The Real Macao
We have it on excellent authority (i.e., we saw it with our own eyes) that the lounge below
Macao Trading Co. is ready to go and will debut tonight. The small, sexy, opium-den like space, outfitted with ottomans, Chinese open lattice, and tasty cocktails, will also serve such deliciousness as Chinese pearl meatballs and Portuguese manila clams with choriço until 4am.
Birth of New Bottle Service
Another underground lair,
La Cave des Fondus, is making like the Parisians and serving beer and wine in baby bottles. Can we get some cheese with that whine?
NY Times: Cry Once for Red, Twice for White
Pour One Out
The economy may have gone to crap, but even in hard times people need a little T&A. Down by the Hipster reports, however, that Scores East will be closing up shop by the end of the year. Howard Stern, we feel your pain.
DBTH: Scores East Says Goodbye
Jonesing for Bacon
We thought Lesly Bernard already outdid himself with
Mr. Jones, but meatheads, take note: Permanent Brunch (featuring a bonafide bacon bar) should be open within a month. Until then, there’s always
Baconnaise.
Grub Street: Lesly Bernard’s Fall Projects Won’t Open for Another Month
Party Girl
Newsflash: More women are drinking, and they’re drinking more. Tell us something we didn’t already know.
NY Mag: Gender Bender
~Courtney Stoutamire
