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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Restaurant Find: The Palomar London
It’s so refreshing when a restaurant breaks the mould to create something novel and spectacular. The Palomar opened last year on a nondescript street in London’s West End, and ticked all the boxes so completely that it was seemingly all anyone could talk about! The Palomar does have a smart restaurant area at the back, […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: The Sun Tavern London
With the success of Spitalfields speakeasy Discount Suit Co in mind, it was with great excitement that I watched the same team of drink aficionados unveil The Sun Tavern in Bethnal Green. The refurbishment has maintained the East End boozer’s historic charm – bare brickwork, original 19th century tiling and a copper bar come together […]
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Cinema & Bar Find: Golden Age Sydney
If you feel like stepping back into the bygone era where the men were dapper and the cocktails potent, head to the Golden Age Cinema. Located in Paramount House in Surry Hills, this small bar boasts a small screening room originally built in 1940. The old school 40-seat cinema is complete with low-slung wooden chairs, […]
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Jazz Club Find: U.Percut Marseille
U.Percut is where Marseille’s musically educated congregate in the evenings. The small, subterranean nightlife hotspot keeps a pretty strict music policy covering local and international jazz acts as well as attracting underground musical tastemakers such as Quantic, Alex Barck and Mo Kolours who play curated global sounds for the discerning audience. http://u-percut.fr/ U.Percut Marseille 127 […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: Pouring Ribbons NYC
Pouring Ribbons NYC is the cocktail bar that keeps the local Alphabet City crowd satisfyingly lubricated with its multifarious and rather potent drink creations. Once inside, drinkers should find a spot beside the oversized half moon window that looks out onto the bustle of Avenue B and then relish in the fact that Pouring Ribbons […]
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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 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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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 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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