Comfort Food, Vintage Beers + Classy Cocktails at NYC’s Maison Pickle

A new design-forward restaurant with hearty cuisine from Jacob's Pickles' Jacob Hadjigeorgis

Beyond the already bustling environs and glowing, highly-organized decor, Maison Pickle succeeds at elevating American cuisine to great heights. The restaurant, which opened this past weekend on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, is in no way to the first to tackle this concept—but the way it embraces the French Dip sandwich as its menu centerpiece and encourages guests to get their hands dirty in the process …

Remixing Music + D’USSÉ Cognac Cocktails with Producer 9th Wonder

Sharing drinks and song samples at the iconic Electric Lady Studios

One should never turn down an invitation to NYC’s Electric Lady Studios, the legendary music recording facility built by Jimi Hendrix—where in the last few years David Bowie’s Blackstar and Frank Ocean’s Blonde were mixed, adding to a long list of iconic works to pass through its doors. Our opportunity came by way of D’USSÉ cognac—who invited a group of journalists and bartenders, as well …

Pizza ATMs are Coming

Back in August, French company Pauline debuted its pizza ATM in the United States, and now it’s set to roll out across the country. The self-serve slice machine stores dough, then when a user chooses their order, adds toppings, cooks it and dispenses the ‘za in around three minutes. Brings new meaning to “fast food” (and perhaps also “French style”). Read more at Grub Street.