dinnertable: A 20-Seat Speakeasy-Style Restaurant

Their unique chocolate taco is only one facet of a superb Italian-meets-New American menu

The sign beside the interior door reads “Press for Food.” If you’re in front of it, you’ve just walked through the bustling East Village cocktail bar The Garret East, beyond a curtain, into a petite corridor. A push of the analog button sends a chime to the inside and you’re promptly greeted. This is how an experience at dinnertable commences. Just beyond that final door, …

Inside Carpenters Workshop Gallery’s NYC Exhibition Space

A two-floor shifting display of otherworldly art and design

In addition to their Mayfair and Marais locations, Carpenters Workshop Gallery recently opened a midtown, NYC location to showcase the curiosities they’ve come top exhibit over the years. Commencing on the 19th floor of the iconic (and recently renovated) Takashimaya Building, the gallery hosts frequently changing exhibitions—with Dutch designer Maarten Baas’s Carapace on display at present. It’s their second floor, however, that stands as one …

Inside Lotte New York Palace Hotel’s Villard Houses South Wing

A magnificent near-15,000 square foot Gilded Age space

It’s near impossible to deny the grandeur of the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, from the striking stone facade of its Villard Houses entryway to the uninterrupted penthouse views of the tower that’s attached. Not many have been lucky enough to explore inside, where there is a Gilded Age (which ranged from the 1870s to the turn of the century) treasure trove found within the …