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 "Lower East Side"

Retail

Photo: Staff

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 »

Dining / Bars

Photo: Staff

Frankies Spuntino 457

This homey, brick-walled Italian spot is bigger than it seems—walk past the long, wine-bottle-lined bar up front and you’ll find a cluster of tables in the back, with happy couples… read more »

Features

Joshua Vogel in his studio in Kingston, New York

Photo: Rose Callahan

Of Life and Limb

Joshua Vogel’s relationship with wood is nearly symbiotic. As a sculptor he listens to its sounds, knows the story of each piece intimately, and understands how different species behave. In… read more »

Blog

<i>Yes, We Canned</i> at the Eisenberg Deli & Grocery

Photo: Ryan Watkins-Hughes

Shopdropping

Formerly known as Heist Gallery, the art space exchanged its white walls for tomato sauce and split pea soup, reconstructing itself for its current show. Now simply known as the… read more »

Owners Osoré Oyagha and Eloise Simonet

Photo: Mindy Best

Ale et Ange

Osoré Oyagha and Eloise Simonet are the people behind Ale et Ange, a small clothing line with a shop in the Lower East Side. Situated in the basement, the space… read more »

Tilda Swinton in Ryan McGinley’s Pringle of Scotland Film

Photo: Ryan McGinley

Randomness 01.14.10

Ryan McGinley directs his first film for Pringle of Scotland staring Tilda Swinton. McGinley will also be shooting the campaign. The inaugural show at THIS Gallery 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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