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Maketto, Washington, D.C.
Talk about going up in the world. Maketto, a smart restaurant and fashion retail combo in the H Street neighbourhood, was operating as a dollar store. The place has had some significant attention from...
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Chop Shop, Seattle
The Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle has been transformed over the last few years thanks to the multi-use developments of Liz Dunn. Her Melrose Market project recently celebrated its five year...
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Truck Stop Deluxe, Werribee
A trio of Melbourne’s most dynamic hospitality entrepreneurs have joined forces to form an unstoppable foodie supergroup that is bringing the best burgers in town to a city suburb. Josh Lefers (Grand...
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My Bookshop, Toorak
How good is it to sit down with a great book, a lovely cup of coffee and a slice of cake? Pretty gosh darned good is what I’m saying. So good in fact that I […] The post My Bookshop, Toorak appeared...
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Toki, Amsterdam
How could you not enjoy a visit to Toki with that infectious smiley logo pressing its grinning face to the window? The branding at this Jordaan hangout is by neighbouring creative studio HarrimanSteel...
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Rotterdam Design Guide
Everyone has been to Amsterdam in their youth – been there, done that, and bought the dodgy t-shirt. It’s a great city, but no matter how culturally enlightening one’s experience might have been, no...
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Kioskafé by Monocle, Paddington
It seems that reports of the death of print media have been very much exaggerated. Mainstream glossy magazines may not sell in the numbers that they used to, but there’s a thriving market for niche...
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Devon On Danks, Waterloo
There’s even more of the award-winning Devon Café to enjoy with the opening of a new premises on Danks Street. Devon can proudly claim to be the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Food Café,and Zach Tan […]...
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Steel Cyclewear & Coffeeshop, Paris
Given France’s strong historical enthusiasm for cycling as both a sport and a pastime, it’s a surprise to hear that Steel Cyclewear & Coffeeshop is the first of its kind in Paris. Part equipment...
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Privé Café at the Asian Civilisations Museum
Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum is the place to visit to find out more about the country’s diverse cultural history, and it’s also a great place to eat now that Privé Singapore has opened the...
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8bit Footscray, Melbourne
Bub and Bob, Mario and Luigi, fish and chips, burger and fries. 8Bit is chock full of such classic pairings, bringing a retro gaming angle to a good old-fashioned “western” fast food outlet in the […]...
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Wer-Haus, Barcelona
In what they say was a chance meeting of minds, Nicolas Rossi, Jean-Antoine Palagos and Marc Miró’s shared passion for all things fashion, photography and style has resulted in a project so...
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Lausanne Food Guide
The journey northbound along Lake Geneva has stupefying views of the Swiss countryside; the Alps in the distance a humbling site. I’m on my way to Lausanne — just forty minutes from cosmopolitan...
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La Esquina, Barcelona
Forgive me the hackneyed banality but: there’s a real buzz about Barcelona at the moment. Not a humming drone, but the sort of audible crackling that electricity in its rawest form emits. Forgive me...
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The Rabbit Hole, Redfern
“Our mission is to redefine tea.” Say Sydney’s The Rabbit Hole. I don’t know about the tea, but by calling on designer Matt Woods, they’ve successfully reinvented the teashop … there is nothing quaint...
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Kitty Burns, Abbotsford, Melbourne
Australia’s first animated neon sign, Abbotsford’s Skipping Girl has held a place in the hearts of Melburnians since the 1930s (albeit in different guises); a new café-restaurant in its shadow aims to...
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Distrikt Coffee, Berlin
Distrikt Coffee gives that oldie but goodie ‘hidden gem’ a whole new meaning: hiding a good 10-minute walk away from the nearest train station, off the beaten tracks of Mitte’s busy Torstraße. In a...
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Voyager Espresso, Financial District
It seems like an aeon since Friends was on the telly, and Starbucks permeated international culture; since we all learnt new words like mocha, frappé, and Waka Flocka. Oh, he’s a rapper? Anyway, what...
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Casa Bonay, Barcelona
Collaboration is a double-headed beast of a word. On one hand, it can call to mind the collaborative efforts of Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat; Brian Eno and David Byrne’s My Life in the Bush of […]...
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Mr Wednesday, Fairfield
Mr Wednesday is a central character in Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods — set to be played in a telly series by mulleted antiques dealer Ian McShane — it is also the name of a song by […] The post Mr...
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