to be “consciously […]

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London Restaurant Find: Ottolenghi

LONDON HOTSPOT FIND: OTTOLENGHI | meltingbutter.com

OTTOLENGHI, ISLINGTON Yotam Ottolenghi, best known the world over for his imaginative and beautifully photographed cookbooks (Plenty being my fave), is also known by lucky Londoners for his delightful little restaurants (Islington being my fave). You see, I used to live right on Upper Street where Ottolenghi’s Islington outpost is located and each day walking […]

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