Boutique Hotel Find: Villa Le Maschere Tuscany

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Few things feel more Italian than Tuscany in the global collective imagination. All good things about the country here are brought to the highest level: dreamy landscapes, the best food and wines and a unique historic cultural heritage. The cradle of Italy’s fame also offers enchanting hospitality opportunities such as the recently restored Villa Le […]

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Restaurant Find: Cassia LA

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Cassia, a modern French brasserie-style restaurant serving up Southeast-Asian food has been meticulously designed from what was once the Santa Monica Telephone building, a 1937 Art Deco landmark. This may sound like a bizarre mishmash for some, but it’s a concept that’s taking LA’s west side by storm. The brainchild of two of LA’s most beloved culinary couples […]

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Boutique Design Hotel Find: The Apartment by Graanmarkt 13 Antwerp

The Apartment by Graanmarkt 13 Antwerp - meltingbutter.com Design Hotel Hotspot

It’s our strong belief that unique, design-led hotel experiences can define the most memorable of trips. In the ever-stylish city of Antwerp, style-conscious travelers looking for a luxurious home-away-from-home needn’t look further than The Apartment by Graanmarkt 13 ”“ Antwerp’s best-kept secret. Once the private residence of Graanmarkt 13’s (one of Antwerp’s most esteemed lifestyle […]

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Patisserie Find: Craftsman and Wolves San Francisco

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Worlds collide at San Francisco’s cult hit contemporary patisserie, Craftsman and Wolves. An intermingling of neck tattooed hipsters, tech mavens, and gawking tourists come together over fare that is both masculine and feminine, rustic and refined, elegant and approachable. Simply put, the patisserie breaks molds and looks great doing it. Chef William Werner carved out […]

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Café Find: Ob-La-Di Paris

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This new hole-in-the-wall café in the Marais offers more than meets the eye. Namely a substantial menu of organic and vegan dishes. And sits next to the equally rave-worthy Candelaria Taqueria. It’s quickly become a meeting place for the local creative set. With Australian baristas ready to make you a real coffee, and a mushroom […]

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Boutique Hotel & Restaurant Find: Biota Bowral

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If you’ve been wanting to head out of Sydney for a day or weekend then Biota may just be the thing. Located around an hour-and-a-half’s drive south of Sydney in the pretty Southern Highlands town of Bowral, it sits some 30km from the east coast of New South Wales. Biota is a dining experience, a […]

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Café Restaurant Find: Devon on Danks Sydney

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(Devon on Danks Sydney has been reported closed) There’s something to be said for an eatery whose visual focal point is a sizeable neon sign demanding visitors “Stay curious”. In the constantly diversifying suburb of Waterloo sits Devon on Danks, a café-cum-restaurant that serves dishes influenced by Asian ingredients and constant creativity. Head chef Zacharay […]

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Good Coffee Find: Coava Portland

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1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Places like the Coava Coffee Brew Bar are why Portland is known for coffee shops. Everything you ever imagined about a coffee shop in Portland comes true at Coava Coffee. Yes, it’s in a warehouse, there’s an abundance of tattoos and beards, and people hang out for hours […]

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Craft Beer Bar Find: Mikkeller & Friends Copenhagen

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Take one step into Mikkeller & Friends and your eyes will instantly light up. That design collaboration between Rum4 and Studio-K resulting in the walls, floors, ceilings and bar tops being generously covered in a refreshing Turks and Caicos blue, clearly hit the nail on the head. Add an attractive and minimalistic pairing with natural […]

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Design Hotel Find: SP34 Copenhagen

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Nestled in the middle of Copenhagen’s buzzy Latin quarter on a street dotted with cafes and design stores is SP34, a hotel for upmarket yet price conscious travelers who want to up the ante on style, design and cool factor without spending their entire shopping budget (rooms are very reasonably priced, starting from roughly $130 […]

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