Posted by Jenny Nguyen on February 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
HIDE-CHAN RAMEN, MIDTOWN Midtown is pretty much the most uninspiring place in Manhattan to work if you’re looking for an exciting lunch. But there is a hidden secret that office workers in the eastern mid-50’s have been guarding closely for a while now. Hide-Chan Ramen, a franchise hailing all the way from Tokyo (and sister […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Asahi, city guide, Hide-Chan Ramen, Hotspot, Japanese, Manhattan, Midtown, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, Ramen, Totto Ramen, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on February 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Located on the same block where all the LES cool kids hang out is Assembly New York, where I assume they all shop as well. Here you will find a mix of men’s & women’s high-end vintage clothing as well as contemporary, slightly obscure international luxury labels (including their own). Their stylishly eclectic tastes will […]
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Category New York City, NYC Shops, Shops, United States · Tags Acne, Alpha60, Assembly New York, city guide, Dries van Noten, Fashion, Hotspot, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NYC Shopping, Shop, shopping, USA, vintage
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on February 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Hidden behind Japan Premium Beef on Great Jones Street, lays a Japanese restaurant shrouded in secrecy ”“ an almost impossible feat in a city run by publicity and where speakeasies and members clubs are a dime-a-dozen. Somehow though, Bohemian pulls off the member’s only restaurant concept in a way that weeds out the scene-y side of […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Bohemian, Bohemian NYC, city guide, fusion, Hotspot, Japan Premium Beef, Japanese, Japanese restaurant, Manhattan, Members Only, New York, Noho, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, restaurant, Speakeasy, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on February 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Indie bookseller and downtown darling McNally Jackson Books recently opened a precious little boutique right around the corner that does a good job of proving they don’t just have great taste in books, but anything book-ish or even surrounding the book. The store is stocked with everything you need to construct your dream study or […]
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Category New York City, NYC Shops, Shops, United States · Tags city guide, Hotspot, Interiors, Manhattan, McNally Jackson Store, McNally Jackson Store Goods For The Study, New York, Nolita, NYC, NYC Shopping, Shop, shopping, Stationery, Stationery Store, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on February 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
CHARLIE BIRD, SOHO Lingering lunches at Charlie Bird are my new favourite weekend pursuit. Modern Italian food isn’t always done with as much flair in this town, there’s always that fine line that’s crossed where the food is more American-Italian than it is Italian-Italian, but Charlie Bird gets it right. I’m even poised to say […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Charlie Bird, city guide, Hotspot, Manhattan, Modern Italian, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, restaurant, SoHo, USA, West Village
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on January 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
BROMBERG BROS. BLUE RIBBON FRIED CHICKEN, EAST VILLAGE NYC’s cult fried chicken favourite now has its own outpost where hungry Manhattanites can indulge in deliciously crispy birds in the bright, low-key, cafeteria-style space. If you’ve not tried Blue Ribbon’s fried chicken before, expect umami galore when you feast on the Chicken Dinner with chips and […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags 28 E 1st St, American, Blur Ribbon Fried Chicken, Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, city guide, East Village, Hotspot, Manhattan, New York, NY 10003 (212) 228-0404, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, restaurant, Take Away, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
When you dine in a restaurant with an inch-thick wine list you’d expect to be dropping some serious cash. You could go either way at Pearl & Ash, a progressive downtown wine bar serving up globally inspired small plates with a plenty of wow factor. For 10-15 bucks a plate and a 30-something dollar bottle […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags bar, city guide, Hotspot, Manhattan, New York, Nolita, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, Pearl & Ash, restaurant, USA, Wine Bar
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
