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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RESULTS FOR "LA"

Retail

Photo: The Studio

The Future Perfect

David Alhadeff opened the Future Perfect in 2003 to showcase independent Brooklyn designers in a retail environment. A curator of sorts, Alhadeff helped to usher in a design scene with… read more »

Photo: Staff

Greenwich Letterpress

Sisters Amy Salvini Swanson and Beth Salvini combined their talents in graphic design and fine art with their printing pedigree to form Greenwich Letterpress. read more »

Dining / Bars

Photo: Courtesy of La Lunchonette

La Luncheonette

Find respite on a desolate stretch of 10th Avenue in West Chelsea at La Luncheonette, a little slice of France in the unlikeliest neighborhood. Just blocks away from the madness… read more »

Features

Cordato’s Deli

Photo: Staff

Hidden and Hipster-Free

PDT, La Esquina, Milk & Honey…secret bars and restaurants are scattered all over the city. But let’s face it; these unmarked or “underground” places aren’t so secret anymore. In fact,… read more »

Textile & Objects shop 1961

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

Meet the Neuharts

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

Blog

Postopolis at The Standard in LA

Photo: Postopolis

Postopolis at The Standard LA

New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture in association with ForYourArt will host a five day event “themed around landscape and the built environment.” Postopolis will… read more »

La Fonda Del Sol, Kitchen with mural menu

Photo: Courtesy of máXimo

La Fonda del Sol

Zagat interviews Nick Valenti from the Patina Group, the company responsible for bringing La Fonda del Sol back to life. Valenti explains how the current design only pays… read more »

Upper level dining room

Photo: Staff

La Fonda del Sol Visit

The Scout got to check out the highly-anticipated reincarnation of La Fonda del Sol earlier this week at a press event, and the results were, well, somewhat mixed…. 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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