Restaurant Find: Izakaya NoMad NYC

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1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Nestled discreetly in the heart of the once kitschy NoMad is Izakaya NoMad, a new breed of Izakaya that brings a touch of hip-hop and sprinkling of street to the traditional Japanese Izakaya concept. The restaurant’s whimsical interior complete with an Astro Boy mural, illuminated Great Wall of […]

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Design Hotel Find: Das Stue Berlin

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Das Stue Berlin is the most aesthetically pleasing amalgamation of hotel, restaurant, gym, spa and zoo ticket imaginable! It’s clear to see why it was invited to be a member of the Design Hotels group – interior design guru Patricia Urquiola has given the former Dutch embassy a super stylish update, banishing all fusty, diplomatic […]

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Restaurant Find: Piccola Cucina Milan

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Piccola Cucina Milan is a charming restaurant that is exactly as its name suggests. A tiny culinary gem accommodating only a handful of in the know Milanese who come with a robust appetite for traditional Italian cuisine cooked with a charismatic, contemporary twist and a good dose of finesse. Inside the sepia-toned restaurant, the romantic […]

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Restaurant Find: Carlo e Camilla in Segheria Milan

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Housed beneath the cathedral-like ceilings of a 1930s sawmill is Carlo e Camilla in Segheria, Milan’s most glamorous dining destination. The restaurant/bar’s dramatic interiors have been left raw and mostly untouched giving it a decidedly industrial flavor. But part-owner/art director Tanja Solci’s contemporary Italian style breathes sophistication and restraint into the space through imposing vintage […]

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Restaurant Find: Cull & Pistol NYC

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Sister to Chelsea Market’s Lobster Place (NYC’s beacon of seafood freshness), Cull & Pistol serves up fresh interpretations of New England shore-side classics cooked with simplicity and finesse. A serious selection of quality crustaceans (coming directly from the neighboring seafood market) and a menu of creative comfort food make this an easy but classy weeknight […]

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Restaurant Find: Bob Bob Ricard London

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Likened by one food critic to “dining inside a Fabergé egg”, Russian-owned Bob Bob Ricard is a Soho restaurant choice for when you want to make a statement. The interior (designed by the late and great David Collins, of The Ivy and The Wolseley fame) is gilded and brightly-hued but is subtly lit so as […]

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Design Hotel Find: London EDITION Hotel

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Each London Fashion Week, there’s a well-heeled stampede from the front row of the shows back to Fitzrovia’s Berners Street. It Girls, fashion bloggers and magazine editors all head for the London EDITION hotel, to dine in the glamorous Berners Tavern, sip punch in the well-hidden reservations only bar, and then cozy up under fur […]

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Home Wares Boutique Find: Maison Empereur Marseille

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Maison Empereur is old Marseille’s most fabled general store. Established in 1827 and still run by the same family six generations later, this home goods emporium is an institution as genuine as they come. Seekers of quality home goods can spend hours scanning through traditional hardware items, children’s toys, bathroom products, hung leather goods, French […]

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Restaurant Find: Merchants Tavern London

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Located just off Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch, Merchants Tavern is housed in a Victorian warehouse and former apothecary, and comprises a large restaurant, buzzing bar and private dining room. Merchants Tavern serves a Modern European menu, directed by seasonality. Upon arrival, I stood in the middle of the buzzing bar and drunk in the […]

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Restaurant Find: The Palomar London

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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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