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All You Need to Know About Truffles: A Chat with Chef Troy Unruh of Nolitan’s Ellabess Restaurant
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoForget truffle oil. It isn’t even made from truffles, just like corn syrup isn’t sugar. But with truffle season in full swing until late December, you can revel in the real deal – “the diamond of the kitchen,” as the 18th-century French gastronome Brillat-Savarin called the fabled, if less poetic, fruiting body of the underground mushroom known for its earthy flavor and heady fragrance. Read more
The Best Hotels for Viewing Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 2011 Edition
/in Hotels and Holidays/by Terry TruccoHello Kitty above the fray
It’s early November, a great time to scope out a hotel room with a view of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – for next year.
Nearly a dozen midtown hotels are blessed with rooms that overlook New York’s 2011 parade of parades replete with floats, marching bands, balloons and Santa. But prime real estate – a room that plants you eye-to-eye with Snoopy, Spiderman and Kermit the Frog – gets snapped up months before the bands strike up. You can still get a room if you’re not too picky. But it will cost you. Read more
Checking Out Times Square from the R Lounge at the Renaissance
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoTimes Square as seen from R Lounge.
This is what Times Square looks like from a window table at R Lounge, the Renaissance New York’s second-floor restaurant and bar with the flashy address – Two Times Square. Talk about the thick of things. Read more
Hotels for Heroes, A New Hotel Rewards Program for Families of Hospitalized Soldiers
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoCongress can’t agree on much. But a new piece of legislation regarding hotels could bring the two sides together at least momentarily. Read more
The Algonquin Gets Set to Close for Refurbishment in Early 2012
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoHistoric hotels have their charms – the evocative architecture, the whiff of time travel, the (often) dazzling out-of-the-past guests lists. But there’s nothing charming about historic plumbing, which could be one reason the Algonquin, New York’s oldest operating hotel, is closing for four months of renovations beginning on January 1, 2012. Read more
Meet Hotel Americano, a Chic New Hotel Perched Near the High Line
/in Hotel Openings and Closings/by Terry TruccoWhat can a hotel do about a less than perfect location? Wait it out, like Hotel Americano. Planted on 27th Street way out west between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, this super-chic new boutique is smack in the middle of Chelsea’s art gallery and club scene and a short hop from Chelsea Piers’ sports facilities – an area that’s also bereft of subway stops and frequent bus service.
But in June, the popular High Line extended its elevated reach from 20th to 30nd Street. Read more
A Taste of England: Kedgeree at the Ace Hotel
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoRemember the scene in Ratatouille where a forkful of vegetable stew sends the grumpy restaurant critic into Proustrian raptures and transports him back to his carefree childhood? Read more
Only the Photos Remain: the True Blue Lobby of the Mondrian SoHo
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoThe 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
Michelin and Zagat’s Serve Up Their Best NYC Hotel Restaurants for 2012
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoThe first week in October is pretty innocuous unless you’re a foodie — or to be precise, a guide-loving foodie. This week Michelin and Zagat published their respective, red-covered 2012 New York City restaurant guides within a day of each other. That’s like back-to-back Golden Globes and Academy Awards. Read more
The Pierre Serves Up a Healthy New Menu for Calorie Counters
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoDid you know a bowl of hotel oatmeal, arguably the healthiest offering on the breakfast menu, can rack up 1,400 calories? Yikes! Read more