FEATURES

The Mast Brothers

By Tom Ran
Michael Mast and Rick Mast of Mast Brothers Chocolate

Photo: Mindy Best

The Mast Brothers Chocolate factory occupies only three rooms in a nondescript building in Williamsburg. The first doubles as a storefront that opens on the weekend to customers with much…

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Roman & Williams Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

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

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Billykirk Studio Visit

By Tom Ran
Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories.

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ABOUT THE SCOUT

The Scout

Brooklyn Bridge looking towards DUMBO

Photo: Staff

Brooklyn Bridge looking towards DUMBO

Chinatown, Doyer Street

Photo: Staff

Chinatown, Doyer Street

Redhook, Brooklyn

Photo: Staff

Redhook, Brooklyn

Redhook, Brooklyn

Photo: Staff

Redhook, Brooklyn

Pepsi sign from Long Island City

Photo: Staff

Pepsi sign from Long Island City

Lower East Side

Photo: Staff

Lower East Side

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The Scout is a new lifestyle and design-conscious site highlighting unique events, retail and dining experiences in New York City.

Unlike other city guides and online magazines, The Scout will feature reviews and articles by your intrepid team of culture-seekers who will weed out the mundane and the overly trendy to bring you the very best, the most unique, and the most inspiring that the city has to offer, with an eye to both the modern and the traditional, the high-end and the humble. Our writers and editors appreciate the craftsmanship of Danish modern furniture but still lust after a pair of limited-edition Nikes. We’ll scarf down a decadent deep-fried hot dog one night and indulge in a perfect chocolate souffle the next.

Featuring themed self-guided tours, restaurant and store reviews, frequent blog postings and in-depth articles and interviews, The Scout will become a trusted guide for readers looking for something original and uncommon. With The Scout, you’ll get customized, uniquely edited content that shares the stories behind products, events and their creators.

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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