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RESTAURANT · NEW YORK
Marcel
UPPER EAST SIDE · FRENCH CONTINENTAL

There is a particular kind of New York restaurant critic who has decided that refinement is the enemy. Marcel is excellent and I am not going to pretend otherwise.

LAST VISITED: MAY 2026
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01 · HOTEL · ROME · VV VETTED ✓
The Rome Edition

The rooftop, the quiet rooms, and staff that remembers your name by day two.

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Nolinski Venezia

The bottles. The Christofle. Not a grand hotel performing luxury.

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Ristorante da Ivo

The man in enormous sunglasses. Red polka dot tablecloths. The evening was complete.

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Marcel

Roman and Williams inside the Breuer Building. The critics found it too polished. They were wrong.

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