At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.
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Photo: Tuukka Koski
At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.
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Photo: Michael A. Muller
The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…
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Photo: Michael A. Muller
On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…
Read MoreStep back in time at the Art Deco-styled Flatiron Lounge for classic cocktails using fresh juices and quality ingredients, mixed by knowledgeable bartenders. read more »
On the weekends, tight quarters and boisterous crowds can make it difficult to hear your waiter in this lively Latin American restaurant. But the cocktails and food are well worth… read more »
Macao Trading Co. has all the elements of an “in” place – discreet Tribeca location, spicy cocktails with exotic ingredients, and a “gimmick” – Chinese-Portuguese food (both small and large… read more »
If you want a pint of beer, a shot of vodka or a glass of wine, there are hundreds of bars you could go to. But if you’re looking for… read more »

Photo: Rose Callahan
One afternoon in late winter, Evan and Oliver Haslegrave, the brotherly design duo behind half a dozen New York City restaurants and shops including the Manhattan Inn, duckduck and Goat… read more »

Photo: Michael A. Muller
Inside Penn Station, after cavorting through the many throngs of travelers, I met up with some friends to board the Acela train headed for Boston, Mass., for a stay at… read more »
Food lovers in Manhattan can now rejoice about the new Edible edition for the borough. After Brooklyn, Jersey, East End and 35… read more »
What is with the past that attracts us? Is it nostalgia for an era in which we didn’t live through, a respect for craftsmanship, or simply an appreciation for a… read more »
We always thought that food and design went well with one another, hence this site. We’re not the only ones, Aiga will by hosting The Dinner Party, a… read more »
From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…
Read MoreThe Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…
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