Cool Hunting Video Presents: Grady’s Cold Brew

A look behind the scenes at New York's most delicious cold brew coffee company

When we first discovered Grady’s Cold Brew we were delighted to have delicious, cold brewed, New Orleans-style coffee delivered weekly by a seemingly never-ending troupe of handsome young men. Since those early days Grady’s has grown, expanding out of founder Grady Laird’s home kitchen into a large warehouse in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. In our latest video we visited Laird at their new space and got …

Thomas Sires

The design duo outfits a tropical country club for their debut wholesale collection

For the past two years, friends and designers Allison Sires and Fiona Thomas have been carefully cultivating an original storefront in the heart of Nolita which would reflect their desire to create a lifestyle brand that freely incorporates items from their travels, alongside their own seasonal womenswear collections. Aptly calling it Thomas Sires, their 2010 debut drew upon joint trips to Tokyo and Paris, and …

The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company

New York's favorite street meat gets an all-natural upgrade

Despite the hot dog’s almost iconic status in New York, friends Tony Fragogiannis and Billy Mulholland had a hard time finding a frank that lived up to the classic’s name. Frustrated with a market filled with lackluster and over-processed options, the pair decided to try making their own. They relied on their combined experience in the restaurant industry—Fragogiannis as a restaurant consultant in Atlanta and …