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The weather’s getting colder in the Big Apple, which gives the residents and guests of this fine city another good excuse to drink (which, incidentally, also happens when the weather gets warm again, when it rains, when it snows, when it’s sunny, when it’s windy…). The sun’s going down earlier, too — and everyone knows…
Last week, we showed you some of the first shots of the brand new Surrey Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Today, we’re journeying below 14th Street to bring you snaps from our stay at the just-opened Crosby Street Hotel, the first American property from London-based Firmdale Hotels. The 86-room boutique hotel sits in the…
Question: Karen I own a restaurant, the only time we get to take a vacation is when we close for the month of January. I would like to know where you suggest going and where to stay. Here are my requirements….SUN, WARM, FRIENDLY PEOPLE. Preferably not a lot of children. We don’t like to just…
The Central Park View Suite, Mandarin Oriental, NY
This weekend, we stayed at the just-opened Surrey Hotel, a 190-room Upper East Side newbie perched on a posh block just off Central Park. Inside a pre-war building fresh off of a $60 million renovation, the luxe property (a member of the Affinia Hotels family) has only been open since October 15th. We got in…
Our reporters are almost always on the road reviewing hotels in new cities — sleeping in the beds, eating at the restaurants, checking out the pool scenes, and snapping thousands of photos of it all — and we’ll be launching plenty of new destinations on Oyster.com in the coming months. So what’s in the pipeline?…
It’s been all quiet on the blog front these past few days because, well, we’ve been on a little tropical vacay. Nine of Oyster’s finest hit up the Half Moon Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica for a four-day weekend excursion — and we did it in style. Since we were traveling in a large group,…
[Oyster] New York’s obsession with everything Gossip Girl has helped turn the sometimes stodgy Upper East Side into a destination for more than just polo aficionados and old-money matriarchs. But after shopping Madison Avenue’s boutiques, hobnobbing at the Neue Gallery, and dining at Daniel, where should you stay? These three hotels are your best bets.…
[Flickr/ulterior epicure] New York’s Greenwich Hotel garnered lavish critical praise in May 2009 for chef Andrew Carmellini’s new restaurant Locanda Verde, which replaced the lackluster and universally, uh, panned restaurant Ago. But the hotel’s neighborhood, TriBeCa, has four other dining options well worth a visit for a special night out. Bouley: The flagship of chef…