The Standard NYC
Andre Balazs chain hotel opened in the Meatpacking district's Highline in late 2008 and it hasn't looked back since.
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Hotel Coverage: The Standard NYC
It's Doughnut Time at the Standard High Line
You know that time of day when your blood-sugar level starts dipping and you could kill for sumthin’ sweet? Well from now until May 4th you can satisfy your sweet-tooth in a major way at The Standard, High Line. The hours of 12-3 is when the hotel will sell...
April 25, 2013
5 Seriously Sexy Last-Minute Hotels for Valentine's Day
Haven't made plans with your sweetie for Valentine's Day yet? Have no fear. We've put together a short n' sweet list of seriously sexy Valentine's Day packages that are still available to book. But the clock is ticking! CANYON RANCH MIAMI BEACH: The oceanfront wellness hotel is offering several...
February 13, 2013
The NY Times May Have Spilled The Beans On Viceroy New York (And Other News)
There's tons of New York hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs. · Did The NY Times Accidentally Blow the Viceroy's Cover?: Back...
December 06, 2012
Last Chance To Catch The Standard Hotel's Rainbow Laser (And Other News)
There's tons of New York hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs. · Follow The Rainbow to the Standard Hotel: On Tuesday,...
November 29, 2012
What Happens When You Have To Give Birth In A Hotel?
Here's one kid who's going to have serious bragging rights when they grow up: being born at the Standard Hotel. Talk about starting early! Tara Kimkee Tan, a former hotel manager at the Standard, was on duty one Saturday night in April 2011, when she suddenly went into labor, and...
November 16, 2012
Where To Get Your Oktoberfest On
Oktoberfest began this past Saturday in Munich and will continue through October 7th. The traditional 16-day Bavarian festival, which was first celebrated 200 years ago to commemorate a royal wedding, is now feted all over the world. We’d like to do our part and give you a few places...
September 24, 2012
The Standard's New Attention-Grabbing Ads We Can't Ignore
We spy with our little eye...something that's weird and unsettling. Never one to back away from the odd or the outlandish, Standard Hotels have launched a new ad campaign that's running in highbrow magazines like Apartamento, ArtForum, Interview, Paper Magazine, and V. The content? Pretty people doing not-so-pretty things like...
September 12, 2012
Hotels To Chow Down During The NYC Wine & Food Festival
Hot on the heels of Fashion Week, the next big NYC event on everyone's lips is the Food Network New York Wine & Food Festival, which runs from Oct 11-14. Taking place in different venues all over the city, the various food-(and wine-, duh!) related events are a great excuse...
September 10, 2012
Andre Balazs Has Officially Appointed A Basket-Toting 'Egg Girl' At The Standard Grill
And the saga of hotelier-turned-upstate-farmer Andre Balazs—who's either going through a midlife crisis, or was just in desperate need of a career change—continues. Now that Balazs' Locusts-on-Hudson farm continues to supply more and more produce to the Standard, it only made sense for him to install a designated "egg girl"...
August 02, 2012
Play Peek-a-Boo with the High Line and Other 'End of Summer' Hotel Deals
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You...
July 31, 2012
The Headless Man Outside The Standard is No Illusion
...but it is art. Last June, something new came to roost in the plaza in front of The Standard in the Meatpacking District. It was ginormous, it was shy...and it was art. That piece, "Companion (Passing Through)" by KAWS, may be long gone, but the art series it began...
July 24, 2012
Yes, You Can Now Munch On Fresh Veggies Grown At Andre Balazs' Upstate NY Farm
Not too long ago, we heard rumors about Andre Balazs, the man who concocted one of New York City's most iconic hotels, spending time upstate, raising chickens and generally enjoying a quieter life in the country. Well, now he's back from his sabbatical, and he's putting his produce to the...
June 26, 2012
Fourth Of July In NYC: Where To Watch The Fireworks
In New York, like many places, how much you pay for a hotel room is often just as important as where you stay. And next month, that location factor makes a big difference, as you consider where you're going to end up partying on Independence Day and watching those fireworks....
June 22, 2012
3 Hotel Suggestions For Newly-Made Porn Star Mom Nadya Suleman
The world cringed in horror this weekend as Nadya Suleman made the weird jump from eccentric, attention-seeking mother of fourteen children to porn star. TMZ reported that Octomom showed up to do her first video shoot at a mansion in San Fernando Valley, and actually did a pretty good job....
May 07, 2012
Old Balazs, He Had a Farm
Ee-aye-ee-aye-ohHad a meal at Standard New York recently? No? Well, you're missing out. You see, in addition to being a magnet for all sorts of naked folks (and when is that ever not fun?), the hotel is also currently the test kitchen for owner Andre Balazs' newly-acquired upstate NY farm....
February 21, 2012
5 Movies That Recently Filmed Inside Hotels
There's nothing really new about movie crews making use of hotels (either in which to film, or to sleep—though rarely both). But lately, it seems like location scouts are getting more and more creative with their picks. Here's a look at five recent movies that have all shot in hotels....
February 15, 2012
Movie About A Sex Addict Shot Multiple Scenes in (Duh) The Standard Hotel
Michael Fassbender could have just been going along with the Standard New York's exhibitionist trend when witnesses caught him in the act inside one of the hotel's see-through rooms. But as it turns, out, Fassbender was just filming one of the scenes for Shame, a new movie directed by Steve...
January 09, 2012
Your Beer 'Stache Could Win You Two Free Nights At The Standard
Got a good 'stache? In honor of Movember, Standard Hotels is running a Facebook contest that encourages people to send in photos of their frothy beer-soaked moustaches—the winner gets two nights at either Standard Downtown LA or Standard NYC. Plus $200 to spend at the Standard Biergarten. Gotta keep that...
November 30, 2011
'How to Make it in America' Has The NYC Hotel Hierarchy Listed
"How to Make it in America" is back on HBO for its second season and while Rachel is no longer dating the bisexual hotelier, the boys of Crisp--Cam and Ben--have the NYC hotel party scene all, ahem, sewn up. When two fashion buyers from Gadzooks in St. Louis come...
November 01, 2011
Beyonce And Her Fashion-Forward Unborn Baby Hit Another NYC Hotel
At five months pregnant, she's still running the world As we know, the Standard has a way of bringing out the best and worst in people. In this case, it seems Beyonce had a rather positive reaction to the hotel's penthouse space during a recent photo shoot with Terry Richardson....
October 18, 2011
If The Cooper Square Hotel Turned Into A Standard, What Would It Look Like?
We've heard rumblings that Cooper Square Hotel will probably turn into a Standard Hotel now that hottie hotelier Andre Balazs owns the place. AB's involvement with the hotel was already public knowledge when his signature was discovered on some liquor license documents back in September. Now, after the initial shock...
October 12, 2011
What Is Open House New York?
Next weekend, New York will "open up" over two hundred iconic buildings for tour groups and panel discussions during an architecture and design festival known as Open House New York. Now in its ninth year, the mayor-approved event picks out buildings (churches, mansions) and sites (waterfront parks, cemeteries) that range...
October 11, 2011
We Ate Risotto And Talked Hotels With Curtis Stone
Stone enjoying some Risotto Milanese, catered by Cafe B inside the Hotel Indigo Chelsea In another life, we might have rolled our eyes at the thought of interviewing some pretty boy celebrity chef who makes a living cooking (and eating) gourmet food on national TV. But in the case of...
October 04, 2011
Guess Who Was Causing A Bloody Racket At The Top Of The Standard?
It's not an entirely flattering photo of dear ol' Lindsay's back—but it's not an entirely flattering story about her either. The rumor, according to Hollywood Life is that hotel-lover Lindsay Lohan threw a full cocktail glass at a photographer while attending a V Magazine bash at the Standard's penthouse bar,...
September 16, 2011
Softcore Porn Proves A Hit At The Standard NYC
It was quite a lively scene on Wednesday night when we visited the Standard New York to check out graffiti artist André Saravia's short film, The Shoe. A little perspective for you: Saraiva wrote the script on a whim after sharing a productive plane ride with Purple Magazine editor Oliver...
July 01, 2011
Exhibitionism Of A More Clothed Kind At The Standard NYC
One of our favorite hotel-related activities – staring in the windows to have a perve peek at what the guests are doing. And when you’re in a hotel which has built its whole reputation on, uhhm, exhibitionism, like the Standard NYC, then we can’t help feeling the guests are...
June 14, 2011
The Standard NYC Has a Ginormous and Very Shy New Friend
There's something new at The Standard. But really—when isn't that the case? Where the ice skating rink brought joy through the winter, now a statue sits, causing more curious and confused stares than anything else. What is this thing exactly? Officially the title of the art piece is "Companion...
June 10, 2011
Who Spilled The Rosé Wine On A StndAir Flight?
When we originally told you about the Standard's new seaplane service between NYC and, well...pretty much anywhere within a 300 mile radius, we admit there were still a few questions left hanging in the air. Do the seats recline? Is it a bumpy ride? Do they serve the wine in...
June 10, 2011
Emma Roberts and Chord Overstreet Make Music at the Standard NYC
Emma Roberts doesn't seem to mind smooching trouty mouth. The Scream 4 star was spotted cozying up to Chord Overstreet, who is teased on Glee for his big lips at the Standard Hotel in New York City. The cute couple, who according to HollywoodLife, are officially dating, went to...
May 04, 2011
Celebrity Smackdown at The Standard NYC
Samantha at left, Paz at right. Trust us, it is not easy to find a flattering photo of Paz. Just when New York's Standard Hotel attempts to class things up by bringing in Salman Rushdie to hand-select the hotel library, two catty actresses have to steal the headlines. Apparently The...
April 19, 2011
Salman Rushdie to Select the Books at The Standard New York
When it comes to hotel trends, the Standard New York always has to do things a little differently. While many hotels offer guests a carefully curated selection of books to read during their stay, the Standard has employed Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie to choose the Standard reading material....
April 14, 2011
Andre Balazs Finally Picks a Blonde We Like: Chelsea Handler
It's been a while since we've commented on the love life of hottie hotelier Andre Balazs. Forgive us for this lapse but the last time we did so, we received death threats on Twitter from a certain lady. (True story!) But now, Andre is canoodling (because really, cuddling is...
March 07, 2011
Will You Buy Socks from The Standard Hotel's Minibars?
Although we haven't talked about Standard Hotels' various product collaborations in a while, you can rest assured that they've continue to roll them out. The latest is actually cute—$12 pairs of Happy Socks to call to mind each Standard property with their design. They don't stink of just-for-the-sake-of-doing-a-collab like...
February 17, 2011
Guests Give Up Nakedness to Skate on the Standard NYC's New Ice Rink
The Standard NYC is known for its nekkid guests (and even employees) flaunting their business in front of the wall of windows. So imagine our surprise to hear that people are heading to the hotel all bundled up. They are actually coming out to hit the brand-spankin'-new ice rink,...
December 20, 2010
You Haven't Really Made It Until You've Been Turned Into a Cartoon
When it comes to cartoons, TV audiences are now pretty familiar with seeing celebrity guests pop up in episodes of The Simpsons and the like, contributing their own voices and thus attaining legend status. What we're less likely to see are buildings—hotels, to be more specific—popping up with little...
November 22, 2010
The 12 Best Hotels in NYC: Fall 2010
For over six years now, we've been chronicling, photographing and filming the best and the worst in hotels around the world. And now it is time to impart our PH.D-like hotel wisdom on you in rankings form. You wanted the best and you got the best, the hottest hotels...
November 03, 2010
Oh Father Andre, Why Have You Forsaken Us?
Halloween is over but these pictures from The Standard New York's invite-only Heaven and Hell Halloween Party at the Boom Boom Room have us completely frightened. Aside from the appearance of [REDACTED because she might make another death threat on Twitter about us] who looks as if she went...
November 03, 2010
Watch Out For Tips Included When Drinking At New York Hotel Bars
The rooftop bar at Hotel Gansevoort. UPDATE: In response to this story, the Gansevoort Hotel Group let us know that the Hotel Gansevoort does not include an automatic 20 percent tip on all beer, wine, and cocktails ordered, and has never done so. The Gansevoort Park Ave, however, had included...
November 01, 2010
Someone is Suing The Standard NYC for Being Too Sexy
Someone thinks this is too sexy. We know.Hottie hotelier Andre Balazs might find it hard to believe but there is actually someone out there who does not want to stay at his hotel.Remember that bizarre case over last year where a housekeeper at The Standard NYC accused a guest...
October 11, 2010
10 New York Hotels With Empire State Building Views
Last week we heard all about the new skyscraper to rise about the Hotel Pennsylvania and how it would block people's views of the Empire State Building. Our first reaction to this whining was: Woe is me to those who can afford to live in a building that offered them...
September 02, 2010
The Top 5 NYC Hotels for Fashion Week at Lincoln Center
New York City's semiannual Fashion Week begins so soon—on September 9, to be precise, and we hope you've made your hotel reservations already to score the best rooms with lowest rates possible. If not, don't fret. To chill in lobbies with fashion editors, models and their hangers-on, just book...
August 24, 2010
Forget Bottle Service and Private Clubs, The Hottest New Hotel Amenity is Fun
The most common gripe about boutique and design hotels is often their "cooler than thou" mentality that seems to waft throughout the hotel--starting with the part-time model/doorman and ending with a denied request for late check-out, along with an $8 charge for that minibar soda.So it was not surprising...
July 22, 2010
Andre Balazs Seems to Have Forgotten that The Standard NYC is a Hotel
No Boom Boom Room for you ever again! Chances are you've probably never been inside the Boom Boom Room atop the Standard NYC and it looks like now you never will.The Standard announced on Friday that late night service (i.e. club hours) at BBR will be ending tomorrow, July 13,...
July 12, 2010
Hotelier Andre Balazs Strikes a Pose for Louis Vuitton
See more of The Selby's photos of Balazs here This is the man who built the Standard Hotel NYC. It's André Balazs, and if you aren't already familiar with our crush on the hottie hotelier, you just might form one yourself after viewing the outtakes from a recent photoshoot he...
July 08, 2010
No More Naked Swimming at The Standard Hotels
Good news for fans of hotel pools and showing off their hot bods by them! Standard Hotels has relaunched their collaboration with Roxy Quiksilver for a second summer, bringing in a new variety of men's and women's swimwear, plus sunglasses and sunscreen. It's what to wear upstairs at Le...
July 07, 2010
The Pretzels at the Standard Biergarten are Simply Ginormous
That, my friends, is a pretzel. And yes, it's from The Standard Hotel New York's Biergarten underneath The High Line. Since the place is totally packed to the hilt almost any day that it's not storming or blustery cold, we've been avoiding having to charge the mob for a...
June 30, 2010
First Images of Le Bain Roof Deck at The Standard, Plus the Menu!
The news (and the partying) never ends at The Standard New York. When the beautiful people and those who love them aren't in the Boom Boom Room at The Top of The Standard, they're dining in the Standard Grill below, or they're grabbing a cocktail by the small bar...
June 24, 2010
The Standard Hotel Rooftop: Now With Waterbeds and Fake Turf
We don't see an Airstream in this picture UrbanDaddy posted of the new rooftop bar at The Standard NYC, but those pink blobs? They're waterbeds. How's that for classy? Now, we're not sure if the Airstream is still on the way or not (perhaps Courtney is shackin' up in...
June 17, 2010
The Top Three NYC Hotels for Watching the World Cup
You can't deny the appeal of The Standard's Biergarten The 2010 World Cup has barely even begun and already we've watched the games from the comforts of our home, a friend's house and onboard an airplane. It's about time we moseyed over to a hotel bar for a beer and...
June 17, 2010
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, Just an Airstream On Top of The Standard NYC
If you're still trying to figure out how to get into the Boom Boom Room Top Of The Standard with your dignity in tact, here's an idea: ditch that, and start scheming for a visit to The Standard NYC's new hotspot, which will apparently be housed inside an Airstream...
June 14, 2010
TopGuest Gets Down at The Top of The Standard, But What is TopGuest?
Have you heard of TopGuest.com? Probably not, but very soon you will likely be absorbed in it, as it enters onto the scene as a kind of social media loyalty program. The gist is thus: you sync your various accounts (Foursquare, Twitter, Facebook, Gowalla, Yelp, Loopt or Google Latitude)...
June 11, 2010
Trump Soho Trumps The Standard NY in Sexy Bathing Time (And Room Rates)
Sexy things be happening in this tub.When we got a sneak peek back in April of The Trump Soho, we were rather wowed by rooms, especially how much space there was. True, these big rooms don't come cheap but a sexed-up commenter on Curbed.com justifies the hefty room rate...
June 09, 2010
Standard Hotels Will Wrap Themselves Around Your Neck for $225
Standard scarves by Jose Parla, Rostarr and Thomas Campbell (left to right) In December 2008, Standard Hotels began selling limited-edition, street artist-designed $55 T-shirts. And you know what? They must have done quite well, because The Standard has invited back a couple of those artists to collaborate on a new...
May 17, 2010
Racy Photoshoot at The Standard NYC Puts Shrek in Comprising Position
Scandal at The Standard! Really, scandals at The Standard Hotel in New York City shoudn't really be so shocking anymore, but this time the focus is on a cartoon menage-a-trois. In order to celebrate the upcoming premiere of the fourth movie in the Shrek series—"Shrek: Forever and After"—the people...
April 13, 2010
Brace Yourself: The Standard New York Introduces Yoga Classes
We have a confession: We may be the only person in New York City who does not do yoga. Our eyes usually glaze over when talk turns to Bikram or Ashtanga and sun salutations—but the latest piece of yoga news to hit town got our attention, simply because it...
April 09, 2010
What Are The Hot Hotels for the Tribeca Film Festival This Year?
It's almost that time of year again—when De Niro's "little" film festival hits downtown New York, and locals complain about how they couldn't get tickets. Again. But enough about the actual movies, what about the hotels? Which ones will be the hotspots of the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival? Oh sure,...
April 02, 2010
W Magazine Made Their Home at The Standard Over the Weekend
This last weekend, when the 29-degree weather swept into New York City like some unexpected, unwelcome party guest, we still made our way into the wind tunnel that is the Meatpacking District for W Magazine's "W Shops" event at The Standard Hotel. The W Shops event, which is sadly...
March 29, 2010
Pick Up Stylish Discounts at the Standard New York This Weekend
Keen on staying at the Standard New York this weekend? Want to get a nifty little discount AND pick-up some stylish duds for yourself that will make your friends jealous? Of course you do and here's how.W magazine is hosting a one-day shopping extravaganza called Shop W Style on...
March 25, 2010
The Dynamic Design Duo: Roman and Williams Talks
So you're in New York City, and you walk into the dark and cozy hotspot that is the lobby of the Ace Hotel, and you wonder, "whoa, who designed all this?" And then perhaps you go over to the other happening hotel in the city right now, The Standard,...
March 11, 2010
Poolside at The Standard NYC For the Launch of Their Video Art Channel
Are you ever in your hotel room long enough to get bored with what's on the television? It's a rare occasion we know, but occasionally this can happen and that's why the pay-per-view movies are going strong on hotel television sets. To combat this, the ever-creative people at Standard...
March 08, 2010
Take That, Ace! The Standard New York Now Has Its Own Gift Shop
The Standard New York wasn't going to idly sit by and let the Ace Hotel steal its thunder with their hipstery Opening Ceremony and 8a stores. So, The Standard has struck back with its own gift shop which opened last Friday, leading Racked NY to fittingly declare the start...
February 17, 2010
Look for Marc Jacobs and All His 'Non-Celebrity' Friends Here Tonight
Apparently celebrities have jumped the shark. This, according to celebrity designer Marc Jacobs, who has been bragging about how he doesn't want any boldfaced names at his runway show this year. It's funny then, that he would choose to have his after-party at a hotel club like the Boom...
February 15, 2010
The Top Five Hotels for Spotting Models During New York Fashion Week
The official start of New York's semiannual Fashion Week is tomorrow, but already the chic set has been partying up a storm in various hot hotels around town. Take a walk in some of the areas associate with Fashion Week (Meatpacking District, LES, Bryant Park) and you'll see fashionistas...
February 10, 2010
Indulge Your Lederhosen Fantasies With The Standard's Biergarten Shirt
The winter weather might be keeping The Standard New York's Biergarten restaurant shuttered 'til springier temperatures, but that doesn't mean the faux Oktoberfest frivolity has to stop. To make sure you are always properly dressed for slamming steins, The Standard has rolled out T-shirt versions of the traditional German...
January 05, 2010
People's Choice Award: The Standard New York
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2009 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year (and the decade) all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below.After reading the last award for...
December 31, 2009
Courtney Love to Brings Her Special Brand of Crazy To The Standard on NYE
Even though this is a post about a New Year’s Eve party, consider it a Public Service Announcement: Courtney Love is performing at The Standard NYC on New Year’s Eve. Now, we made that bold but we feel like it deserves flashing red warning lights around it. We can’t...
December 23, 2009
The Standard Hotel is The Best Building of the Aughts, So Says Curbed
Curbed recently put out the first of what will be many lists across the internet universe, saying goodbye to the aughts. But this being Curbed, they focused on the The Best New Buildings of The Decade for New York City. And wouldn't you know it? The Standard Hotel is...
November 19, 2009
Even If You're a Hotel Guest, The Standard's Boom Boom Room Kicks You Out at 9
Who wants to hear some ridiculous Manhattan hotel news? The Standard's top-floor lounge/club Boom Boom Room (or whatever they're calling it), only allows hotel guests up between the hours of 4-9pm. What happens at 9pm, you ask? Well, a very PYT HotelChatter operative reported back from a boozy evening...
November 11, 2009
Finally, Ordering The Humble Pie At NYC's Standard Hotel Grill
As you may have noticed over the last year, we've got a serious thing for the newly-opened Standard Hotel NYC. We've done everything from sleep there to party there, and even walk the High Line below it. But it was last week that we finally got a taste of...
October 26, 2009
The Standard's Boom Boom Room Will Now Be Called QT (As In The Old Hotel)
The Standard New York's exclusive 18th floor bar hasn't even officially opened and yet it's already changing its name. Apparently, the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco has sent the club a Cease and Desist letter for using its name (Type in Boom Boom Room in Google and this...
October 06, 2009
Rachel Zoe Switches Her New York Hotel Loyalty
Alright, we'll admit it: we are totally addicted to the Bravo Show The Rachel Zoe Project, which follows top Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe through runway shows in New York, award show fittings in LA, and everywhere in between. In the first season, Rachel famously occupied the penthouse at the...
September 30, 2009
Bold Faced Names Welcome Standard’s Boom Boom Room
There’s no word of it on The Standard’s website yet, but naturally the celebrities are already all over it. Madonna (and Jesus), Jude Law, Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Harnett, Rachel Zoe, Lindsay Lohan, Courtney Love—and did we mention Madonna?—were just some of the guests on hand to help Andre...
September 15, 2009
The Grand Street Hotel Drive-By
Driving down the West Side Highway in Manhattan this weekend, we failed to spot any naked guests gracing the windows of The Standard New York. But then we turned into Canal Street, and another thin, glassed building caught out attention. Located just west of the SoHo Grand, a block...
September 14, 2009
The Top Three New York Fashion Week Hotels
New York City better get down on its knees and thank the hospitality gods for its good fortune this season. Although it's been a year full of recession talk and an accompanying slide in room occupancy, the first cool breezes of autumn are blowing in the city's favor, with...
September 10, 2009
Scandal! It's Not Just Guests Getting Naked At The Standard
It's hard to believe that it's already been almost nine months since we slept at The Standard NYC, and in that time the hotel has gone from being a respite of fresh design and cool canoodling to a scenester playpen with free peepshows. Alas, the drama continues over The...
August 27, 2009
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Inside or Outside the Standard NYC
The view from room 9.24.The Standard NYC came under fire yesterday for encouraging its guests to put their sexual selves on display while staying at the hotel. But despite the hotel's promise to remind guests about the "transparency of the guest windows" it seems all the publicity about the...
August 25, 2009
The Standard Grill Now Open For Breakfast, Celeb-Spotting
It's barely been two weeks since hotspot The Standard Grill finally opened to the public for dinner. Or did they? Reading the NY gossip columns along with the Twitter of The Standard's personality, Stan D'Arde, it seems as though only A-listers and the editors who love them have been...
July 15, 2009
Standard Hotels Want A Peek At Your Naughty Photographs
Remember that glorious day when we unearthed pictures of the first nude photo shoot inside of The Standard NYC? Well, it looks like the saucy pics titillated The Standard's elitist twitterer and personality, Stan D'Arde enough to inspire a call for more, more, more! On the Standard's blog, "Stan"...
July 10, 2009
Standard Grill Finally Welcomes The Plebes, But Only For Dinner
After weeks of taunting us with their under-wraps preview dinners for the people on the fashion and social scene, The Standard NYC's Standard Grill restaurant finally opened to the public this last week, and boy it is a drool-inducer. Our first few cloak-and-daggers glimpses of it—see our spying here...
June 30, 2009
The Standard Grill Opens at The Standard New York Today
The Standard Grill has finally opened to the public at the Standard New York and its debut seems to be the only bright spot in the rain-soaked city. Chef Dan Silverman of Lever House has created the restaurant's chophouse fare but the restaurant is still in a soft-opening phase...
June 22, 2009
Bruce Willis Strips For The Standard New York
Although The Standard NYC had their first porny photoshoot over two months ago and the voyeur stories have already poured in, the hotel has curiously lacked any high fashion spreads. Until now, with the newest issue of W Magazine and its uncomfortably-S&M-ish series of images of Bruce Willis and...
June 16, 2009
The HotelChatter Diva Tracker: Mariah, Beyonce and Madge
Mariah arrives at the Dorchester. If you were a pop-star diva a la Madonna and could, ostensibly, spend nights in any hotel in the whole entire world, where would you go? The Seasons? The Ritz? We'd guess old-school, Sean-Penn-era Madge would probably hit up The Standard NYC with all...
June 12, 2009
The Cooper Square Panty Girl Has Nothin' on Standard NYC Guests
Haha. Some fun news to end your day with (er, or maybe not that fun, depending on how you look at it): apparently New Yorkers are getting some pretty explicit views of the sexytime going on at the Standard NYC. The High line just opened, and there are puh-lenty...
June 11, 2009
Something's Finally Cooking at The Standard Grill
It's been two months since our first, revealing brush with the finished Standard Grill Restaurant at NYC's Standard Hotel, and even though the High Line Park above is open, the dining action below remains on the DL. Although the tables have had place settings for these two months, the...
June 11, 2009
NYC's High Line Has Opened and The Standard Has Front Row Seats
NYC's new High Line Park is finally opening in the city's Meatpacking district and there is really no better place to view the park it all its restored glory than from The Standard.We toured the Standard last week and despite the light rain and clouds, the unobstructed views of...
June 08, 2009
Go Between 'Heaven' and 'Hell' Via the Standard NY Elevator
Whoa. We were just minding our own business around the Twitterverse when the Stan D'Arde Twitter linked to something we sort of can't take our eyes off of: a piece called "Civilization" by artist Marco Brambilla; a "video installation in the elevators at the Standard New York depicting the...
June 05, 2009
Hotel Rooms With Mirrors for Love, Sex, Magic
Straight from the HotelChatter mailbag, a lovely girlfriend wants to take her boyfriend to NYC for a mini-holiday. But no ordinary hotel room will do. No, she is looking for a room kitted out with mirrors or as she puts it "a decent size room that has mirrors above or...
May 14, 2009
The Standard NYC Finally Gets Its First Nude Photoshoot
We knew it was only a matter of time before news of sexy photo shoots at The Standard NYC starting pouring in, and luckily we'd recognize this baby diaper-ish bedspread anywhere. First spotted by Fleshbot (Warning: very, very NSFW), these artsy-naughty shots of Standard sex come from notorious lothario...
April 27, 2009
Our Spying on The Standard NYC Reveals Their Restaurant
Occasionally, we find ourselves strolling through just the right parts of Manhattan at just the right times, and luckily for us and for The Standard's hype, things always seem to happen at the Meatpacking District hotel when we're around to snap them. Case in point: We took a walk...
April 06, 2009
NYT Experiences Dramatic and Traumatic Views at Standard NYC
Three months after its soft opening, The Standard NYC got the standard New York Times treatment this past weekend. True to form, the NYT ate up the trendy Manhattan hotel’s cheap soft opening rates (from $195, breakfast included), buzz-worthy location (cantilevered over the High Line near the Meatpacking District),...
March 30, 2009
Tablet Gently Ushers You Into the World of Soft Openings
We've been telling you for ages now that stalking an upcoming hotel to find out about its soft opening — that is, that shaky period when the hotel opens its doors before every part of the hotel is up and running and fully functional — can score you a...
February 24, 2009
In-Room Magazines: Reading Between the Sheets
Traditionally, it is the job of a hotel lobby to convey to its guests the energy and mood of the property, but the days of the grand reception desk and kowtowing bellboys are over. The rise of smaller, boutique hotels has done more than just stylize the hotel experience,...
February 06, 2009
André Balazs: Magazine Centerfold
André just we way we like him. Grrr January sure is turning out to be quite the hot month for André Balazs and his Standard Hotel chain. After successfully soft-opening his New York property while continually making the social rounds, André has turned himself over to the design and...
January 28, 2009
At The Standard NYC, Showers Are For Your Eyes Only
It's already been two weeks since we checked in to the hottest new kid on the block, The Standard NYC, and now it's time to check out how the hotel is faring with other guests. While we're shocked that Yelp remains empty of Standard reviews, TripAdvisor has thankfully hatched...
January 22, 2009
Can You Really Get at Room at the Standard NYC for $195 a Night?
Yes. We know. We saw the banging Standard NYC ad yesterday. We talked about it in our review if you didn't catch it. We think it's a clever way to advertise low rates during the construction period and at the same time, let people think that sexy people are...
January 08, 2009
Inside the Standard NYC :: Winnebago Chic
It's been looming over New York's Meatpacking District for two years now during construction, and lingering in the back of our minds for just as long. Andre Balazs' newest addition to his Standard chain, The Standard NYC, is open for business at long last, although not without the usual...
January 07, 2009
HC Goes Inside The Standard NYC
The day of reckoning has, at long last, arrived. After months, nay years, of gawking, stalking and sulking over The Standard NYC from the cobblestones of the surrounding Meatpacking District, we have finally carried ourselves over the hotel's threshold and into bed. The Standard's introductory rates may have risen from...
January 06, 2009
Things Look Funky Inside the Standard NYC
If only the Standard NYC had opened on time last week like it promised, then we would have had our very own exclusive shots into the newest Meatpacking district hotel (in the High Line!) from hottie hotelier Andre Balazs. But for now feast your eyes on these snapshots from Curbed.There's...
December 22, 2008
Sunday Special: The Standard NYC Soft Opens Today
We thought we'd never see the day: Andre Balazs' Standard NYC has actually opened when they said it would, even if today's date was like the gazillionth estimate. Earlier this morning in the snowy wasteland of New York's Meatpacking District, the paper came off of the lobby windows and...
December 21, 2008
Andre Balazs Spotted Lurking Around Delayed Standard
This just in from our operative in NYC, JetSetCD: Hotelier Andre Balazs was spotted with two other men pointing up at his delayed Standard Hotel which was to open today but now will open around Dec. 21st. This picture is blurry but JetSetCD swears it's him (He's the shorter one.)...
December 10, 2008
Breaking News :: The Standard NYC Will NOT Open Dec. 10
Perhaps we spoke too soon. Inside intelligence just revealed that The Standard will not be opening to anyone, not even "friends and family" on December 10, unless a miracle happens. The new, just-released date is now December 21, if they're lucky. They are still taking requests for dates between...
December 08, 2008
Standard NYC Puts Out the Patio Furniture
With New York's very own Standard Hotel due to finally soft-open in less than 48 hours, we simply can't keep away from their construction site. If we're to assume anything from the look of the place this morning, The Standard won't be holding back the curious much longer; they've...
December 08, 2008
The Standard NYC Will Soft-Open December 10th
The unfinished lobby snapshot taken this week.We just fell out of our chair. The Standard NYC, which is not even finished, will be opening a "handful of rooms" to a select group of friends and family on December 10th at $195 a night. We know! It's crazy. The lobby isn't...
December 05, 2008
The First Look at the Standard NYC's Lobby and Entrance
Damn, there's no chicquarium! Check out this exclusive snap of the newly-finished lobby of the notorious hotel construction site, The Standard New York. While there seems to be plenty of stonework—check out the marble at reception, the slate floors and hardcore building blocks back behind the screens—there is a...
December 04, 2008
Standard NYC May Soft-Open in November But Don't Count On It
The last time we checked in on the Standard NYC it was holding a "Construction Chic" party for fashionistas during Fashion Week but was still totally off-limits as an up and running hotel.That may change in the next few weeks. A tipster forwarded us the email response he got...
October 20, 2008
Snapshot :: The Standard's Stunning Views Almost Make Up For The Stunning Lack of Progress
Uh oh. We scored some shots (via a friend of a friend) from the Standard NYC's construction sight. This was snapped a little over a week after we stomped around there for a party, and we'll be the first ones to say that the view from what we presume...
September 23, 2008
Party Dispatch :: Interview Magazine Party at The Standard NYC
As we mentioned this morning, we had a chance to swing by the Interview Magazine party held at the Standard NYC in Manhattan's Meatpacking District last night. Now, just to be clear: the hotel is Not. Done. And it's not, like, close to done. No, no, no -- rather,...
September 05, 2008
Snapshot :: Still-Bare Standard NYC Hosts Interview Magazine Party
Last night, we hit up the the Interview magazine redesign launch party hosted at Andre Balazs's hotly-anticipated Standard NYC. While some folks were under the impression that the hotel was scrambling to speed up construction in order to be fully ready and presentable for the bash, it was not...
September 05, 2008
The Standard NYC Readies for Fashion Week; Ticks Off Neighbors
What is this? Luxury hotel construction pissing off the neighbors? Why, it can't be! Yet that's the word on the street from the New York Daily News. For New York's Fashion Week, Andre Balazs' unfinished Standard Hotel is hosting Interview magazine's redesign party and the overtime construction has the neighbors...
August 26, 2008
Coming Soon to Chelsea :: The Sapphire Strip Club Hotel?
Despite the bad news that's been floating around in the hotel world (cough,Vegas,cough) New York hotels have had a pretty good week. Average room rates are up from last year, occupancy is skyrocketing and the Chelsea 'nabe may be getting a boutique hotel atop a strip club. Kinky! The Sapphire...
August 15, 2008
HotelChatter Flickr Pool :: The Standard NYC Looking Like a Real Building
Thanks to Jaunted editor PBB for keeping a look out on the NYC Hotel Scene for us. He took this snapshot of the slowly rising Standard NYC which is actually looking like a real building these days. Thank you Papa Gepetto/Balazs!Got a hotel snapshot that you wanna drop like it's...
August 06, 2008
The Standard NYC Slowly Progressing
A tipster on the ground in the Meatpacking District snapped a few of these construction shots of the Standard NYC along with the following message: It's gonna be some grand welcome - poor Gansevoort doesn't have a chance. Anyone with binoculars at Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chupi will be able to...
July 01, 2008
Sneak Peek :: Interior Pics of The Standard NYC
Guest of a Guest managed to score some photos of the inside of Andre Balazs' upcoming Standard NYC. We've been keeping tabs on the property's construction via the exterior shots on the Standard's website (the opening date is still MIA, with a "coming soonish" in its place), but these...
June 04, 2008
Hotel Blog Watch: Stan d'Arde Blog is Below Standard
A few months ago the marketing persona of the Standard Hotel group, Stan d'Arde, was kicked off Facebook since he's not a real person. But in the background since December, Stan's been quietly blogging away on the Stan d'Arde blog. You can't keep a good man down. ...
June 03, 2008
A Semi-Regular Update on the Always Busy Andre Balazs
We must have been so distracted by the crazy curtains in the windows of the rising Standard Hotel NYC, that we have been neglecting the man behind the hotel himself, Andre Balazs.Interestingly enough, a bunch of AB-related stuff has come in through our inbox. Here it goes in no particular...
May 01, 2008
Hotel Retail News :: A Louis Vuitton Store Inside a Marriott?
Hotels are slowly moving beyond the bar, nightclub and restaurant trend to add some hip retail spaces in their properties. Of course, this is nothing new as some hotels have been doing this already for a long time. But what is news is the report of a Louis Vuitton store...
April 30, 2008
Snapshot :: Just What Is That Hanging in the Windows of the Standard NYC?
A devoted HotelChatter tipster sent us this pic that she snapped today of the Standard NYC and we are thoroughly perplexed. Dearest Andre, what the %@&$* is hanging in the windows there? Are they rainbow-colored curtains of a sort? Yachting flags? Designer tarps? Please let us know. Also, please...
April 17, 2008
Standard NYC To Soft-Open Late Fall 2008
We asked for any tips on NYC Hotel Openings yesterday and we got this one about the Standard NYC.An insider says the hotel will soft-open in late Fall and the restaurant will follow in January 2009.As we found out from Eater last month, the Standard will have an 18th floor...
March 27, 2008
Progress Report: 2008 New York City Hotel Openings
The Standard NYC, March 26, 2008.At the start of the year we put out our annual New York City Openings Preview where we round-up some of the hotly anticipated hotels for the upcoming year. Since there's been a lot of buzz lately on a few of these properties we thought...
March 26, 2008
The Standard NYC Wants You To Wine and Dine You
Eater got the scoop last week that the Standard NYC in the Meatpacking District won approval for liquor licenses, something which Cooper Square has struggled to do.Eater also has some sparse details on the drinking and dining establishments: 1) The Standard Hotel and Ground Floor: The community board approved an...
February 25, 2008
Keeping Very Close Tabs on the Standard NYC's Construction
Thanks to Curbed, we were able to discover that Andre Balazs' upcoming Standard NYC Hotel is showing off construction pictures on its website that are updated every 15 minutes! But don't worry, not much changes in 15 minutes.So, barring any certificate of occupancy issues or staffing problems, the rest of...
January 28, 2008
Standard Hotels Launches New Website
Aside from releasing a calendar of hottie staffers, Andre Balaz's Standard Hotels have also relaunched their website.What was once a very white and minimalistic site has been transformed into a comprehensive, informative and entertaining site. On the home page, you are greeted with video from each location--Hollywood, Downtown Los...
January 03, 2008
2008 New York City Hotel Openings Preview
Each year as little girls and boys around the world are behaving themselves in hopes of getting a sackload of presents under the tree on Christmas morning, we here at HotelChatter are culling together our annual New York City Hotel Openings Preview. This is where we take a look at...
December 12, 2007
Andre Balazs: Another Hotel in the Highline or Just a Private Club?
We got a tip that Andre Balazs would be creating another hotel just blocks away from his rising Standard Hotel in Manhattan's Highline project. We were fully about to put this hotel on our Andre Balazs: The Real and The Rumored map but when we did some brief internet research...
November 19, 2007
Snapshot: The Standard NYC Gets Some Glass
With the Highline Park getting some adoring press lately, a faithful reader and tipster updated us on the construction progress of the Standard NYC.Looks like the place got some windows but it still won't open before Summer 2008. Related Stories:· Snapshot: The Standard NYC is Halfway There [HotelChatter] ...
November 15, 2007
Snapshot :: The Standard NYC is Halfway There
In our 2007 New York City Hotel Openings Preview we guesstimated that the Standard NYC in the Meatpacking district would open sometime in late 2007. However, we may want to revise that to mid-2008 since half of the building is not even finished. Indeed, when a tipster snapped us a...
August 29, 2007
Standard Hotel NYC Rises Somewhat Awkwardly
Curbed has just posted pics of the construction taking place on Andre Balazs' Standard Hotel NYC. And while we are no expert on construction, this looks like some unusual activity. Curbed says:Photos taken from Washington Street and the parking lot on the western side of the construction site; it's certainly...
January 09, 2007
Partner Reviews: The Standard NYC
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Awesome movie nights every Wednesday! -
Ask to dj w your own iPod, either mine or Nikkah's! -
Come on Tuesday & Wednesday night for service from sexy lady bartenders! -
Awesome movie night every Wednesday night!!
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Best bartenders in the city. -
Come on a Tuesday night and leave the bartender, Bianca, a huge tip. She is super sexy! -
My other 5th street go to. This place is a gem and possibly the closest replacement to Mars Bar you can find. -
Maddy hearts Bradley! Tip your bartender! -
241 happy hour every day til 8, and awesome movies on Wednesdays :) -
Tip the bartenders well and you'll always b treated well
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Wear your jacket and don't fall off your stool.
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$6 PBR and well bourbon happy hour is appealing. As is the 4am and later lock-in where you can convince the bartenders to put on your iPod.
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actually John Ross is mayor of fish bar.
