Telfar’s Broadway flagship, Paris Bar at Le Meridien, more NYC events

Telfar’s Broadway flagship, Paris Bar at Le Meridien, more NYC events

Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.  What’s making our luxury list this week? Telfar’s first brick and mortar store, Houses & Parties super-fun … Read more

The world’s first James Bond bar is a view to a thrill — and comes complete with a cache of 007 gear

The world’s first James Bond bar is a view to a thrill — and comes complete with a cache of 007 gear

“A martini. Shaken, not stirred.” You can now utter James Bond’s iconic drink order from “Goldfinger” at the world’s first 007 bar in London’s Burlington Arcade. Created to celebrate the movie’s 60th anniversary, the pop-up cocktail lounge and store will remain open through the end of the year. The luxury shopping gallery, built in 1818 … Read more

Exclusive | Robert Kraft takes shot with Patriots fans at London bar in wild scene

Exclusive | Robert Kraft takes shot with Patriots fans at London bar in wild scene

Robert Kraft was in a great mood while toasting tequila shots with Patriots fans before Sunday’s 32-16 loss to the Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London. The Patriots owner, 83, made an appearance at Greenwood Sports Pub and Kitchen, where he praised his team’s London fan base while addressing the crowd over a microphone on … Read more

Forget Carbone and the Corner Store, the hottest reservation in NYC is a sports bar

Forget Carbone and the Corner Store, the hottest reservation in NYC is a sports bar

Forget scoring an 8 p.m. dinner reservation at Carbone or the Corner Store. Getting a table at popular NYC sports bars to watch the big game on Sunday is now just as difficult a play. If you want a prime position to watch football, you have to reserve weeks and even months in advance, “know … Read more

California bar mocks cease-and-desist letter from popular burger chain: ‘Stoked to be recognized’

California bar mocks cease-and-desist letter from popular burger chain: ‘Stoked to be recognized’

A small California eatery poked fun at a popular fast food chain that issued a cease-and-desist order over two trademarked items they argued the sports bar copied.  Fairplay Sports Bar celebrated National Cheeseburger Day on Sept. 18, mocking the legal notice they received from In-N-Out Burger ordering them to cease all use of two of … Read more

Coldplay’s Chris Martin disguises himself as a tacky tourist at Las Vegas karaoke bar

Coldplay’s Chris Martin disguises himself as a tacky tourist at Las Vegas karaoke bar

It was more like role-play than Coldplay. That’s how it was when Chris Martin showed up dressed like a tacky tourist at Las Vegas dive bar Dino’s over the weekend. The Coldplay frontman donned a baggy business suit, striped tie, Coke-bottle glasses and red wig for his surprise karaoke schtick while filming the video for … Read more

124-year-old half-eaten chocolate bar about to be auctioned off for $1,000 or more — but there’s a sweet story behind it

124-year-old half-eaten chocolate bar about to be auctioned off for ,000 or more — but there’s a sweet story behind it

That’s some dandy candy. A U.K. soldier and “affectionate husband” stationed overseas in 1900 sent a British chocolate bar as a gift — all the way back home to his wife. An astonishing 124 years later, the bar is still mostly intact — and about to be sold off at auction for upward of $1,000, SWNS reported. … Read more

Shia LeBeouf seen confronting pubgoers in heated exchange outside Scottish bar in tense video: ‘I’m right here, motherf–ker!’

Shia LeBeouf seen confronting pubgoers in heated exchange outside Scottish bar in tense video: ‘I’m right here, motherf–ker!’

Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf was caught on video ready to fight a group of men outside a pub in Edinburgh, Scotland, last Saturday, according to a video obtained by The Sun. The “Holes” star, donning a navy blue jacket, gray pants, and a baseball cap, raised his fist and taunted one of the rowdy revelers … Read more

Luxe 90-foot yacht features secret bar, ‘innovative’ sun deck and even a driving range

Luxe 90-foot yacht features secret bar, ‘innovative’ sun deck and even a driving range

You’re not gonna need a bigger boat. There’s a new, lavish yacht set to cruise the ocean equipped with more bells and whistles than most would know what to do with — including access to a seaside driving range. It can be yours for a modest starting price of $5.12 million. A breathtaking new yacht … Read more

It’s last call for iconic Midtown bar Neary’s

It’s last call for iconic Midtown bar Neary’s

Neary’s, the wonderful pub that Jimmy Neary launched at 348 E. 57th St. in 1967, closed its doors on Friday for the last time. Not surprisingly, it’s been called the end of an era. But while I’m sad to lose Neary’s fabled Irish coffee and lamb chops, I couldn’t care less about the era. An … Read more

Why this NYC espresso bar keeps its coffee at $2.50 a cup — and staying that way — as others soar past $6

Why this NYC espresso bar keeps its coffee at .50 a cup — and staying that way — as others soar past

It’s a real jolt to the system. New Yorkers have never been forced to pay this much for coffee, as inflation forces Gotham’s grounds merchants to jack their prices ever higher in an effort to keep up with the joe-neses. And yet, a few brave bean depots in the Big Apple are quietly pushing back … Read more

Justin Timberlake’s stiff drink at Hamptons hotel bar before DWI bust revealed: ‘It’s all alcohol’

Justin Timberlake’s stiff drink at Hamptons hotel bar before DWI bust revealed: ‘It’s all alcohol’

Justin Timberlake downed a stiff “double” martini before his arrest for allegedly drunk driving in the Hamptons earlier this week, according to reports. Timberlake, 43, ordered a Vesper Martini from the menu of the American Hotel in Sag Harbor on Tuesday, sources told the Daily Beast, who described the recipe as “all alcohol.” “There is … Read more

People are traveling across the world to try the viral ‘millennial Willy Wonka’ chocolate bar

People are traveling across the world to try the viral ‘millennial Willy Wonka’ chocolate bar

This confection is raising the bar. Thought going all the way to the store for candy was extreme? Chocoholics are traveling across the world to get their paws on a special bar that’s only available in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “This is worth every bit of the hype and is still getting,” gushed one satisfied … Read more

Bar owner behind ‘Heterosexual Awesomeness Month’ speaks out: ‘Boy, did it take off’

Bar owner behind ‘Heterosexual Awesomeness Month’ speaks out: ‘Boy, did it take off’

Even Idaho bar owner Mark Fitzpatrick was surprised by the strong reaction to his Heterosexual Awesomeness Month promo in response to Pride Month.  “I was thinking of a way that we could celebrate the other side of sexuality, heterosexuality, the way God designed it. And that’s kind of where I’m at with people that support us … Read more

Shark Bar drops anchor at the former Cyril’s Fish House in Montauk 

Shark Bar drops anchor at the former Cyril’s Fish House in Montauk 

This summer, the team behind Mavericks in Montauk is taking over the space that used to be Cyril’s Fish House — and trying to fill a void that has been left since May 2016, when the legendary spot closed. Many longtime locals and regulars still recount the afternoons they spent at Cyril’s Fish House, a … Read more

Iconic NYC bar visited by Teddy Roosevelt, Annie Oakley recruits ex-Waverly Inn chef

Iconic NYC bar visited by Teddy Roosevelt, Annie Oakley recruits ex-Waverly Inn chef

A New York hospitality mogul is bringing in famed Waverly Inn chef John DeLucie to help a 150-year-old tavern near the South Street Seaport regain its luster, Side Dish has learned. Eytan Sugarman — whose restaurant empire includes White Horse Tavern, Hunt & Fish Club and the Made In New York Pizza chain — has … Read more

What is the ‘Barbara’s Rhubarb Bar’ TikTok trend? ‘A song you can’t even understand, stuck 24/7’

What is the ‘Barbara’s Rhubarb Bar’ TikTok trend? ‘A song you can’t even understand, stuck 24/7’

Was ist tanz? If you spend time scrolling through TikTok, you might have heard a German rap going viral. Most people on the platform admit they have no clue what the words mean, but they can’t get it out of their heads. Turns out, it’s not even a real rap. The catchy song is actually … Read more

Heated Ric Flair bar confrontation caught on video: ‘That is bad for you’

Heated Ric Flair bar confrontation caught on video: ‘That is bad for you’

Video has emerged from the incident that caused professional wrestling legend Ric Flair to say a Florida restaurant “disrespected” him more than he’s ever been in his life. Flair was in Gainesville celebrating family member’s graduation and had a heated interaction at a Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza location. Video appearing to be surveillance footage from … Read more

Sip Bellinis at Bar Madonna, get artsy at Frieze and other NYC events this week

Sip Bellinis at Bar Madonna, get artsy at Frieze and other NYC events this week

Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.  What’s making our luxury list this week? The NY Art Book Fair throws a block party in … Read more

Eric Church’s Nashville bar references Morgan Wallen’s arrest with marquee

Eric Church’s Nashville bar references Morgan Wallen’s arrest with marquee

There’s no such thing as bad publicity, right? The bar and restaurant in Nashville where country music star Morgan Wallen was arrested for allegedly tossing a chair off of its sixth-floor rooftop has changed its marquee — referencing the incident in a playful manner. “OUR PIGS FLY OUR CHAIRS DON’T,” the marquee read as of Tuesday. … Read more