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 "The Ace"

Retail

Luddite, Williamsburg New York

Photo: Mindy Best

Luddite

A “luddite” is one who resists progress in technology and industrialization. Luke Scarola and Rebecca Squiers have turned that resistance into a passion, creating a store that honors time-worn artifacts. read more »

Features

Alex and Companies

Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art,… read more »

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

Roman & Williams Studio Visit

The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create. read more »

Journal: Ames Boston

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 »

Videos

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch

Photo: Rose Callahan

Roman & Williams

“It’s a shame to only have dreams at night. You should have a few opportunities during the day.” This wistful quote from Stephen Alesch speaks volumes about the spaces he… read more »

Events

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

The Ace Hotel and its partnerships

Photo: The Ace Hotel, Stumptown, The Breslin, Project No. 8

The Ace and No. 8a

The Ace Hotel has become a self-contained cultural ecosystem–guests really don’t have to go anywhere else once they’ve checked in. With the opening of Stumptown and The Breslin,… read more »

Sundays at the Shortbus

Photo: Ace Hotel

Sundays At The Shortbus

It’s difficult to shake the west from our system. Back in the east, we bring some news about the west. The Ace Hotel in Palm Springs is proving itself to… read more »

StarF**ker

Photo: Tokyo Dandy

One Night In Portland

The Ace reaches its influence further east as they participate in playing the role as ambassadors for Portland. Last Friday night, Tokyo residents and visiting guests were treated… 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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