7 Exceptional NYC Restaurants For Japanese Food Buffs
(This article by Jenny Nguyen first appeared in ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) You would have a hard time trying to convince me that any other city outside of Japan has better Japanese food than NYC does. This city is a veritable hotbed of incredible Japanese restaurants that span the spectrum of exceedingly authentic […]
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NYC Food Find: Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream
Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream NYCÂ opened this summer and already it’s doing a good job of pulling at New Yorker’s nostalgia strings in a fresh new way. The ice cream parlor’s surroundings are clearly rooted in classic American style but the creative and oftentimes-experimental flavors certainly aren’t. Think Vietnamese coffee, durian banana, raspberry Aperol and of […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Claudette
For those of us who are too time poor or cash-strapped for a quick hop across the pond to Europe this summer, a visit to Greenwich Village’s Claudette is the next best thing to a dalliance in Southern France. Inspired by Provençal cuisine, a region blessed with an abundance of fresh fruits, seafood, meat and wine, Claudette’s […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Takashi
Takashi is an imaginative, slightly oddball restaurant situated in the West Village that specializes in Yakiniku, the Japanese BBQ style that originates from Osaka, a city with a sizeable number of Korean migrants who have naturally influenced the regional cuisine. Nothing is wasted at Takashi. On the menu you’ll find some rather exotic parts of […]
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NYC Party Find: Mister Sunday at Industry City
A weekend that ends with a stint on Mister Sunday’s vibe-y dance floor is a good weekend indeed. This summer, the outdoor party relocated from a grassy knoll over at the Gowanus canal to a tree-lined courtyard between two imposing Industry City warehouses. While Brooklynites certainly miss the intimacy of the Gowanus location, this new […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Brooklyn Crab
Escape from New York City this summer and take a 20-minute taxi ride Red Hook’s Brooklyn Crab ”“ a faux seaside getaway that comes complete with everything you need to make the city’s hustle and bustle a distant memory for the evening. Brooklyn crab is a rare experience for New Yorkers – a tri-level open-air […]
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NYC Boutique Hotel Find: The Marlton Hotel
The Marlton Hotel marks the seriousness of West 8th Street’s revival. Sure, locals knew it could happen when Stumptown Coffee Roasters opened amongst the hodgepodge of cheap shoe stores, nail salons and foot rub parlors but when a boutique hotel like this one; complete with historic character and antique-y details reminiscent of The Village’s literary […]
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NYC Italian Tapas Bar Find: Bar B
The notoriously media shy owners of Basta Pasta, the 24 year old Japanese/Italian trattoria have quietly opened Bar B ”“ a brilliant little Italian tapas bar – without even the Internet finding out. They seem to have made it purposely difficult for New Yorkers to stumble across. To begin with, the name “Bar B” is […]
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NYC Cool Shop Find: McNally Jackson Picture Room
There’s something interesting going on at McNally Jackson. Not only has the indie bookstore opened Goods for the Study (our no. 1 source for eye-pleasing stationery products) but they’ve also quietly opened Picture Room, a hybrid art store, book store, art gallery and gift shop right next door. Hooray for even more beautiful things! Inside, […]
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NYC Concept Store Find: Filson Flagship
Filson, the American heritage brand best known for stubbornly made, unfailing goods for the modern adventurer has its first concept store in NYC’s NoHo and it’s as handsome as the rugged man who shops there. Adding to the whole outdoorsy rugged man aesthetic is the store’s seemingly strategic location right next door to the iconic […]
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