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 "No Reservation"

Dining / Bars

Photo: Mindy Best

Smith & Mills

You could easily walk right past this tiny gem on a quiet stretch in Tribeca; one the outside, it’s nondescript and unassuming. read more »

Features

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 »

Blog

Anthony Bourdain's <i>No Reservations</i>

Photo: Travel Channel

No Reservations New Season

The mildly annoying but always entertaining Anthony Bourdain returns with a new season of No Reservations on the Travel Channel. Last night’s premiere took us to Mexico City… read more »

Watching the chocolate eggs to melt

Photo: Zero Point Zero Productions

Bourdain in Spain

As a dining enthusiast, living in New York is a wonderful treat, but after last night’s episode of No Reservations, there’s definitely some food envy. New… read more »

Left: On the set of Gossip Girl Right: The lounge in all its original glory.

Photo: In Style

Eames and Missoni

There are only a handful of TV shows that we watch, No Reservations being one of them while Gossip Girl on the other hand is not. Though it did pique… 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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