MUSKOKA / Wilgress Café & Wine Bar

MUSKOKA / Wilgress Café & Wine Bar

This building was for decades a landmark in Huntsville: The Bookcase was full of books of all kinds, most of them about Huntsville and the surrounding area, rounded out by a delightful selection of children’s books.  We were all sad when their doors closed...
LONDON / dining naked

LONDON / dining naked

Clothing: optional.  Enter The Bunyadi, London’s newest (and only) ‘au naturel’ dining experience where patrons can embrace a “Pangaea-like” eatery.  Operating without electricity and gas, serving food on handmade clay plates with edible...
GEORGIA / Strada Restaurant and Café

GEORGIA / Strada Restaurant and Café

This brand new café and restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia, by local design studio ROOMS, serves American, Italian and Asian fare and has become a local favorite for family breakfasts.  The younger sister of established restaurant Strada, the thoughtfully conceived...
PARIS / Ellsworth Wine Bar

PARIS / Ellsworth Wine Bar

American duo Laura Adrian and Braden Perkins are the co-owners of an American comfort food restaurant and wine bar in the 1st arrondissement.  Affectionately named after Braden’s grandfather, Ellsworth is located just around the corner from sister resto...
TORONTO / Hanmoto Snack Bar

TORONTO / Hanmoto Snack Bar

This little known Japanese snack bar that recently opened just off of the Dundas West strip nearly blew my mind. Tucked away in what was a former beauty salon, HANMOTO offers a selection of Asian fusion raw & hot items meant to be scarfed down with booze. ...
PRAGUE / Nejen Bistro

PRAGUE / Nejen Bistro

Located in the growing district of Karlín — now on the mend after the 2002 flooding — is new-comer Nejen Bistro.  This locale has been fully restored with original brick walls and beautifully hand-painted tiles that give a definite Mediterranean...