The Curators: Coming Soon New York ’s Helena Barquet & Fabiana Faria on LES for the Creative Set

(This article by Jenny Nguyen first appeared in Soon Is Today) At the intersection of the Lower East Side and Chinatown, somewhere along the hip end of Orchard Street is Coming Soon New York ”“ A different kind of gift and interiors shop where co-owners Helena Barquet and Fabiana Faria have injected their own kooky-cool […]

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Thai Restaurant Find: Somtum Der NYC

Somtum Der NYC | meltingbutter.com Restaurant Hotspot_Tum Thai Kai Kem

Somtum Der, the Bangkok restaurant transplant, is serving New Yorkers in search of proper Thai food with the most flavorsome Isan cuisine in the city. Think of Somtum Der as the fresher, more authentic cousin of Uncle Boons and the slightly more considered and vibrant friend of Zabb Elee. Either way, you know it’s going […]

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Concept Store Find: The Apartment By The Line NYC

The Line Apartment NYC | meltingbutter.com Shopping Hotspot

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) The Apartment by The Line is the brick and mortar incarnation of the stylish ecommerce shopping experience known as The Line. Inside the shop-able apartment, everything from the Proenza Schouler and JW Anderson pieces hanging in the walk-in closet (which dreams are made of) to the Moroccan Beni […]

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Fantasy Restaurants: Nicole Franzen’s Best of NYC

Nicole Franzen NYC Restaurant Guide

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Clean, classic, minimalistic, with a mixture of old and new ”“ these are not only the eye-pleasing things we’re constantly searching for at Melting Butter ”“ they’re what we’ve found in our latest city curator and major Insta-crush Nicole Franzen. A Brooklyn-based food, lifestyle and travel photographer, Nicole’s […]

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Cocktail Bar Find: Pouring Ribbons NYC

Pouring Ribbons NYC | Melting Butter Cocktail Hotspot

Pouring Ribbons NYC is the cocktail bar that keeps the local Alphabet City crowd satisfyingly lubricated with its multifarious and rather potent drink creations. Once inside, drinkers should find a spot beside the oversized half moon window that looks out onto the bustle of Avenue B and then relish in the fact that Pouring Ribbons […]

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NYC Food Find: Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream

NYC Food Find: Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream | meltingbutter.com

Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream NYC opened this summer and already it’s doing a good job of pulling at New Yorker’s nostalgia strings in a fresh new way. The ice cream parlor’s surroundings are clearly rooted in classic American style but the creative and oftentimes-experimental flavors certainly aren’t. Think Vietnamese coffee, durian banana, raspberry Aperol and of […]

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