Tag: Restaurant
Going for BROKE. Tea with Daisy Martey at Payard.
This Saturday we caught up with one of London’s real super stars, Daisy Martley. The girl who used to front for Noonday Underground and Morcheeba who was literally here for a whirlwind blast and ‘going for broke,’ albeit first...
Fixx and Sean give you the House.
Chiromancy is the age-old art of characterization and fortunetelling through the study of the palm. Also known as palmistry, palm-reading, or hand analysis, in today’s modern society it is generally regarded as a pseudoscience despite it’s uncanny accuracy in...
Who Wants some Koch?
New York’s Wonder Twins, the Koch brothers have activated their powers yet again and have assumed the form of a whale on 88 10th avenue. Swallowing up Gotham’s beautiful girls and wooden boys for a Tuesday night dinner in...
Meditations of a Disco beat at Merkato 55; Post Siesta. Part 1.
We here at Scallywag and Vagabond have been inspired, nay, seduced by the candor of slinky femme fatales, exfoliated cheek bones, sashaying disco beats and the allure of a porcelain crowd that does it’s best to imitate a Vogue...
This Is What Happens When You Eat Vodka for Breakfast.Merkato 55, part 2.
I never thought I would find backless shirts and eggs benedict in the same room. Of course, that was before I attended Merkato 55’s belligerent brunch. A bizarre combination of Isabella’s and Ibiza, the Koch Brothers’ weekly Saturday extravaganza...
Mercato 55 lights up. New Year’s Revelry. Where’s my Tiara?
There’s an adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but last Wednesday whilst at Mercato 55 we suddenly came to terms with the idea that debauchery and giddy delight is the nominator of all those who...
The Etiquette of Dining Out. Arthur Schwartz Confesses His Sins and Preferences.
Like all great budding artists, we here at Scallywag and Vagabond like to know everything about the zeitgeist: it makes the rules more fun to break. So who better to explain the institution of dining than Arthur Schwartz, the...
Vincient Boitier; French without the Attitude.
According to the irreverent restauranteur Vincent Boitier, the idea of cuisine revolves around familial salutations, the subtlety of ingredients and the engagement of ones soul. Having spent an afternoon with this kindred soul, SCV would argue what makes the...
