FEATURES

What’s In Store? - 3x1

By Tom Ran
Scott Morrison, founding partner of 3x1.

Photo: Daniel Bernauer

Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…

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What’s In Store? - Saturdays Surf

By Tom Ran
The Saturdays Surf crew, left to right: Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen, and Colin Tunstall

Photo: Tuukka Koski

For years surfing in NYC was reserved for the die hards. Even though the Atlantic Ocean is minutes away, the urban density didn’t make transporting a surfboard an easy task….

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Behind the Bar - Karlsson’s Batch 2008

By Craig Cavallo
A family affair, Bertil Gunnarsson with his son Bo Gunnarsson.

Photo: Stefan Andersson

Potatoes are a significant part of Swedish culture. On Cape Bjare, in the south of Sweden, the soil they grow in is referred to as farmer’s gold. The country grows…

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RESULTS FOR "Barbershop"

Retail

Persons of Interest

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… read more »

Photo: Zoe Roman

Dickson Hairshop

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… read more »

Photo: Courtesy of F.S.C.

Freemans Sporting Club

Taavo Somer and his partners converted this once dead end alley into a destination for the young and hip. Whether to be fed, groomed or fitted, Freemans has what that… read more »

Features

Alex and Companies

Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art,… read more »

Blog

Persons of Interest

Sal’s Barbershop was a neighborhood institution for over thirty years. But when Sal passed away, his family members decided to offer the space to Steve Marks. He had plans to… read more »

Persons of Interest Williamsburg

Steve Marks, owner of the popular barber shop in Carroll Gardens, Persons of Interest recently opened his second location in Williamsburg. All the standards of POI are intact,… read more »

New York Chapter

Photo: Ace Hotel

Ace Hotel New York

Anticipation and buzz are beginning to build for the opening of an Ace Hotel on Broadway and 29th Street. Calderwood and company are bringing a little bit of… read more »

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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