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Fuel Your Black Friday Shopping With The Paramount's Special Tasting Menu

Where: 235 West 46th Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10036

So, instead of spending Friday in a post-turkey food coma, you've decided to hit the streets of NYC to indulge in some Black Friday deals. You brave soul, you.

Luckily, one hotel in particular has your health (kinda) in mind, and is offering a tasting menu to help you fuel up mid-splurge. And it's conveniently located: the Paramount Hotel is right near Times Square but is a haven from the mayhem.

Here's what you'll find at the Library Bar on Friday, thanks to The Dalmore Distillery and the hotel's executive chef Mark Spangenthal...

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Guess The Hotel Revealed: Hanging Out At The Paramount's Library Bar

Where: 235 West 46th Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10036

As at least two people surmised, yesterday's hotel with the view of the theater crowd was the once-upon-a-time piping-hot Paramount Hotel. (And in case you were wondering, the theater crowd in question had just seen Billy Elliot.)

We hit up the hotel's Library Bar last weekend to celebrate a friend's birthday—and we have to say, at first we were surprised at the choice of venue. We simply had no idea who went to the Paramount these days. The celebs have moved onto The Standard and The Jane, and the hipsters to the Ace Hotel. But the good news is, if you're not into (or in) that scene and prefer something more low key, you can grab a bunch of friends and have the freshly renovated Library Bar almost to yourself.

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W Times Square's New Look is 'Techno-Glam Cool'

Where: 1567 Broadway [map], New York, ny, United States, 10035

Someone just got a serious facelift and for once it's not Joan Rivers or Mickey Rourke. W New York-Time Square scored a full guestroom renovation in W Hotels Worldwide's attempt to keep up with the times, as well as with those young cats who were starting to find W's boutique chic pretty passe.

It's good timing too as W Hoboken and W New York-Downtown plan to be popping within the next year and aim to support the whole, 'We're still hip," hoopla we can't help but wonder if W can ever get back. (Just like we'll never believe Nicole Kidman is in her early 30's no matter how many wrinkles she zaps.)

Here's the kind of Botox and Restylane you can expect in your W Hotel room. According to a press release:

Each room glows with dramatic highs and lows of light and color bringing an element of techno-glam cool. In addition, each room offers guests a variety of entertainment options, from W Hotels' signature "Munchie" Box (W Hotels' re-invention of the traditional Mini Bar), retro-designed Tivoli radios, iPod docking stations, and large flat-screen televisions mounted for rotation to ensure comfortable viewing from anywhere in the room.

We have no idea what "techno-glam cool" means, but it makes us want to bring our roller skates! Room rates start at $319 (advance purchase rate) for a weekend stay.

[Photo via Hospitality.net]

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Hotels Near Times Square :: RoomMate Grace is Kind of an Expensive Broad

Where: 125 West 45th Street [map], New York, ny, United States, 10036

RoomMate Grace Hotel, formerly the Hotel QT, had rooms going for $349 a night on Quikbook for Monday July 21st. Unless, they combined their notoriously small rooms into spacious suites, this is a totally bad rate.

Keep in mind that a "Petite" room is one of the smallest rooms in the hotel, starting at 170-sq.ft. We think it was probably an F Type room under the old QT system.

Granted, it's not a "Quad Bunk" but still for just $10 less we could have a real room at the Benjamin Hotel, scene of the Top Chef filming and complete with anti-insomnia weapons.

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Hotels Near Times Square :: The Night Hotel's 'Modern Gothic Gotham'

Where: 132 W. 45th St. [map], New York, ny, United States, 10036

If you find yourself in New York City this summer with a need to stay near Times Square and without any desire to bask in the glow of the city lights (or you're just a hip and trendy jet-setting vampire), take a look at Vikram Chatwal's Night Hotel.

Situated on 45th Street in the heart of jean-shorted, fanny-packed tourist central, Night offers guests refuge from the technicolor visual craziness of the Times Square area--and they're serious about it. The place, intending to evoke "Modern Gothic Gotham", is decorated almost exclusively with blacks and whites.

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Hotels Near Times Square: Marriott Marquis and Its High Speed Elevators

Where: 1535 Broadway [map], New York, ny, United States, 10036

The Marriott Marquis Times Square is not just near Times Square, it's really in it. You can walk to half of New York's attractions from here and transport is easy to reach, too.

Rooms come equipped with the Marriott Revive bed. The decor has been done up pretty recently, but it's probably not going to blow you away.

The view might though--especially from the The View Restaurant, the only revolving restaurant in the city.

Rooms are wired up for WiFi but it costs you $16.95 a day, although that includes all local and domestic telephone calls, too.

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City Club New York Video Tour: Jeff Klein May Have A Groupie

Where: 55 W 44th St [map], New York, ny, United States, 10036

It is no secret that Jeff Klein's Sunset Tower Hotel is amongst our favorites in WeHo. However, since Juliana hit up Klein's New York hotel about two years ago, and had a mixed experience at City Club Hotel we were not sure what to expect.

Since our expectations were on the low side, the hotel definitely over-delivered on our visit. You see, we were expecting a cramped room and a non-existent view. In actuality, our particular room was semi-spacious by New York standards (read: still small, but not a closet), the service was excellent, and the WiFi hummed along for free, as it does at Sunset Tower.

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Hotels Near Times Square: Millennium Hotel Rooms Could Use A Makeover

Where: 145 W 44th Street [map], New York, ny, United States, 10036

Let's get this out of the way right up front--The Millennium Hotel Broadway is in dire need of a full blown room renovation. At least on the 18th floor where we ended up bunking for the night.

Televisions are old, and there is no wifi, only wired access from the desk (for a steep price we might add), but this place is a true hotel Monet. At first glance the room looks large and fine (for NYC standards), however if you take a close look at the carpets, the walls, and the bedding, you will quickly begin chanting "ren-o-vation".

The view from our room was semi-cool, if only because we were starting straight out at an architecturally interesting building that reminded us of something out of a Marvel comic book. On the plus side, check in, though crowded was a breeze, and the staff went out of their way to let us check in early.

This is one of the few hotels in NYC that can be had for right around $200. The Millennium is a staple on TravelZoo and Priceline. With taxes, you will end up paying right near $300/night all in.

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