Restaurant Find: Balaboosta NYC
Balaboosta NYC is a casually sophisticated restaurant serving lucky Nolitans with Middle Eastern comfort food with a decided Mediterranean twist. The food here is the draw card. We already know that Chef Einat Admony knows the food of her hometown Israel well ”“ take Taim, Admony’s first brick and mortar foray into the New York […]
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The Curators: Navy’s Akiva Elstein on Restaurant Design & NYC’s Top Interior Gems
In NYC’s competitive restaurant landscape, restaurants can no longer rely solely on the quality of their food offering. The recipe for a restaurant’s success must also include an ability to evoke a strong emotional response and a connection with diners through its environment. But how is this best achieved? Through the huge amount of consideration […]
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NYC Cafe Find: Gasoline Alley Coffee
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Gasoline Alley is the perfect NoHo refueling pit stop for coffee snobs looking for quality, consistency and a simple menu aimed at people who actually know how to drink coffee (i.e. no strange flavouring syrups available here). It’s just an added bonus that you get to enjoy your […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Il Gattopardo
Il Gattopardo is no secret to its slew of regulars who are considered the high ups of New York City and are often found at upscale power lunches and business dinners around millionaire’s row. My opinion is that this restaurant is a secret that uptown folks have kept from downtown New Yorkers for far too long. […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Wallflower
Wallflower is a West Village neighbourhood restaurant of the slightly more refined variety. By neighbourhood restaurant I mean it’s unpretentious but there’s still a certain air of luxury here, which probably rubbed off on its co-owner Xavier Herit while he clocked seven years as head bartender at Daniel, the NYC fine dining institution. As you […]
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NYC Designer Find: Anna Sheffield
A word of advice for those gents with stylish ladies in their lives – not all brides-to-be want the standard Tiffany diamond ring that the entire subway car needs to shield their eyes from 😉 We ladies conscious of our personal style are looking for something unconventional with quirks just like our own. That’s why […]
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NYC Hotspot Find: Brooklyn Flea at Fort Greene
According to”¦ me, spring has not sprung until the Saturday Brooklyn Flea arrives in Fort Greene. A favourite good weather pastime for many stylish New Yorkers is spending the day in a repurposed parking lot browsing unique crafts and collectibles made by local artisans as well as mid-century furniture gems, vintage records and denims and […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Cata
Cata is a buzzing, informal restaurant on the Lower East Side that boasts a vast menu of gin & tonics to match their extensive menu of imaginative tapas. It’s refreshing to see a Spanish restaurant that goes beyond patatas bravas and offers something playful and creative like the quail eggs benedict with chorizo and hash […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: Little Branch NYC
Little Branch NYC is a true hidden gem in the West Village. Enter via the most peculiar looking non-descript door on 7th Avenue and descend the stairwell into a low-lit subterranean cocktail den. Inside, the bar staff wear suspenders, the jazz music is peppy and the booths are cozy and intimate. Fortunately, the bar inherits […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Mission Cantina
Mission Cantina is a cheap, cheerful restaurant you need to check out for reasons that go beyond the food. Perfect for a fun pre-club night meal, what you get here is plenty of opportunities to spot cool kids and celebrity chefs in their natural habitats. The loud, bumpin’ tunes and that special brand of energy […]
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