Tag Archive for: Algonquin

Terry Trucco

Where’s Matilda? The Algonquin Cat Disappears After the NYC Health Department Pays a Visit

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She’s the long-time mascot of the Algonquin Hotel, the coolest hotel cat in town. But when we stopped by the hotel yesterday, the only Matilda we saw was this drink – a golden $20 concoction of tangerine vodka, Cointreau, fresh lemon and orange juices and Korbel Brut named for the Algonquin’s fabled feline. Read more

Terry Trucco

Only the Photos Remain: the True Blue Lobby of the Mondrian SoHo

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The name has changed and so has the lobby. What was originally the Mondrian SoHo is now the NoMo SoHo, which sounds like baby talk to us but never mind. In the intervening years, the lobby has grown sleeker and simpler. Appealing, in other words, but but not as fanciful. Here’s what we saw in 2011. Read more