NYC Culture Find: Nuyorican Poets Café
The Nuyorican Poets Café is a legendary Lower East Side cultural landmark. Since the early 70’s the café has offered a stage for multicultural, independent artists to deliver poetry, spoken-word and Afro-Caribbean musical performance to the city’s ethnically diverse, culturally expressive inhabitants. Originally this cultural gem had been set up as a platform for Puerto […]
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Melbourne Food Find: Gekkazan
When in Melbourne Gekkazan is a must visit for a light lunch. Pick up a few of their outstanding sushi hand rolls and sit on the steps of Melbourne’s GPO building for maximum lunchtime traffic. Because sunshine, people watching and sushi is what Melbourne is all about. Gekkazan’s hand rolls are presented in a clever […]
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Sydney Food Find: Malay Chinese Takeaway
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) I’m not shy about saying that this no-frills lunch spot serves the best Laksa in Sydney as this is widely agreed by Laksa loving Sydneysiders. There are two types of customers that line up for Laksa at Malay Chinese Takeaway ”“ food savvy businessmen willing to use their […]
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Melbourne Restaurant Find: Yu-U
[Â Yu-U Melbourne restaurant has been reported closed ] In Melbourne, behind a grimy, graffiti covered door on the corner of Flinders and Oliver Lane, you will find a set of steps that will take you down to a hidden world of sophistication. Yu-U is a modern Japanese restaurant that makes you feel like you’ve entered […]
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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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Melbourne Restaurant Find: MoVida
Frank Camorra’s flagship MoVida restaurant in Melbourne’s narrow, street art filled Hosier Lane must be an institution by now. And so it should be considering all the years it’s been unsurpassed in serving fussy Melburnians the most quality tapas in the city. It also says a lot when friends from Spain maintain that MoVida serves […]
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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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London Cocktail Bar Find: Talented Mr Fox
Leicester Square is the last place you’d expect to find a secluded and sophisticated cocktail bar. But, if you look hard enough, you may find Talented Mr Fox – a decadent cocktail bar frequented by in-the-know Londoners and design conscious travellers staying at the One Leicester Street Hotel (where the bar is situated). As you […]
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