Posted by Jenny Nguyen on May 31, 2014 · Leave a Comment
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) On a quiet residential street in Williamsburg, seasoned travellers looking for an authentic Brooklyn experience will find a bed and breakfast that feels very much like staying in someone’s really really nice place in Brooklyn. Urban Cowboy NYC is a stylishly renovated Williamsburg townhouse that gives you the feeling you’ve […]
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Category Hotels, New York City, NYC Hotels, United States · Tags Accommodation, Bed & Breakfast, Brooklyn, city guide, Hipster, Hotel, Hotspot, New York, NYC, NYC Hotels, Rustic, Urban Cowboy B&B, USA, Williamsburg
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on May 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
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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Category Features, Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Features, NYC Food + Drink, NYC Shops, Shops, United States · Tags Akiva Elstein, Brooklyn, Café Moto, Café Sarbasky, city guide, Curator, Designer, Greenpoint, Greenwich Village, Interior Designer, Ludite, Maison O, Manhattan, Minetta Tavern, Moto, Navy, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, NYC Restaurant Interiors, NYC Shopping, Owner, restaurant, Restaurant Designer, SoHo, travel guide, Upper East Side, USA, Williamsburg
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on May 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
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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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, NYC Shops, Shops, United States · Tags Brooklyn, Brooklyn Flea, city guide, Flea Market, Fort Greene, Hotspot, Market, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, NYC Shopping, NYC Sights, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on January 31, 2014 · Leave a Comment
TOOKER ALLEY, PROSPECT HEIGHTS This understated, yet quietly quirky artisanal cocktail bar serves up undoubtedly stylish tipples, which they evidently take very seriously. Just take a peek at their multi-page old-timey style menu which offers readers insight into the history of what they’re drinking as well as the bar’s manifesto which is to be “consciously […]
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Category New York City, Nightlife, NYC Nightlife, United States · Tags bar, Brooklyn, city guide, Cocktail Bar, cocktails, Hotspot, New York, NYC, NYC Nightlife, Prohibition Bar, Prospect Heights, Speakeasy, Tooker Alley, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on December 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
CAMEO GALLERY, WILLIAMSBURG Hidden away like a speakeasy behind a Williamsburg restaurant is Cameo Gallery. A performing arts centre known by locals for its freshly curated events calendar hosting indie and dance music acts like Quadron, Frankie Knuckles, Benji B, Nicolas Jaar, Maurice Fulton and Joe Goddard just to name a few. Best Bit: The […]
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Category New York City, Nightlife, NYC Nightlife, United States · Tags bar, Brooklyn, Cameo Gallery, city guide, club, Concert Venue, Hotspot, Music Venue, New York, NYC, NYC Nightlife, USA, Williamsburg
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on December 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
1 / 1 ( 3 votes ) For this edition of The Curators we’re excited to introduce to you one of our all-time favourite deejays and biggest music inspirations ”“ Lefto. This man, a globetrotting musical tastemaker, is known for his special knack of uncovering fresh talent, new genres and the latest releases within his mainstays hip hop, […]
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Category Atlanta, Atlanta Nightlife, Austria, Features, Israel, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Nightlife, Music, New York City, Nightlife, NYC Nightlife, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Nightlife, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Nightlife, United States, Vienna, Vienna Nightlife · Tags Atlanta, Best clubs, Brooklyn, Cielo, city guide, Club guide, clubbing, clubs, Curator, DJ, Five Easy Pieces, Grelle Forelle, LA, Lefto, Los Angeles, music, Music Festival, New York, New York City, Nightlife, NYC, Output, Q-Tip, Roger Sanchez, Singapore, sound system, Tel Aviv, The Block, The Lift, The Panther Room, The Sound Table, travel guide, USA, Vienna, Worldwide, Zouk
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on October 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
1 / 1 ( 4 votes ) There’s something very new and exciting happening over here at meltingbutter.com. We’re launching a new section called “The Curators” where we’ve hand selected the most interesting and creative tastemakers from cities all over the world to give us a little insight into what makes them, their work and […]
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Category Features, New York City, NYC Features, NYC Shops, Shops, United States · Tags ABC Carpet & Home, Baggu, Brooklyn, city guide, Curator, Flatiron, Fresh Kills, Furniture, holiday planning, holidays, Home ware, Interiors, Interview, Kiosk, Manhattan, Marcus Hay, MoMa, MoMa Design Store, New York, NY, Ochre, Piero Fornasetti, shopping, SoHo, Steven Alan, Steven Alan Home Shop, Styling, travel guide, Tribeca, Union Square, USA, Williamsburg
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on September 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It’s been about 6 months since our last NYC restaurant round up”¦ in New York time that is worth at least a year’s worth of restaurant research! So, it’s time for a new round up of 10 of our favourite meltingbutter.com restaurant haunts. Some of these restaurants are new, some are old, some are hotspots […]
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Category Features, New York City, NYC Features, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags best restaurants, Brooklyn, Casa, city guide, degustation, East Village, Estela, Fort Greene, Google maps, hidden gems, holiday planning, holidays, Madiba, Manhattan, Miss Lily’s, New York, Nolita, NY, nyc restaurants, restaurants, Robataya, Roman’s, Sobakoh, Spicy Village, The Musket Room, travel guide, USA, West Village Chinatown
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on August 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It’s been just over a year living in NYC now and admittedly; it’s been the drunkest year of my life. I’m not really sure who I should be blaming for this”¦ Myself? My friends? The plethora of watering holes in the city? Probably all three (not that there’s even anything wrong with some responsibly drunken […]
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Category Features, New York City, NYC Features, NYC Nightlife, United States · Tags Angel’s Share, Attaboy, bar, bars, best bars, Brooklyn, brooklynites, Bushwick, city guide, club, Decibel, dinner drinks, East Village, Elsa, Google maps, Greenpoint, holiday planning, holidays, Kinfolk Studios, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Mother’s Ruin, New York, Nolita, NY, nyc bars, quality establishments, Sake Bar Decibel, The Narrows, Torst, travel guide, USA, Von, watering holes, Willamsburg, Wythe Hotel
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on April 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s probably impossible to distil all NYC restaurants down to the best 15, but I’m ambitious so I’m going to go ahead and do it anyway. Besides, it’s my blog so I can take it back if I change my mind. These restaurants are the top-15 that really […]
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Category Features, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Acme, Alphabet City, Banh Mi Zon, best restaurants, Betel, Blue Ribbon Sushi, bond st, boom boom room, Brooklyn, Bushwick, cafes, city guide, dinner, East Village, food, Google maps, Gramercy, Gramercy Tavern, Harlem, holiday planning, holidays, Ippudo, LES, Lower East Side, lunch, Manhattan, Midtown, Momo Sushi Shack, New York, Noho, Nolita, NY, nyc restaurants, Pig and Khao, Red Rooster, Red Rooster Harlem, restaurants, Salume, SoHo, Sushi Yasuda, Tacombi, The Butcher’s Daughter, The Fat Radish, travel guide, USA, West Village, Zabb Elee