FEATURES

Battersby Brooklyn

By Sarah Williams
Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

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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Chuck Miller

By Caroline Hwang
Chuck Miller with his wife Jeanette Miller

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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Journal: Clift San Francisco

By Michael Muller
Frontside view of the Clift from Geary Street

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…

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Retail

Vitsœ New York, 33 Bond Street

Photo: Jordan Provost © 2009

Vitsœ

The stretch of Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery is no stranger to design. It’s cobblestone road can lay claim to a surfeit of attractive shops and home to the… read more »

Videos

Chris Bray and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk

Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation… read more »

Blog

...Research's live/work space in Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano

Photo: The Cool Hunter

...Research

Situated in the Japan’s Nakameguro neighborhood, Mountain Research resembles a mountain lodge among cherry trees. In just 4 years, …Research has created a following with their line of… read more »

Left: The Brogue Boot in Dark Green Cordovan and Navy Cordovan, Right: The Brogue in Dark Cherry Cordovan and Navy Cordovan

Photo: Courtesy of Florsheim by Duckie Brown

Florsheim by Duckie Brown F/W 2010 Preview

The relationship between heritage and contemporary brands can be a delicate affair. A pairing too unconventional can spell disaster. Equal parts respect and understanding, however, can yield extraordinary results. Now… read more »

Christopher Bastin, creative director of Gant Rugger

Photo: Rose Callahan

Gant Rugger

On a modest block down Bleecker, Gant’s Rugger storefront displays a vintage styled bicycle, a casual stack of button-down shirts, and a well-worn Craftsman toolbox. A tray filled… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

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,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The 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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