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 Restaurant Find: Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: BROMBERG BROS. BLUE RIBBON FRIED CHICKEN | meltingbutter.com

BROMBERG BROS. BLUE RIBBON FRIED CHICKEN, EAST VILLAGE NYC’s cult fried chicken favourite now has its own outpost where hungry Manhattanites can indulge in deliciously crispy birds in the bright, low-key, cafeteria-style space. If you’ve not tried Blue Ribbon’s fried chicken before, expect umami galore when you feast on the Chicken Dinner with chips and […]

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NYC Restaurant Find: Pearl & Ash

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: PEARL & ASH | meltingbutter.com

When you dine in a restaurant with an inch-thick wine list you’d expect to be dropping some serious cash. You could go either way at Pearl & Ash, a progressive downtown wine bar serving up globally inspired small plates with a plenty of wow factor. For 10-15 bucks a plate and a 30-something dollar bottle […]

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The Curators: Marcus Hay talks styling and the top 7 interiors stores in NYC

1 / 1 ( 4 votes ) There’s something very new and exciting happening over here at meltingbutter.com. We’re launching a new section called “The Curators” where we’ve hand selected the most interesting and creative tastemakers from cities all over the world to give us a little insight into what makes them, their work and […]

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New York City guide: 10 new restaurant obsessions

NEW YORK CITY GUIDE: 10 NEW RESTAURANT OBSESSIONS | meltingbutter.com

It’s been about 6 months since our last NYC restaurant round up”¦ in New York time that is worth at least a year’s worth of restaurant research! So, it’s time for a new round up of 10 of our favourite meltingbutter.com restaurant haunts. Some of these restaurants are new, some are old, some are hotspots […]

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New York City guide: Top 10 bars for frequenting

NYC HOTSPOT FIND: WYTHE HOTEL ROOFTOP | meltingbutter.com

It’s been just over a year living in NYC now and admittedly; it’s been the drunkest year of my life. I’m not really sure who I should be blaming for this”¦ Myself? My friends? The plethora of watering holes in the city? Probably all three (not that there’s even anything wrong with some responsibly drunken […]

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