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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Persons of Interest
Grooming & Fragrance
Photo: Michael A. Muller
There are salons and there are barbershops. Persons of Interest is a barber shop that understand the need for a casual, friendly and comfortable place for men to care for their grooming essentials. Owner Steve Marks took over a 30 year old institution, Sals, a neighborhood barbershop located on bustling Smith Street in Carroll Gardens and updated it into a stylish and inviting space.
Address:
299 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-858-5300
Hours:
Tues-Fri: 12pm-8pm
Sat-Sun: 11am-7pm
Mon: Closed
Le Labo
Grooming & Fragrance
Photo: Courtesy of Le Labo
Walking into Le Labo’s boutique on Elizabeth Street is a welcome antidote to the hard-selling atmosphere of any New York City department store’s fragrance section.
Address:
233 Elizabeth St.
New York, NY 10012
212-219-2230
Hours:
Mon-Sun 11am-7pm
Dickson Hairshop
Grooming & Fragrance
Photo: Zoe Roman
Diagonal black and white stripes deck the walls of this tiny two-seat barbershop. A golden bottle of bourbon sits on a glass shelf by the window is offered to you just before you take one of the chairs.
Address:
137 Allen St
New York, NY 10002
212-260-5625
Hours:
Wed-Fri 12pm-8pm
Sat 12pm-7pm
Sun 1pm-6pm