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- Eight NYC Hotels For Watching the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ParadeOctober 20, 2021 - 5:42 pm
What Are New York City’s Best Hotel Restaurants?
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoThis month Michelin and Zagat had their say. Which hotel restaurants did these reviewing heavyweights smile upon?
The Modus Operandi differ sharply between the two guides. That said, you’ll see many of the same names in both. Read more
Six Trends to Look For On Your Next Hotel Visit
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoFlatbreads, Burgers and Brooklyn Beef Jerky – A New “Dining Concept” for The New York Hilton
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoLast summer, Herb n’ Kitchen, the new restaurant at the New York Hilton-Midtown, was briefly the talk of the town, never mind that it hadn’t opened yet. In case you missed the fuss, Hilton announced it was closing its woefully outdated all-purpose restaurant and launching a new “dining concept” in the vast space at the back of the lobby. Read more
Pass the Popcorn: What Movies Did Hotel Guests Watch in Their Rooms in September?
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoA hit in New York City hotel rooms.
Last month the in-room pay-movie viewing habits of hotel-goers throughout the US, Canada and New York City were pretty much in lockstep. Guests tuned into the antics of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy (The Heat), Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx (White House Down), and Bradley Cooper and Zac Galifianiakis (The Hangover Part 3).
But what are we to make of the fact that The Bling Ring, a movie about light-fingered, celebrity-addled Los Angeles teens, was hit in New York hotel rooms but failed to make the Top Ten list across the nation and in Canada? Read more
Is That Beer In A Champagne Saucer? The Pierre Mixes Up Seven Chic Brew-Based Cocktails
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoIn John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, the character Doc becomes obsessed with a fanciful drink he’s never tasted and has, in fact, never seen – the beer milkshake. “He wondered what a beer milkshake would taste like,” Steinbeck writes. “The idea gagged him a bit, but he couldn’t let it alone. It cropped up every time he had a glass of beer.”
Beer isn’t Cointreau; it’s a self-contained, stand-alone drink. But like prosecco, bourbon and other staunch stand-alones, it can play nice with the right accompaniment. The new Beer Cocktail menu at The Pierre’s silky Two-E Bar shows just how nice. Read more
A Great Place to Watch the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Without the Crowds
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoTerrace in the air.
Not that you’ll be alone. My guess is the new outdoor terrace at the freshly refurbished Novotel New York Times Square will be jam-packed when 2014 is ushered in.
Still, the handsome outdoor expanse – a dazzling 5,700 square feet – that semi-circles the seventh floor of the Novotel’s glass tower is sufficiently spacious to pack ‘em in, from cocktail sippers enjoying an autumn moment to year-end revelers who want to be outdoors but above it all, literally. Read more
You Like Embassy Suites – And Your Favorite New TV Show is . . . “Sleepy Hollow?”
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoChances are you said yes – or so says new data from NewMediaMetrics, an eight-year-old company that measures the emotional attachments of consumers to well-known brands. Each June NMM conducts its yearly study of 3,750 adults, between the ages of 18 and 64, to determine their emotional attachment, or EA, to top brands. Among the data digested by this year’s group was their emotional reaction to the concepts behind the new TV line-up. From there the company crunched the data on each subject’s loyalty to brands, including hotels. Read more
When the Roof’s a Farm: Five New York Hotels that Grow Their Own Food
/in Green Hotels, Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoBut enough history. Manhattan farming is back, albeit on a very small scale (think planter boxes). Still, finding a Manhattan hotel that grows its own food – or at least some of it – is a lot easier than it was as recently as a year or two ago. Read more
Stumptown or Starbucks? No Problem – They’re Next Door at the Park Central Hotel
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoCoffee unleashes strong passions. For everyone who swears by Starbucks there’s someone who would rather choke than order up a Grande anything.
Bean lovers probably feel just as strong-minded about Portlandia’s Stumptown brew, which if nothing else, is a lot more exclusive. (Translation: it’s harder to find.) Read more
A Touching, Dawn-of-the-Day-After-9/11 Dance Tribute from New York City Ballet
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoMaria Kowroski and Ask le Cour in “After the Ran.”
Like most New Yorkers, I’ve dreaded the arrival of September 11 every year since 2001. I don’t think it will ever cease to be a heartbreaking day, nor do I think it should.
Every year, it seems, brings a new memorial. A beauty arrived on Youtube this morning at dawn in the form of a pas de deux danced on the 57th floor terrace of Four World Trade Center in the shadow of Freedom Tower. Read more