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It's a Holiday for Hipsters at Thompson LES
Those of you familiar with the chic Thompson LES will know that it has a lot going for it: great location, multiple bars and dining spaces, and that sexy, industrial vibe they seem to have perfected. Now the hotel will add to its appeal by taking an additional 10...
November 30, 2010
'Smoosh' in Style at Thompson Hotels with Designer Condoms
Yes, you read that headline right. Thompson Hotels will now be selling limited-edition designer condoms at their hotels. Fashion designer Charlotte Ronson (sister to Sam and Mark) has teamed up with Proper Attire condoms to create stylishly packaged condoms so that ladies will feel comfortable reaching for protection that...
September 20, 2010
Shang at Thompson LES Remains Open While Scarpetta Debuts in Toronto
The Shang restaurant at Thompson LES, helmed by Toronto-based Top Chef Master Chef Susur Lee, has been on the Eater NY Deathwatch for nearly a year and in their latest edition, Shang still ranks high. Back in March Lee blamed the restaurant's failure on "traditional" New Yorkers who really weren't...
August 02, 2010
Nanette Lepore to Put Her Feminine Designs on Thompson Hotels
The latest fashion designer to make her mark on hotel uniforms will be Nanette Lepore, whose girly, feminine designs we've always admired (and when feeling especially spendthrift, purchased.) Lepore will now outfit the cocktail servers at Thompson Hotels' rooftop bars at Thompson LES and Donovan House in DC as well...
June 01, 2010
It's Almost Rooftop Bar Season at Thompson Hotels, But Are You a Member?
The Hotel Rooftop season is almost here, and while there are plenty of newcomers to the game this year (what's up, Press and Upstairs?), the established players are still in the business of keeping things exclusive. To wit, emails have gone out inviting people to register for members-only access...
May 10, 2010
Sleeping in Lower East Side Peace at Thompson LES
Today, we welcome our very own hotel Agent Zero, the first in what we hope to be a larger network of hotel spies. Her not-real name is Myra Ellen and she's our version of Alex Goran who travels once a week for business, usually along the Eastern seaboard. Every...
March 29, 2010
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
Rachel Zoe Thinks Thompson LES Is 'Kind of Awesome'
Rachel Zoe, stylist to celebs like Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz and star of Bravo's The Rachel Zoe Project, set up camp at the Thompson LES Hotel in New York for Fashion Week. But the super-skinny stylista didn't have time to swim in the Andy Warhol-bottomed pool. Team Zoe...
September 04, 2009
Guess Who's Probably Not Allowed at Above Allen or A60?
Ali Wise, the blonde armcandy to Thompson Hotels' Jason Pomeranc for many years, was arrested the other day for hacking into another blonde's voicemail accounts using some computer software called SpoofCard. No one knows for sure why Wise would be so unwise and hack into this person's voicemail but...
July 10, 2009
Thompson LES' Shang Gets a Fly New Website
We told you back in early March that the dudes behind Thompson Hotels had gotten together to form a restaurant group called Do Not Disturb, which is now managing the restaurant soon to be known as 'Zentan' inside DC's Donovan House (formerly known as 'Cha'), the food and nightlife...
June 01, 2009
Thompson LES Really, Really Needs to Keep It Down
Wow. We waited and waited and waited for the Thompson LES' outdoor pool — yes, the one with Andy Warhol's face at the bottom — to open up. And now that it has, we feel so bad for the hotel's neighbors that we wouldn't be opposed to it being...
May 29, 2009
Above Allen at Thompson LES Issues Camo-Chic Membership Cards
Yeah, well, if we had to guess what the vibe was at Thompson LES's members-only seventh-floor bar/lounge (and bookable private event space), we would have gone with Lower-East-Side chic with lots of black and silver decor — but now we don't really know. Down by the Hipster received its...
May 08, 2009
You Can Finally Swim Over Andy Warhol's Face at Thompson LES
One thing you can't accuse the Thompson LES is moving quickly. After we watched and waited in agony as delays just kept coming, we were happy enough just to see the hotel open, let alone the bits around it.But we were understandably pretty hyped about the Andy Warhol pics...
May 06, 2009
The Thompson Dudes Form 'Do Not Disturb' Restaurant Group
Big news out of Thompson today. First up: remember how we reported on some cha-cha-cha changes at Cha inside the Donovan House, near and dear to our hearts because of a Hanson sighting and some delish sushi? We knew Todd English was out and Toronto chef Susur Lee was...
May 01, 2009
Thompson LES Shows Off Above Allen Space with Ronson Party
Yeah, this is a rendering of Above Allen and it sucks. Any real photos of AA? Email us. Alas, there were no chunks of twice recently died red locks of hair lying anywhere near the Thompson LES hotel. At the Made with Love Charlotte Ronson and Shoshanna Russ swimwear debut...
April 17, 2009
Stay For Less at Thompson LES
Whether or not you're heading to Europe this summer, might we remind you that trips to New York City are actually more affordable this year than last. The latest hotel to join the deals fray is Thompson LES, now offering three nights for the price of two so long...
April 14, 2009
Thompson LES's Outdoor Lounge is Open and Warm
It's supposed to be spring in NYC (well, everywhere), and those of us in the Big Apple know that the only glimpse of the warmer season we've had so far happened on Sunday. And then the nice weather disappeared and now it's cold again. What we always look forward...
April 07, 2009
Has Free WiFi at Thompson Hotels Gone Bye-Bye?
Thompson giveth — and then they taketh away. Just as we thought hotel chains were making some major progress on the free WiFi front, it saddens us deeply to report a major setback: The boutique-chic Thompson hotel chain, whose head honcho has spoken up in the past about the...
March 02, 2009
Shang is Shangalicious, But Not Recession-Friendly
The New York Post's Steve Cuozzo is giving the thumbs-up "mmm-mmm good" to newly-opened Thompson LES' Shang Restaurant. He calls the chic eatery "an all-over-the-map mix'n'match of Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian and American styles and ingredients." The only thing the Post really knocks is Shang's goofy PR statement that attempts...
January 29, 2009
"If You Are Used to a Free Cookie, You Might Not Get It"
There's tons of 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.· Hotels Are Cutting Back Severely On the Complimentary Stuff: Amenities, bath towels, free...
January 22, 2009
The Thompson LES: What Kind of F'ery is This?
Two of us here at HotelChatter have stayed at the Thompson LES since it opened this summer — once in its early days and once quite recently — and have loved it. We dug the design of the rooms (both rooms were Studio Suites), were impressed with the service...
December 16, 2008
The Five Best Hotels Near Rockefeller Center
If we had to pick one time of the year to visit New York City, we would have to pick Summertime all the way. It's blazing hot, you can wear less clothing and you can walk the streets all day long without having to get on the smelly subway trains...
December 10, 2008
In Which We Hang With Shang at Thompson LES
Thompson LES's new restaurant, Shang, finally opened to the public for the first time on Friday night. It was technically the "soft-opening" of Hong Kong-born chef Susur Lee's "global Chinese" concept — so not much fuss and fanfare goin' on — but we still scooted on over to the...
December 08, 2008
Long-Awaited Shang Restaurant at Thompson LES is Open
Hooray! Shang, the long-awaited Thompson LES restaurant from Toronto chef Susur Lee, soft opens today. There's no menu available on the bare-bones website yet, New York Mag had the scoop on what kind of menu items we might be able to expect from the renowned Hong Kong-born chef: Shang...
December 05, 2008
So Far, So Good at Thompson LES As Long as Price is Right
We've been recommending the Thompson LES hotel to anyone hitting up New York soon for two main reasons. One, it's a brand-new hotel, meaning less people have slept in those beds. And two, the rates are seriously low (for Thompson Hotels and NYC) on Quikbook. We stayed there last week...
December 01, 2008
Checking In On Thompson LES
Last night we touched down in unseasonably cold NYC and hailed a cab to our digs for the next few days, Thompson LES. When it first opened, we had our very own talented Jenna check out the place. And she liked it. She really liked it.We however, were trying to...
November 24, 2008
Gem Hotel "Soho" Also Now Open
A few weeks ago one of the first Ascend Hotels opened in New York City--the Gem Hotel in Chelsea. If you remember, Ascend is the new Clarion Collection from Choice Hotels. And today we also walked by another Gem Hotel--this time in the Lower East Side.Despite the hotel's location on...
November 24, 2008
Unless We're Vong, Thompson LES's Shang is Close to Opening
Some more details about Shang, the 130-seat restaurant on its way to the Thompson LES from renowned chef Susur Lee, have come to us via the New York Observer — and it's looking like it's getting close to opening (on schedule, even!) The vision, straight from Pomeranc: “We’re going...
November 19, 2008
Thompson LES Still Under $200
Welcome to Room Rate Drop Watch where we chronicle the plummeting prices at hotels that once commanded top dollar rates. These are often found in big cities with seemingly more hotel rooms than visitors like Las Vegas. But sometimes you can get lucky in the city of your choice. Seen...
November 10, 2008
Andy Warhol Surfaces on the Lower East Side
There's tons of 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.· Andy Warhol is on His Way to the LES: Curbed scored some shots...
November 04, 2008
The Days Before Thanksgiving for Under $200 in New York
The Days Before Thanksgiving in NYC$195 or lessYesterday we rounded up some hotel choices to watch the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. But as it turns out, we need a place to crash three days before Turkey Day. (Turns out our relatives won't be around to host us...
November 04, 2008
Room With an Anti-View :: Dirty Hipsters Have a BBQ to Celebrate Ruining Our Thompson LES View
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face,...
October 16, 2008
Thompson LES Hosts Madonna's "Filthy" Soiree
How to get your new hotel on the map, even if it's still under construction -- the Thompson LES way: host a party for Madonna. Fashion Week Daily reports the new Pomeranc spot was christened by the hot high heels of Madge on Monday night as the Thompson LES...
October 15, 2008
HotelChatter Reader Deals :: Thompson LES for $255
Quikbook Kickbacks at Thompson LES$255 a nightWe totally dug the brand new Thompson LES when we stayed there. It was sexy, it was swanky, it was -- not fully open. And, you know, it still isn't: the pool, the spa, the restaurant and bar are still on the way --...
October 13, 2008
Stephen Brandman Discusses the "Minestrone Soup" of Thompson's Success
So, turns out Stephen Brandman -- co-owner of Thompson Hotels and the "design vision" behind the boutique group's swanky properties -- not only has an eye for design, but he's also quite a suave, quotable gentleman as well. We came across an interview in Interior Design magazine and noticed...
August 11, 2008
A $195 Hotel Sex Kit Should at Least Contain Birth Control Pills
Sex is one of the last fun, free things to do in this world. You get a workout without a pricey gym membership. You get to kiss someone. It feels good; it's nice. If the sex doesn't suck, it's fun -- and if it does suck, then you at...
August 06, 2008
HotelChatter Goes Inside the Thompson LES
Well, we finally did it: we spent a night at the much-hyped, seriously-delayed, half-open Thompson LES. We've been waiting on this hotel for so long that walking into the front doors to see lights on and people moving about the lobby felt like watching our child's first steps. If...
August 05, 2008
Sneak Peek :: A Room Inside Thompson LES
Guess where we slept last night? Yes, people: the Thompson LES. Be jealous. Here's a sneak peek at our room -- be sure to stay tuned for the full review tomorrow, complete with a video room tour and plenty more pics. ...
August 04, 2008
Thompson LES Update :: Andy Warhol Won't Be Arriving for a While
A tipster on the slowly-opening Thompson LES scene sent Curbed this photo of the soon-to-be-awesome pool from the third floor pool deck. If you'll recall, the pool area is set to be all sorts of hot and sexy, with Andy Warhol's lovely face shining through the chlorinated water (it's...
July 31, 2008
Thompson LES Now Open-ish :: Booze On Hand and Not Much Else
This morning, we reported (with a "we'll believe it when we see it" attitude, natch) that the Thompson LES might finally, finally open today. And it sorta did! A Curbed correspondent checked out the scene and said he "noted a phalanx of Adrien Grenier-types eager to welcome me to...
July 29, 2008
Thompson LES Might Open Today; We Dig the Pool Anyway
We can't be sure that the Thompson LES is actually going to open today--that would be too much of a "boy who cried wolf" kinda thing. But their website is now showing availability for this Thursday July 31, which is four days sooner than our last attempt.Whenever the exact...
July 29, 2008
Thompson LES Now Set for July 29th Which in Thompson-Speak Means August...Maybe
We got word that Thompson LES will now (not) open on July 29th. But don't go booking your hotel room yet. The hotel doesn't even have a phone line open. And the online reservations system wouldn't take any requests for that day. We were however able to find a Queen...
July 23, 2008
Surprise, Surprise :: Thompson LES Misses Opening Date
"Yeah...I'm gonna need you to come back next week. We're just a little behind on our TPS reports."We should have seen the signs. Curbed scoped out the Thompson LES and was skeptical that the hotel would open on time. Then a commenter alerted us that the hotel's website wasn't taking...
July 22, 2008
Thompson LES Cutting It Close For Next Week's Opening
Curbed peeked into the lobby of the upcoming Thompson LES and next week's opening is looking pretty diecy. Curbed reports:A visit to the site today reveals that the scaffolding and blockades surrounding the Allen Street entrance have been removed, allowing passersby to scope out the lobby. The equipment looks very...
July 14, 2008
Quikbook's 72-Hour Sale Has Hot NYC Hotels for Under $200
If you're thinking about heading to Manhattan this summer in July and August, Quikbook is offering a 72-hour sale on some hot NYC hotels.You must book these deals by Friday at 5pm EST. They are valid for dates from July 1 - September 1, except where noted. Blackout dates do...
June 24, 2008
Rooms at Thompson LES Now Open on July 22
It seems that Thompson LES has pushed back the opening date again but fortunately it's only by a week instead of two years.Last we heard, the hotel was going to open July 15. Now that date has moved back to July 22. But you can make reservations online. We found...
June 19, 2008
Could It Be? Thompson LES Still on Track for July 15
Could the Thompson LES actually pull it off? We're less than six weeks from a reported July 15 open, and East Village Podcasts has the latest report from downtown:The constructionaires at Thompson LES finally covered most of the insulation on the north side of the new hotel. Are $450 hotel...
June 06, 2008
A W or a Westin Going Up on Orchard Street in NYC?
We received this question from a reader in our inboxes over the weekend:Hey Hotel Chatter! Right behind the Thompson LES is a new building going up (looks like its between Orchard and Ludlow, but primarily on orchard). The construction guys say its a Westin or W (to be decided) but...
June 02, 2008
Thompson LES to Open July 15
A super secret Hotel Maven inquired about booking a room at the Thompson LES on the premise that he heard the place would be opening soon, actually no later than June 2.But now he will have to wait a little longer. Here's the response that he received from the hotel...
May 14, 2008
Toronto Chef Opening Restaurant in Thompson LES
More news on the Thompson Hotel front. The Thompson LES Hotel will get a Pan-Asian restaurant from Susur Lee, considered Toronto's Rock Star Chef for his namesake restaurant, Susur.And the Thompson Hotel peeps must be paying him good. Lee is closing down his fancy Toronto shop to move to NYC...
April 02, 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
Thompson LES Almost Open?
[UPDATE: We hear that Thompson LES will open no later than June 2, 2008.]Jebb of the East Village Podcast always thinks of HotelChatter as he trolls the East Side hotels and so to show our appreciation, we are going to email him some of our most treasured scratch n' sniff...
February 27, 2008
Heard Around the Hotel World :: Openings and Renovations in 2008
· When The Thompson LES Hotel opens sometime in April/May, the guest rooms will be tricked out with HDTV. The hotel recently signed a deal with RCN has signed a multi-year deal to provide digital cable TV and high-definition services.· Speaking of Thompson, while BondSt inside the Thompson Beverly Hills...
January 07, 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
Introducing The Thompson Hotels Map
Click to go straight to the Thompson Hotels MapAs we head into the new year, we are bracing ourselves for the onslaught of Thompson Hotels that are "scheduled" to open in 2008.We are betting that the men of Thompson have learned their lesson from the long-delayed Six Columbus which took...
November 26, 2007
Getting to Know the Thompson Hotels Co-Owners
We've been chronicling every move of Thompson Hotels here recently so we weren't surprised by yesterday's article in the NYT Square Feet section on all the newest hotels popping up under this name. We've pretty much got all their newest hotels expected openings marked down on our calendars. (Just to...
October 29, 2007
Downtown Manhattan Hotels Are All About the Nightlife
The NY Sun has an article today about the ever-growing (already established?) trend of hotels serving as more of a nightlife outlet than an actual place to rest your heads."Before, it was basically an amenity," nightlife impresario Steven Kamali said. "Now it's becoming like London. The social scene is gravitating...
October 19, 2007
What's Next for Thompson Hotels? Apparently, A Lot
Gild Hall, New York: Opening December 1, 2007.Just because Six Columbus opened doesn't mean we here at HotelChatter are through with Thompson Hotels. While 2006 and most of 2007 wasn't a very good here for Jason Pomeranc and his boutique hotel group, things are looking up.· Thompson Beverly Hills is...
October 02, 2007
NYC's Other Thompson Hotel :: Smyth Tribeca
We've been so wrapped up in covering the ongoing saga of Six Columbus we almost forgot that Jason Pomeranc has another property in the works in Manhattan: Smyth Tribeca. (His crew is also at work another downtown hotel: LES Thompson.) The latest info we can dig up sets the opening...
September 13, 2007
The LES Hotel Scene:: East Houston and Thompson LES Race to Finish Line
On our way down to the LES yesterday for a meeting, we noticed this upcoming hotel on Houston Street. It's actually called The East Houston Hotel (the cross street is Eldrigde.)A quick visit to the hotel's website tells us the place is "Coming Soon" but will include a restaurant (no...
August 29, 2007
Thompson Hotel Beverly Hills Set For July Opening, Six Columbus Set for 'Summer'
Scaffolding at Thompson Beverly Hills was seen back in April 2007.With all the Prince 3121 at the Hollywood Roosevelt, we have been neglecting Thompson Hotels other children.We hear, straight from the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau, that Thompson Beverly Hills is set for a July opening. This is not...
June 26, 2007
Thompson LES Promotes Fornication and Space Heaters
Curbed has put up a photo today of the model room units at Thompson LES on Allen Street.We don't have much to say about the 'Sleep' and 'Fuck' pillowcases or the tacky bedside space heater, except that maybe we won't be anxiously anticipating this hotel opening like we've been doing...
May 24, 2007
NYC Downtown Hotels Openings Update: Pomeranc's 'Candle in the Wind'
A Flickr member posted this photo to the Curbed Flickr Group showing that Jason Pomeranc's Allen Street masterpiece is moving forward by getting some glass. Also funny to note is that Stu_Jo calls Pomeranc's hotel the "Candle in the Wind".Over on Bowery the Bowery Hotel is getting ready to...
February 05, 2007
Pomeranc's Woes Continue on Allen Street
Is anything going right with Jason Pomeranc's hotels these days?An "angry hipster" wrote in to Gawker yesterday complaining about the construction going on at the Allen Street Hotel site.We notified the landlord and the builders about flying debris from the hotel site but they've offered us no relief. They work...
June 30, 2006
Allen Street: Construction but not much of it
When we were done seeing the Blue Moon, the weather was still so nice that we decided to check out Allen Street, Jason Pomeranc's newest NYC boutique hotel in the LES, shown here from the Orchard Street "entrance." A while back we gave the hotel a predicted opening of December...
April 04, 2006
Partner Reviews: Thompson LES
Affordable New York Hotel
The Thompson LES is the newest addition to the Thompson family. It offers a good location near Soho and the price is affordable. My only c...
Affordable New York Hotel
The Thompson LES is the newest addition to the Thompson family. It offers a good location near Soho and the price is affordable. My only c...
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Besttt blonde ale and highly recommend Farrouks hookah mix! -
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adorable space, even tho it's always empty...
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