Fashion Boutique Find: Bird NYC
Better known for its thriving community of rugged hipsters, food aficionados and creative talent, Brooklyn is fast becoming a hub of high fashion. Jen Mankins, owner of Bird boutique, has decided to keep it in the Brooklyn family with her third (and largest) boutique in Williamsburg. Like many places in the area, the boutique also […]
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Good Coffee Find: Brunswick Cafe NYC
Along with NYC’s fast growing antipodean population comes with it Australia’s favorite cultural past time and its best export – coffee. Inspired by the laid-back Australian lifestyle – unpretentious with a slick decor to boot, Brunswick Café is a recent addition on the NYC coffee scene and it’s fast becoming a neighborhood gem. Its menu […]
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Restaurant Find: Danji NYC
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) We all have that one friend who “avoids any street between ”“ insert Midtown street numbers here – like the plague” for reasons only a New Yorker can justify. Surely, one should specifically avoid any area in midtown – especially when it comes to pickings of the culinary […]
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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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NYC Cocktail Bar Find: The Dead Rabbit
(This article by Jenny Nguyen first appeared in ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) The Dead Rabbit NYC gives you 72 reasons to head down to the Financial District. That’s 72 expertly crafted cocktails (by Jack McGarry who has been named international bartender of the year) and an extensive selection of thoughtfully reinvented classics […]
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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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