Restaurant Find: Happy Ending NYC
A former dive bar, and former-former ”˜massage parlor’, cheekily-titled Happy Ending has been reimagined as an intimate downtown restaurant and nightspot. Psychedelic striped wallpaper and touches of Miami kitsch create a flirty Mad-Men-esque vibe, and the live jazz band in the evenings keep it decidedly loungey. The dinner menu features French classics with a retro […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: Sel Rrose NYC
A stunning amalgamation of early 20th century Parisian style and “demolition chic”, Sel Rrose on Bowery is inspired by artist Marcel Duchamp (or Rrose Sélavy, his feminine alter ego!) in its name, décor and even its cocktails. Smooth navy leather furniture and marble-topped tables complement the distressed walls and Duchamp-inspired décor touches – industrial elements […]
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Cool Shop Find: Top Hat NYC
With its wood-paneled walls and elegant arrangement of objects, Top Hat’s interior conjures up the coziness of a Scandinavian sauna and the breezy simplicity of a Ginza gallery. This international vibe is underscored by the provenance of the goods on display, which are sourced from far-flung locations around the world. Colorfully patterned rolls of masking […]
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NYC Holiday Pop-Up Shops: The Cleverly Curated List
Ever get the feeling that you’ve just seen it all before? Finding a unique gift can be a challenge, and often one of the greatest frustrations of holiday shopping is coming across the same merchandise again and again. Luckily a host of exciting pop-ups are surfacing all over New York, presenting wares from emerging indie […]
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Fantasy Restaurants: Nicole Franzen’s Best of NYC
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Clean, classic, minimalistic, with a mixture of old and new ”“ these are not only the eye-pleasing things we’re constantly searching for at Melting Butter ”“ they’re what we’ve found in our latest city curator and major Insta-crush Nicole Franzen. A Brooklyn-based food, lifestyle and travel photographer, Nicole’s […]
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Cool Shop Find: Coming Soon New York
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Part vintage furniture and kooky home wares, with a sprinkling of unique jewelry and artisanal body products, Coming Soon New York’s floor-to-ceiling storefront on Orchard Street appears like a portal into the city’s coolest studio apartment. Inside, there’s a decidedly domestic quality, with mid-century dining tables, chairs, and […]
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Cool Shop Find: Project No. 8 NYC
(Project No. 8 NYC has been reported closed) Opened in 2009 as a destination for sophisticated yet quirky menswear, Project No. 8 has since evolved into a carefully curated mix of unique objects, publications, and high-quality men’s and women’s fashion. Created by Various Projects (the design collective of Elizabeth Beer and Brian Janusiak) Project No. […]
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The Curators: Michelin starred Chef Matt Lambert on NZ cuisine and his top 6 NYC restaurants
(This article by Jenny Nguyen-Barron first appeared in ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) Oceanic cuisine is unmistakably trending in New York City right now. In the last year, the media has shone a flattering spotlight on the multitude of cleanly designed, produce-led restaurants and cafes that are beginning to inhabit many of the city’s streets. […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: Nitecap NYC
Nitecap NYC is a subterranean cocktail den situated in the basement of a Lower East Side restaurant offering confident cocktails inside an unpretentious environment. The distinguished team; hailing from Death & Co and Maison Premiere have made a refreshing point of this unpretentiousness by hiring sincerely friendly staff that necessarily aren’t clad in bowties and […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Fung Tu
What do you get when you cross the intricacy of fine dining establishment Per Se, with the down and dirty Chinese restaurant institution Nom Wah Tea Parlor? What you get is Fung Tu’s imaginatively crafted dishes that hark back to the food of Head Chef Jonathan Wu’s Chinese upbringing. Interestingly, a quick Google search for […]
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