http://www.thesmoothguide.co.uk The Smooth Guide to the World's Best :: Hotels :: Restaurants :: Music :: Shopping :: New York :: London Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:47:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.thesmoothguide.co.uk/2010/02/new-york-restaurants-the-smooth-guide/ http://www.thesmoothguide.co.uk/2010/02/new-york-city-hotels-map-the-smooth-guide/ From the team behind the acclaimed Employees Only and David Waltuck of Chanterelle comes a new super-hip Tribeca spot. As the name implies, the décor is influenced by Macao: lots of warm wood with a gorgeous glass-backed bar. Antiques are scattered throughout…]]> http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/lower-west-manhattan/macao-trading-co.htm PJ Clarke’s has a whole load of history under its belt. A constant in an ever-changing neighbourhood, this well-worn saloon bar has become something of a Manhattan institution and flaunts its jukebox, its old fashioned (and out of order) payphone and its cigarette machine like memorabilia of a long gone age…]]> http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/lower-east-manhattan/pj-clarkes-in-new-york.htm This recent entrant on New York’s ever blossoming speakeasy-style bar scene plays a slightly different hand to the rest. Owned by the people behind the acclaimed Death and Co, Mayahuel has the intentionally covert vibe of a PDT or a Milk and Honey only with a Mexican twist…]]> http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/lower-east-manhattan/mayahuel-in-new-york.htm Dutch Kills is another feather in the hat of Milk & Honey maestro Sasha Petraske. By now the formula is familiar: dapper bartenders serving superlative drinks and an echo of earlier, more refined times. Dutch Kills gives you that but it also gives you a little more room for manoeuvre…]]> http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/brooklyn/dutch-kills.htm Swift is old time pub in the East Village. Taking its name from the great Irish wit and writer of Gulliver’s Travels, it’s a homey, atmospheric and character-rich space, full of nooks and crannies, with church-pew booths and appealingly battered tables…]]> http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/lower-east-manhattan/swift-in-new-york.htm http://www.thesmoothguide.co.uk/2009/09/new-york-restaurants-minetta-tavern/ http://www.thesmoothguide.co.uk/2009/03/new-york-restaurants-the-monkey-bar/ http://www.thesmoothguide.co.uk/2009/02/new-york-shopping-bergdorf-goodman/