With its neon green shamrock sign, it’s easy to mistake Clarke’s for yet another Irish burger-and-beer joint or a Cheers wannabe. The mistake, however, would be in not moving beyond the signage—and missing the inviting interior and genuine conviviality of … Read More
Rooms at the Sagamore are more accurately, suites—or rather, apartments. Our city view suite (of which there are eight) measured 550 square feet—indeed, nearly twice the size of some Manhattan apartments we’ve frequented. The ample living room includes a Pullman … Read More
Upon first consideration, the cuisines of Brazil and France might not seem the most harmonic combination—and yet, in South Beach, at the Blue Door at the Delano, they marry beautifully: the tropical sensuality of South America balanced by the refinement … Read More
It’s one of those strange twists of fate that you spend nearly twenty days in Italy, wandering through Napoli, Sicily, Roma, and Venice in search of a good pie, a good slice—only to come home and find the best pie … Read More
First of all, have the car drive you around to the 20th Street entrance, back by the cul de sac near the ocean—so that you enter on the residential side of the Setai complex, the side with the 40-story tower—whereupon … Read More
With a name derived from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (“There are no shortcuts in evolution”), David Bouley’s Miami Beach restaurant is a temple to the elevated and evolved. Ensconced in the fabled Morris Lapidus-designed diLido Hotel (1953, and now … Read More
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 – … Read More
What exactly does it foretell when a striking new hotel and its in-house restaurant employ a jellyfish as their graphic symbol? Such is the query one might ponder upon entering the stunning Victor Hotel on Ocean Drive and its equally … Read More
