By Denise Mattia There’s a diversity of cuisines in New York City, and restaurant hounds have a nose for the good ones. If a craving for Indian food calls, there are a plethora of [continue]
Apr 042016
Denise Mattia
Mar 272016
By Denise Mattia “They’ve been here for lunch and dinner every day for a week,” remarked Dorian, the maître d’ at MAMO, a charming upscale restaurant in SOHO, when I asked about the family seated by [continue]
Mar 202016
By Denise Mattia After a year building extraordinary inventory and perfecting technological advancements, Brian Froelich, the travel executive and chairman of JDB Fine Hotels and Resorts, introduced a website that includes a platform, which [continue]
Mar 202016
By Denise Mattia A rippling glass panel partitions nearly half the bar from the dining area of this traditional Chinese restaurant in Midtown Manhattan. At the end of the bar a glass and [continue]
Mar 102016
By Denise Mattia For seven years a speakeasy on West 45th Street was frequented by mobsters before becoming a legitimate restaurant after prohibition was repealed. Still, the pictures of the nefarious, the less than nefarious and [continue]
Mar 052016
By Denise Mattia On January 8, 2016 a handsome Skip Marley walked out on the stage of the Sandals Montego Bay Resort and sang a remix of his grandfather’s classic song ‘Three Little Birds’ [continue]
Mar 042016
By Denise Mattia It was a chilly evening when eight students met at CoCo Mat in New York’s Soho district to try their hand at Greek cuisine under the tutelage of Maria Benardis, chef and [continue]
Feb 022016
By Denise Mattia A mission for my East side colleague and me, an Upper Westsider, is to find unpretentious restaurants that serve good food. Il Valentino Osteria at 59th and First Avenue (the street [continue]
Jan 212016
By Denise Mattia Because of the great importance of Jerusalem to Jews, Christians and Muslims as the place God chose to dwell during the world’s creation, centuries of kings and [continue]
Jan 192016
By Denise Mattia Author’s note: Although Cairo made headline news previously, visitors will find the city safer than many in the U.S. or, in fact, throughout Europe and the Middle East. Through classical Antiquity [continue]