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 "Local"

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 »

Goose Barnacle

Photo: Mindy Best

Goose Barnacle

Shop owner David Alperin is rooted in his family’s heritage. Being a 4th generation Brooklyn Heights man, he decided to open his new concept shop in the neighborhood and gave… read more »

Photo: Zoe Roman

Dickson Hairshop

Diagonal black and white stripes deck the walls of this tiny two-seat barbershop. A golden bottle of bourbon sits on a glass shelf by the window is offered to you… read more »

Dining / Bars

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Cookshop

You’ll feel good about eating here—most of the food is locally grown or produced, and the space is sleek yet homey, with an open kitchen boasting a large stone oven… 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 »

Features

Watermelon radish and goat cheese, topped with microgreens and a tart blood orange vinaigrette

Photo: Staff

A Delicious Improv

It was a long ride from Manhattan on the A train (running local, naturally) to BedStuy on a cold Saturday afternoon. Exiting at the Utica Avenue stop, in a completely… read more »

Valentine's Day cards

Photo: Staff

enormouschampion

Communication between friends these days has been reduced to brisk emails, text messages, and IM’s. In spite of these trends, enormouschampion understands the meaning and pleasure of sending a hand… read more »

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 »

Events

Photo: Food, Inc.

Food Inc.

Along the same lines as Fresh, Food Inc. gives us a close, maybe too close, look at the food we eat and where it comes from. Definitely… read more »

Liberty Hall Screenings at the Ace

Photo: Ace Hotel

Liberty Hall Screenings

“We’re starting a free weekly movie series in Liberty Hall with some local and international independent film groups and other friends. Some of the screenings have filmmakers in attendance and… read more »

Blog

Outstanding in the Field at Cedar Spring Herb Farm, Harwich

Photo: Staff

Outstanding in the Field Cape Cod

Outstanding in the Field has amassed a strong following, touring the United States in a vintage motor home and uniting eaters and farmers through a shared passion for… read more »

Rene Redzepi at Noma

Photo: The New York Times

Rene Redzepi

Chef Rene Redzepi believes in two essentials when it comes to Nordic cuisine – time and place. It’s the basis for his cooking and what has brought the world’s attention… read more »

Nomiya on the roof of Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France

Photo: Fast Company

Randomness 08.10.10

Fast Company takes us around the world to the most innovative restaurant interiors. Amongst the group is Brooklyn’s Fette Sau. A fascinating and lengthy article on… 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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