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

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THECAST

Metal doors hide this subterranean boutique, where partners Ryan Turner and Chuck Guarino operate THECAST. Formerly a showroom, THECAST opened in late 2007 with a line of t-shirts that quickly… read more »

Brooklyn Bridge looking towards DUMBO

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About The Scout

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Matter

Both the Manhattan and Brooklyn locations of Matter are filled with furnishings and objects to be coveted. Some of the most showstopping pieces are from British furniture makers Established &… read more »

Dining / Bars

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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 »

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Prune

Don’t expect the same old bacon and eggs here—the much-praised brunch at Prune is always an adventure, from the mystery of wondering how long you’ll have to wait for a… read more »

Photo: Courtesy of Blue Ribbon Downing Street Wine Bar

Blue Ribbon Downing Street Wine Bar

The Blue Ribbon empire includes a bakery, sushi restaurant and brasserie, but this tiny bar (serving wine and cocktails) might be our favorite of the lot. There are just a… read more »

Tours

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The Bacon Tour

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 more »

Features

Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co.

Photo: Mindy Best

Josh Vogel

We visited Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. in late 2010 and kick started this year with a feature on the wood sculptor based in Kingston, New York. read more »

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm Benefit

There is a New York City circle that begins and ends with Brooklyn brothers Evan and Oliver Haslegrave (of “hOmE” design firm fame) No one is exactly sure how they… read more »

The Sculpture Gallery houses works by Heizer, Rauschenberg, Segal, Chamberlain, Stella, Nauman, Morris, and Lord.

Photo: Staff

Capturing Time in Glass

Philip Johnson once said that “architecture exists in time.” By this he meant that a great piece of architecture should unfold before you in procession, and reveal itself in surprising… read more »

Videos

Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co.

Photo: Mindy Best

Josh Vogel

We visited Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. in late 2010 and kick started this year with a feature on the wood sculptor based in Kingston, New York. read more »

Events

Artbook at Den

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Artbook @ Den

The ever changing concept shop, Den in the East Village is changing it up a bit this month. Instead of featuring a clothing line, Den is teaming up… read more »

Roof in Brooklyn Navy yard

Photo: Sarah Palmer

Rooftop Films

For those of us city dwellers with the frequent urge (but not always as frequent ability) to rise above it all, the annual Rooftop Films Summer Series offers… read more »

01 Group Exhibition

Photo: Nicholas Haggard

01 Group Exhibition

01 Magazine is pleased to present their traveling group exhibition, 01, at the No.6 Gallery in New York. Curated by Redia Soltis and Jennilee Marigomen, the exhibition showcases 34 inspiring… read more »

Blog

Hotels, Documentaries and Features

We’re quickly approaching our one year anniversary and have been diligently working on new content. The first in our documentary series with Billykirk is due out in September. New features… read more »

The Barnstormers group exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery

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Go See Art

We overheard 8 million New Yorkers proclaim that life was good yesterday. As a citizen of this fine city, you don’t have too many opportunities to relish in 60 degree… read more »

At home with Aaron Rose

Photo: Stefano Paltera / For The Times

At Home With Aaron Rose

Beautiful Losers has quietly left New York and is moving westward. LA Times features Aaron Rose at home in last Friday’s Home & Garden section. 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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