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 "Seasonal"

Retail

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THECAST

Metal doors hide this subterranean boutique, where partners Ryan Turner and Chuck Guarino operate THECAST. Formerly a showroom, THECAST opened in late 2007 with a line of t-shirts that quickly… read more »

Goose Barnacle

Photo: Mindy Best

Goose Barnacle

Shop owner David Alperin is rooted in his family’s heritage. Being a 4th generation Brooklyn Heights man, he decided to open his new concept shop in the neighborhood and gave… read more »

Dining / Bars

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Perilla

Dine at the bar or at one of the few tables in Top Chef season 1 winner Harold Dieterle’s sparsely elegant restaurant. Though you might walk in skeptical given all… read more »

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Frankies Spuntino 457

This homey, brick-walled Italian spot is bigger than it seems—walk past the long, wine-bottle-lined bar up front and you’ll find a cluster of tables in the back, with happy couples… read more »

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Cookshop

You’ll feel good about eating here—most of the food is locally grown or produced, and the space is sleek yet homey, with an open kitchen boasting a large stone oven… read more »

Features

Workers

Takashi Tateno might not have been the first to introduce you to the beauty of American workwear but he probably comes close. He is responsible for the incredibly successful Workers… read more »

The Sculpture Gallery houses works by Heizer, Rauschenberg, Segal, Chamberlain, Stella, Nauman, Morris, and Lord.

Photo: Staff

Capturing Time in Glass

Philip Johnson once said that “architecture exists in time.” By this he meant that a great piece of architecture should unfold before you in procession, and reveal itself in surprising… read more »

Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

Photo: Tuukka Koski

Battersby Brooklyn

At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants. read more »

Events

No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents

Photo: Javier Jaen Benavides; X Initiative

No Soul For Sale

X Initiative opens the second of its seasonal phases, No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents, to the public today. The event is the product of inviting… read more »

Blog

Art:21 Season 5

Art:21 debuts its 5th season this fall on PBS. Since 2001 this series has been profiling contemporary artists in their studio and galleries, giving insight into the thought… read more »

Anthony Bourdain's <i>No Reservations</i>

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No Reservations New Season

The mildly annoying but always entertaining Anthony Bourdain returns with a new season of No Reservations on the Travel Channel. Last night’s premiere took us to Mexico City… read more »

Jeff Koons in his studio.

Photo: Art:21

Art:21 Season 5

Even though season 5 of Art:21 is a third of the way through, it’s not too late to catch past episodes on PBS.org. Episode 1 -… 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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