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Hotel, Restaurant

Bakery, Coffee, Pizza, Restaurant

Burgers, Restaurant

Nite Spot, Restaurant

Burgers, Lite Bites, Restaurant

A conspicuously Italian eatery known as Apsleys now holds court in London’s venerable Lanesborough Hotel. Despite Apsleys’ English pedigree—not to mention the restaurant’s Old Guard name (derived from the Duke of Wellington’s former residence)—the Lanesborough brought in global talent such as Italian-trained chef Nick Bell (Zaferanno, Cecconi’s) and New York–based designer Adam D. Tihany (Per Se,...

Hotel, Nite Spot, Restaurant

Hotel, Lite Bites, Nite Spot, Restaurant

Nite Spot, Restaurant

The New York Historical Society, while a legendary institution, worthy of a visit whether a local or a visitor, with the recent opening of the Caffe Storico. Its high-ceilinged, porcelein-white, sun-drenched dining room is more remenescent of a European patisserie than a reading room, and its northern Italian menu from chef Jim Burke, in partnership...

Cafe, Lite Bites, Restaurant

Restaurant

Burgers, Lite Bites, Restaurant

Burgers, Restaurant

Of all the pleasant advantages of London over New York (which is not to say the reverse is never true), certainly among the best is that a sushi lover can actually head over to Nobu at the spur of the moment and, well, actually get a table. The City Present has loved the original London Nobu...

Lite Bites, Nite Spot, Restaurant

Restaurant, Store

Lite Bites, Restaurant, Take Away

In the game of celebrichef Go Fish, London has traded one naked chef for one French chef with our friends across the pond. And from the looks of things, we’ve got the winner. Bar Boulud, the first London outpost from NYC phenom Daniel Boulud opens Thursday in Knightsbridge (although they’re taking reservations today). The...

Burgers, Hotel, Lite Bites, Nite Spot, Restaurant

“Spice Market” is inspired by the street food Jean-Georges Vongerichten enjoyed while traveling in Asia. Authentically uplifted version of flavorful street foods are service family-style…” Thus reads the Spice Market website. They don’t mention that the ENTIRE INTERIOR of the restaurant has also been lifted up from some other corner of Southeast Asia. If the...

Indian Food, Lite Bites, Nite Spot, Restaurant

Lunch can be an expensive and stressful proposition in much of Manhattan. Time is better spent walking the streets, not standing in line for a salad, or an open table to order a burger. Finding the right spot that serves a quality sandwich in a pleasant atmosphere, without the meal being too time- or...

Lite Bites, Restaurant, Take Away

The Parisian institution that is Patisserie Paul is one of the most popular French high-street chains, with its line-out-the-door storefronts from the Marais to Montparnasse, including small take-away kiosks in landmark locations such as the Tuilleries, offering a high-quality coffee, breakfast, lunch or lite-bite alternative to fast food for locals and foreigners alike. From...

Bakery, Lite Bites, Patisserie, Restaurant, Take Away

In L.A., where hype is an industry, the universal acclaim showered on Adam Fleischman’s Umami Burger chain in its first two years of operation can be lost in a sea of hyperbole. But believe what you hear: Umami Burger may not only be the best burger in Los Angeles, in may even be the...

Burgers, Lite Bites, Restaurant

Those still skeptical about a recommendation for a Midwestern frozen custard stand on the same page as the best European hotels, keep reading. By “stand,” The City Present is referring to a chain of high modern outposts of steel, concrete and glass called Kopp’s frozen Custard. Imagine if Mies van der Rohe had been commissioned...

Burgers, Ice Cream, Restaurant, Take Away