Now that Summer is here, there’s no better place to soak in city living than the Big Apple.
Loews Regency, Midtown Manhattan’s landmark hotel, has tapped the renowned interior designers behind the property’s new Signature Suites – Nate Berkus, Lauren Rottet, Gray Davis and Will Meyer – for the best places to eat, shop, relax, and explore while visiting New York City this summer.
And with Loews Regency’s Suite City Escape offer, valid through September 6, guests who stay in a Manhattan, Terrace, Park, or Signature Suite for one night will enjoy 50% off the second night.
Conveniently located just steps from New York City’s most coveted attractions, including Central Park, Museum Mile, and Madison Avenue, Loews Regency is the ideal starting point for discovering the best the city has to offer, and with insider tips from New York’s most celebrated design minds and in-the-know tastemakers, Loews Regency is the ultimate destination for a sophisticated getaway – in style!
Check out these great tips:
NATE BERKUS
EAT
Go-to brunch spot: Sant Ambroeus in the West Village.
Favorite restaurant for dinner with friends: Waverly Inn.
Best sweet treat: Banana crunch bread at Ciao for Now.
Best spot for people watching: Washington Square Park.
SHOP
Best vintage clothing hotspots: Showplace Antique Center on 25th Street.
Fun accessories: Mantiques Modern.
Fabulous formalwear: Bergdorf Goodman.
Only-in-New York clothing finds: Century 21.
Where to go for art: Viana Art Gallery.
Where do you go for antiques? Showplace Antique Center on 25th Street.
PAMPER
What do you do to unwind in NYC? A morning or early evening run along the Hudson River.
PLAY
What’s your idea of a perfect afternoon in NYC? Grabbing a coffee and walking around Washington Square Park with our dog, Tucker.
Best gym or fitness class? Rich Barretta Private Training.
CULTURE FIX
Favorite art galleries: Viana Art, Paul Kasmin and Senior Shopmaker.
Go-to museum: Neue Galerie and The Frick.
Must-see Broadway (or off-Broadway) show: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Queen of the Night.
EXPLORE
What’s your next NYC adventure? Navigating the streets of New York with a stroller.
Favorite NYC landmarks? The New York Public Library – my husband and I got married there!
LAUREN ROTTET
EAT
Best sweet treat: Ice Cream at Morgensteins in Nolita!
Best spot for people watching: The lobby at Loews Regency of course and then you name it – Central Park, Highline, any Daniel Boulud restaurant, Bryant Park during Fashion week, Chelsea during Armory Art week, Madison Avenue between 70th and 80thalmost any time.
SHOP
Best stores for furniture: Pucci, Christina Grejales, Rottet Home at Bolier in New York Design Center (of course!), and Holly Hunt and Rose Tarlow in the D&D building
Best old favorite: Zitomer Pharmacy at 76th and Madison – they know the best products for anything! Barneys for new fashion, Bergdorf’s for classic looks, Saks for shoes, and Joseph’s for something quintessentially New York.
PAMPER
What do you do to unwind in NYC? WALK. Try to find a Yoga class. Go to Dia Beacon if I have time, or at least think about going!
CULTURE FIX
Favorite art galleries: It really depends on what you are looking for, but for amazing modern early 20th century to 1980’s art, try Loretta Howard in Chelsea – she knows the work and the period, is helpful and so kind. And, I definitely recommend checking out Hollis Taggart on the Upper East side.
Go-to museum: MOMA, Whitney, Metropolitan and the Guggenheim.
EXPLORE
What’s your next NYC adventure? I really want to take a week off and walk it going in and out of places I have never been able to set foot in – not just furniture and lighting, but button shops, junk shops, restaurants… It is way too much to do in one week, so I’ll have to map a sensible route.
Where is a place that only a true New Yorker would know? Nom Wah Tea Parlor or Mercury Lounge.
GRAY DAVIS AND WILL MEYER
EAT
Brunch Spot: Café Cluny in the West Village
Quick Lunch: The Odeon in Tribeca
Favorite Restaurant for dinner with friends: Locanda Verde, also in Tribeca
Favorite Restaurant for romantic night out: Harlow
Best Cocktail Spot: The Skylark
Best Sweet Treat: Once Upon a Tart
Best Spot for People Watching: Balthazar in Soho
Best Coffee and/or bagel: It’s NYC – everywhere!
SHOP
Fun accessories (jewelry, cufflinks, etc.): Ted Meuhling (Tribeca).
Fabulous Formalwear: Seize Sur Veingt (Soho).
Only-in-New-York clothing finds: Freeman’s Sporting Club (LES).
Best Stores for Furniture: WYETH; AERO
Where to go for Art: Chelsea and the galleries—every price point, and every league of art.
Where do you go for Antiques? Williamsburg Flea Market.
Flatware/Tabletop: ABC Carpet & Home.
Best old favorite: Olde Good Things (they have locations all over Manhattan).
PAMPER
What do you do to unwind in NY? Get out of New York— it’s a place meant for exploring, not for unwinding.