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  • This just in: The awesome team behind Miss Lily’s has beaten Subway® Sandwiches to the punch, and have taken over the corner storefront next door. The commodious adjacent space will house an extension of Miss Lily’s fresh juice bar, a record store, and Miss Lily’s To-Go. It is expected to be in operation […]

  Following relatively recent news of shakeups at The Box, EMM, and Bagatelle, PX This has learned that Managing Director Ian Nicholson is the latest executive to decamp The Standard Hotel here in NYC. Following the earlier but unrelated departure of F&B Director of Operations Lana Trevisan (currently GM of soon-to-open Hotel Americano), Nicholson resigned […]

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Welcome to: Where I Spent My Day Off —by a NYC Restaurant "Insider" So, what do you do in the industry? Now? I’m a consultant. But I used to work directly in the industry for about 20 years— I started as a waitress, but I’ve also been

A concerned reader just wrote in to point out where we were remiss. “…Love your site… but you forgot one picture from the Standard staff Xmas party… lol…” You’re absolutely right, dear reader! Thank you! Who says the holidays are over? They’re over when we say they’re over. The gifts just keep on coming… :) […]

• Tuesday, December 8, 2009. 3:30PM – Kanye West lingering outside a dark SUV parked in front of a luxury residential building on West Houston St, with two bodyguard types, a driver, and a very talented young man— who was serenading him acapella right there on the sidewalk. No joke. • Monday, December 14, 2009. […]

… with the staff of The Standard Hotel. Gotta admit— the F&B/Hospitality industries really know how to throw a party like nobody else’s business! :)    

  Start packing your bags now. Two must-visit destinations are about to get hotter (and not just due to global warming). Your beloved chain of snazzy flophouses, by your favorite cute diminutive hotelier, is expanding to include locations in both London and Costa Rica. Plus, you can probably expect to see some familiar faces to […]

Despite some vague reports to the contrary, PX This has learned that the latest incarnation of "The Room Formerly Known as Boom Boom" on the 18th floor of The Standard Hotel will (as of tomorrow) officially be named The Bon Bon, and will begin admitting "the general public" from 4PM to 9PM for Supper (an […]

The Standard Grill, Abe & Arthur’s, Gansevoort 69 • The Standard Grill • Much has improved over the weeks at "the standard," but probably not your chances of getting a dinner table during prime time (especially now that an autumnal chill is descending upon us, and the outdoor cafe/patio is no longer an agreeable availability). […]