Gramercy Tavern’s Chef Michael Anthony: On NYC’s top 5 restaurants & how to stay relevant
(This article by Jenny Nguyen-Barron appeared first on ForbesLife. To read the original, click here) For two decades, Gramercy Tavern has been the darling of modern American restaurants in New York, respected for its ongoing commitment to using fresh, seasonal ingredients and for continually pushing to discover and innovate. At the helm of the restaurant […]
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Restaurant Find: Aita NYC
Aita NYC serves up some of Brooklyn’s finest but equally humble seasonal Italian fare. This understated neighborhood restaurant located in leafy Clinton Hill has set out to satisfy local Brooklynites with wholesome food that hits the spot without Manhattan’s wait times – or its prices. If you happen upon a busy evening, there’s the Mayflower, […]
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Restaurant Find: Pok Pok NYC
Pok Pok NYC is no secret amongst New Yorkers who know their Thai food. But I’ll be the first to admit, only making it there on the back end of this summer (after New York had already endured its Pok Pok frenzy) meant that I was pretty late to the party. Perhaps I was suspicious […]
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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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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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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 Restaurant Find: Emily
Not everyone loves pizza, you know. Sure, 99% of the world loves pizza but there is still that 1% who find pizza night with a bunch of pizza lovers, and being forced to order a poorly constructed lasagna, made without love, kind of a drag. Pizza restaurants hardly ever do anything but pizza well. But […]
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NYC Cool Shop Find: In God We Trust
A cult favourite amongst hip Brooklynites, In God We Trust, a fashion label best known for its clean, quirky, vintage vibe is quickly becoming its own mini fashion empire with three stores in SoHo, Greenpoint, Williamsburg and counting. Each store, which is lovingly decorated with antiques (also for sale) carries the label’s own men’s and ladies […]
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NYC Underground Dining Find: EatWith Ai
Inside an impossibly cool Williamsburg loft, there is Ai, a Japanese girl serving small groups of adventurous eaters with inspired 5 course Japanese dinners in what has to be the most underground of underground dining experiences. Thanks to EatWith, a website that can be described as the Airbnb of restaurants; Ai has a platform for […]
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