Balthazar: New York, New York
That room! In a city of great rooms – be they ballrooms or private clubs or soaring public spaces – there’s a special fondness for the dining rooms of New York City that are both majestic and comforting at the same time. To walk into…
Cookshop: New York, New York
Some restaurants, rare though they are, exude a kind of palate mnemonic. There you are, seated at a restaurant, when something happens to your memory, thanks to something on your palate, or perhaps the lighting, or the tables, the music in the…
Gabriela’s Restaurante and Tequila Bar: New York, New York
Long beloved on the Upper West Side, nearly as much for its amiability as for its fresh and innovative Mexican cuisine, Gabriela’s was well on its way to becoming an institution – when suddenly, unceremoniously, its doors on the corner of Amsterdam and…
Turks & Frogs: New York, New York
Nestled in a quiet corner of Tribeca, the restaurant Turks and Frogs (so named for its exemplary Turkish cuisine as well as the fact that the owners once sold French antiques) was not so long ago “discovered” by Daily Candy, and thereafter, slammed – so…
Maximilian Hotel: Prague, Czech Republic
The rooms at Maximilian Hotel are nicely proportioned and designed in a combination of Modernism and contemporary, with an abundance of wood, glass, and chrome. Think elegant clean lines with soundproofed windows, wall-length framed mirrors in both the…
Loews Philadelphia Hotel: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If at first you’re looking out onto the roof of a neighboring building, and your view is of a generator, then try again. Keep changing rooms until you get a view of William Penn. That’s the whole point of Philadelphia. For years (until 1987), the statue…
Gobo Restaurant: New York, New York
One redeeming joy of a hyper New York life is the discovery of an oasis of serenity amidst the maelstrom. Located at one of those threatening five-way intersections, and cater-cornered from Eighth Street, oft-referred to as Shoe Row, Gobo is precisely…
Joe’s Stone Crab: Miami Beach, Florida
Some restaurants have such protocol that, for the uninitiated, the whole experience might be off-putting and overwhelming. Joe’s Stone Crab has a reputation. By now, most everyone in the Western world knows about the sweet stone crabs of Joe’s – and…