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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RESULTS FOR "Fragrance"

Retail

Photo: Courtesy of Le Labo

Le Labo

Walking into Le Labo’s boutique on Elizabeth Street is a welcome antidote to the hard-selling atmosphere of any New York City department store’s fragrance section. read more »

Blog

Natalie Portman stars in Sofia Coppola's latest spot for Miss Dior Cherie

Photo: Dior

Sofia Coppola for Dior

After watching the :30 second Miss Dior spot directed by Sofia Coppola, we had to wonder whether an extended version exists. Possibly in a French cinema before a midnight screening… read more »

The new Monocle Shop in London

Photo: Monocle

The Monocle Shop

This is venturing outside NY but thought you may be interested anyway. Monocle has proven time and again that its brand can thrive outside of the publishing world…. read more »

Sofia Coppola with model Maryna Linchuk

Miss Dior Cherie

Sofia Coppola’s fascination with the Parisian life, current and past, continues. She recently finished a spot for Dior’s fragrance, Miss Dior Cherie. The macaroon, pastry, and balloon 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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