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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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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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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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…
Read MoreNestled on the busy street of West 4th in the West Village one wouldn’t expect to find a gallery as charming as this one. read more »

Photo: Mindy Best
Bright Lyons is a colorful mixture of art and furniture, specializing in mid-century modern furniture. Owner Paul Bright was a former gallery owner from Ontario Canada dealing in art and… read more »
An upgrade to a bigger location was a smart move for the god-like David Chang, whose original restaurant Momofuku Noodle Bar (there’s also Momofuku Ssam Bar and the impossible-to-get-into Momofuku… read more »

Photo: Barry Whittaker
Take the first sip of a frothy egg cream at Brooklyn Farmacy, and you instantly recognize the taste of good medicine. It helps that you are seated at a classic… read more »
James is nestled in the Prospect Heights neighborhood on the corner of St. Marks and Carlton Avenue, tucked inside a century-old brownstone. read more »

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… read more »

Photo: Rose Callahan
Ogling the archives at the House Industries studio in pastoral Delaware can only be likened to digging through the crates of a great record collector. All sorts of gems are… read more »

Photo: Michael A. Muller
Inside Penn Station, after cavorting through the many throngs of travelers, I met up with some friends to board the Acela train headed for Boston, Mass., for a stay at… read more »
We heard Spencer Finch speak last spring about his anticipated installation for the High Line, The River That Flows Both Ways, and really liked his thinking…. read more »
Jae Kim, the man behind Ugly Original has been selling his handmade scarves, shorts and t-shirts in various shops including Oak and Cube here in New York. But… read more »

Photo: Michael A. Muller
In the heart of the Meatpacking district, at an Italian Steakhouse called Macelleria, we met Chuck Miller; a master distiller of a pleasing, clear corn whiskey called Original… read more »
Sometimes a package comes across our desk that needs to be shared. Such is the case with The Original MOONSHINE box, which actually isn’t a box at all…. read more »
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 MoreThe 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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