Café Find: Monocle Café London
The Monocle Café in Marylebone epitomises everything Monocle magazine stands for: clean design, good taste, a considered aesthetic, and totally hipster! The menu is concise and communicated in pictures on the wall of the café – everything looks mouthwatering, so you may have a hard time deciding between the salads and sandwiches on offer. Served […]
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Secret Restaurant Find: Back in 5 Minutes London
Some might say it was foolish to open a restaurant hidden behind a trendy Brick Lane fashion store – if passers-by don’t know you’re there, how will you ever tempt them in to taste your wares? Back In 5 Minutes has reverted to old school tactics and is an exemplary lesson for restaurants the world […]
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Brunch Find: Hally’s London
A brunch visit to Hally’s in Parsons Green does a pretty good job of convincing you that you’re in California”¦ The interior is beach house-esque, with a backdrop of shabby chic white-washed walls and shelves carrying a carefully curated collection of colorful knick-knacks and accents. The beautiful Chelsea set – fresh from pilates and beach-body-ready […]
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Sandwich Find: Harbs NYC
(November 9th 2015: Unfortunately, following a recent visit to Harbs NYC, Melting Butter no longer recommends this cafe due to a decreased standard in food quality) With the arrival of Harbs NYC, an exact replica of Harbs in Japan, we’re beginning to think the Japanese can do no wrong. The Chelsea outpost recently opened not only to the […]
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Café Find: Paramount Coffee Project Sydney
Opened in September 2013, Paramount Coffee Project (PCP) takes its name from the building in which it is housed ”“ the former Paramount Pictures offices, a heritage-listed Art Deco beauty built in Surry Hills in 1940. A spacious, light-filled cafe with polished concrete floors, white tiles, high ceilings and a minimalist aesthetic, the PCP may […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: Cahoots London
Kingly Court is like Soho’s food court, with every type of restaurant you could wish for. The latest addition – a bar – is doing something a little different however: an evening at Cahoots is a mind-blowingly well-executed immersive experience. Descend into the “Underground” to the sound of an old fashioned London Transport tannoy, drop […]
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Café Find: Rocket Coffeebar Bangkok
Bangkok is inundated with accessible coffee options, but despite the inexpensive street stalls serving instant brew lining the streets, it’s nice to splurge on a cup of the good stuff every once in a while. Cue Rocket Coffeebar on Sathorn Soi 12. Hand made tableware, Scandinavian minimalism, and single origin offerings are just a few […]
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Coffee Find: Devoción NYC
Escaping the bustling crowds and shrieking sirens of New York City seems all but impossible in this grinding metropolis (not that we’re complaining!). That’s why Devoción, a former meatpacking plant-turned-café on the quiet end of Grand Street in Williamsburg, is such a find – a lush oasis-like space humming with relaxed energy and the finest […]
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Restaurant Find: Katz Orange Berlin
An ex-brewery in Mitte has been converted into a restaurant with striking art installations everywhere you look, creating Katz Orange, a farm to table restaurant of the highest quality. Sink into Moorish banquettes with an old school cocktail, crafted from spirits from small batch German distillers, and peruse the menu – so simple yet so […]
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Coffee + Shopping Find: Westberlin Berlin
Head towards Checkpoint Charlie, the top tourist destination in Berlin – then keep walking straight past it, dodging the tourist’s selfie sticks and hen parties’ feather boas. You are going beyond all this to somewhere far more photogenic: Westberlin, “coffeebar & mediashop”. Westberlin is totally at odds with its surroundings: sandwiched between a kitsch baroque […]
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