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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Retail

Brooklyn Bridge looking towards DUMBO

Photo: Staff

About The Scout

Ale et Ange

Photo: Mindy Best

Ale et Ange

Step into Ale et Ange and you feel like you’ve stepped into your best friend’s apartment… That is, if your best friend is a clothing designer with a fondness for… read more »

Features

Journal: Ames Boston

Inside Penn Station, after cavorting through the many throngs of travelers, I met up with some friends to board the Acela train headed for Boston, Mass., for a stay at… read more »

What’s In Store? - 3x1

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… 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 »

Blog

City Farm, Chicago 2008

Photo: Outstanding in the Field

Outstanding in the Field

You buy grass-fed beef at the Greenmarket, look forward to your weekly CSA delivery, and even grow pots of herbs on your rickety fire escape. But for the real deal,… read more »

Saugerties Lighthouse

Photo: Phil Mansfield for The NY Times

Saugerties Lighthouse

The Scout thrives on unique experiences. Back in November of 2007, The NY Times published an article titled “Spending the Night Under the Lighthouse Beacon on the Hudson,” read more »

Guests at the first Underbelly

Photo: Jothan Cashero

Inaugural Dinner for Underbelly

You’ve heard this story before – a muti-course meal, cooked by a mystery chef. An undisclosed location. Directions e-mailed at the last minute; an uncertain journey into unfamiliar territory; ringing… 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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