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
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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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Zakka
Books
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Toshiki Okazaki moved his beloved design bookshop, Zakka over the East River in 2007 after many years in Manhattan. Settling into a much larger space with similar aesthetic.
Address:
155 Plymouth St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-801-8037
Hours:
Daily Noon-7pm
Strand
Books
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The Strand Bookstore has been a classic New York City fixture since 1927, boasting an enormous selection of discounted new and used books. Today, it’s the only surviving bookseller of “Book Row,” the strip of 4th Avenue in Manhattan that runs from Union Square to Astor Place.
Address:
828 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Hours:
Mon-Sat 9:30am-10:30pm
Rare Book Room Closes Daily at 6:20pm
Sun 11am-10:30pm
Spoonbill & Sugartown
Books
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Spoonbill & Sugartown is an authentic independent bookstore and a destination for new ideas. You’ll appreciate that every title here feels hand-selected.
Address:
218 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-387-7322
Hours:
Mon-Sun 10am—10pm