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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Brooklyn Bridge looking towards DUMBO

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Dining / Bars

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Perilla

Dine at the bar or at one of the few tables in Top Chef season 1 winner Harold Dieterle’s sparsely elegant restaurant. Though you might walk in skeptical given all… read more »

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Back Forty

Savoy’s Peter Hoffman successfully downscales with this rustic, comforting spot that’s perfect for a casual night out. There’s a well-edited beer, wine and cocktail list with some local choices, like… read more »

Hibino

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Hibino

Several blocks south from bustling Smith Street sits a quiet Japanese restaurant in Cobble Hill called Hibino. The restaurant is a collaborative effort between two chefs and a graphic designer. read more »

Features

Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Whiskey Prawn Skewers w/Tomato Curry

Photo: Left: Jill Donenfeld Right: Melissa Ricketts

Life of a Personal Chef

It sounds like an idyllic life—cooking inventive meals in private homes, working flexible hours, spending your days shopping at the greenmarket, and getting paid to do it all. read more »

Cordato’s Deli

Photo: Staff

Hidden and Hipster-Free

PDT, La Esquina, Milk & Honey…secret bars and restaurants are scattered all over the city. But let’s face it; these unmarked or “underground” places aren’t so secret anymore. In fact,… read more »

Hotel Salto Chico overlooking the waterfall. Designed by Santiago-based architect Germán del Sol

Photo: Staff

Six Thousand Miles From Home

After a tumultuous flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas and six hours in a van with our new best friends, we arrive at our magnificent base camp—Explora’s Hotel Salto Chico… read more »

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Kinfolk

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Kinfolk

How rare is it that we are not rushed out the door when dining in New York? Whether it be the wait staff already to seat the next party or… read more »

A table from A Razor, A Shiny Knife, in Homer, N.Y.

Photo: Gabriele Stabile for The New York Times

The Anti-Restaurant

Supper clubs, underground restaurants, or anti-restaurants call them what you want, they are breeding all over Manhattan. But a few are taking them upstate, like A Razor, A… read more »

edible Queens

The borough of Queens has always been a food destination for the adventurous with its cultural diversity. However it can be a daunting task for the inexperienced to sift through… 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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