Park Avenue’s grandest hotel has the splendid spa it deserves — along with a brand-new beauty boutique in its iconic lobby. The Waldorf Astoria New York reopened last summer after a dazzling eight-year, multibillion-dollar renovation; several months later, the Guerlain Wellness Spa debuted on the fifth floor — and it’s just as impressive. One of … Read more
Hey, we’re evolving here! New Yorkers know that the only constant in local life is change — but in 2025, some of the most exciting new additions to the city are sounding comfortingly familiar. Beloved institutions may come and go in the fast-paced Big Apple, but a spate of preservation-driven progress is lately warming the … Read more
The reopened Waldorf-Astoria deserved a great new Waldorf salad. Michael Anthony, chef at the hotel’s Lex Yard restaurant, goes one better. His re-invention of the 100-year-old recipe not only improves on the country-clubby original, it lives up to the entire hotel’s spectacular, oft-delayed, $2 billion transformation. Like its Art Deco surroundings, Anthony’s salad is lightened, brightened and reconstituted for a new … Read more
Famed chef Michael Anthony has grand plans to restore the Waldorf Astoria as the epicenter of the Big Apple’s crowded dining scene – and he’s starting by reimagining the famed hotel’s iconic dishes, Side Dish has learned. Anthony, the longtime executive chef at Gramercy Tavern, helms Lex Yard, the 220-seat restaurant that hopes to satiate … Read more
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’s September reopening, five years later than first planned, will be well worth the long wait. The magnificently restored, reborn Waldorf-Astoria brings back the Big Apple’s “grand hotel” style, with glorious public spaces open to everyone and worthy of the inn’s iconic legacy. New York City’s great hotel lobbies fell one by one … Read more
Miss those more elegant, 20th-century days of flying? They can be yours again — for a pie-in-the-sky price. Pan Am, the beloved, long-defunct airline that earned a reputation for cruising in style and great comfort, has announced a special, 12-day comeback journey next summer — and it costs a whopping $65,500 for a solo ticket, with a … Read more
Cancún means tequila body slammers, crowded beaches and rowdy college students. Or does it? Suddenly, it’s looking more “Succession” than “Spring Breakers.” Just steer clear of the infamous Hotel Zone along Avenida Kukulkan and you’ll discover a host of new Cancún hotels selling quiet luxury. And numero uno among them is the Waldorf Astoria (from … Read more
Workers were busy taking down the swirly, glass-globe chandelier in the huge domed foyer of the marbled lobby of the Waldorf Astoria Orlando when I arrived. It seemed perfectly OK to me, but it was about to be replaced with a fancy crystal one from the Czech Republic, complete with handmade leaves. After a year-long, … Read more