NYC Restaurant Find: Brooklyn Crab

NYC Restaurant Find: Brooklyn Crab | meltingbutter.com

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

NYC Boutique Hotel Find: The Marlton Hotel | meltingbutter.com

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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The Curators: Portland’s 10 Best Places To Stuff Your Faces

Ox | The Curators: Portland’s 10 Best Places To Stuff Your Faces (& a chance to win 100) | meltingbutter.com

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s always been a strong opinion of mine that travel planning is an activity best left to the stomach. The stomach can help you decide not only which local restaurants and delicacies you should experience but it can also dictate which city you do it in. Lately mine […]

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NYC Italian Tapas Bar Find: Bar B

Beef Croquette Burger at NYC Italian Tapas Bar Find: Bar B | meltingbutter.com

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

NYC Cool Shop Find: McNally Jackson Picture Room | meltingbutter.com

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

NYC Concept Store Find: Filson Flagship | meltingbutter.com

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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NYC Fashion Find: La Garçonne Boutique

NYC Fashion Find: La Garçonne Boutique | meltingbutter.com

It still surprises me to see fashion e-tailers put so much energy into clever merchandising, shrewd marketing and beautiful web design and then fall short when it comes to visually presenting their wares in the most “Pinnable” way. But this isn’t so for La Garçonne, an online shopping destination for lovers of minimalism. Here, they’ve […]

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NYC Bar Find: Wise Men

NYC Bar Find: Wise Men | meltingbutter.com

Wise Men, a dark and moody watering hole owned by a trio of fashion and restaurant industry pros (who despite what the name suggests are not men) is where to go when you’re on Bowery, need a drink but don’t have the energy to battle the crowds at the bar. There’s plenty of fashion industry […]

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NYC Hidden Bar Find: The Roost

NYC Hidden Bar Find: The Roost | meltingbutter.com

Maybe you’ve already been to The Roost for coffee, but only inquisitive coffee drinkers will know that there is a reward for stepping through the door situated just past the coffee counter. Behind it is an inviting bar about 3x the size of the quaint coffee shop and it’s where the local Alphabet City crowd […]

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NYC Interiors Find: Paula Rubenstein

NYC Interiors Find: Paula Rubenstein | meltingbutter.com

Paula Rubenstein, the revered collector and authority on the 19th and 20th century antique space is the gold standard when it comes to good taste. Her namesake store in NoHo offers shoppers and inspiration seekers the most tightly edited collection of vintage home décor gems. Inside you’ll covet her well-preserved furnishings, unexpected oddities, photography books, […]

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