HotelChatter - Stories about The Mercer

HotelChatter - Stories about The Mercer http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-07T11:29:55Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/163 New York: Top Five Hotels To Dine At for New York Restaurant Week http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/25/113647/484 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nycrestywk.jpg" class="imgborder">While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/25/93530/8372/hotels/Guess_The_Hotel_Which_Hotel_in_Tribeca_is_Desperately_Recruiting_a_Chef_on_Craigslist_#1">one hotel in Tribeca</a> frets about finding an executive chef, the rest of Manhattan hotels are looking forward to Restaurant Week.For New Yorkers and anyone visiting New York between July 21 and August 1--the flood gates are (almost) open as Amex cardholders can begin placing reservations for Restaurant Week now. All you plebes without Amex cards can have a go at it beginning tomorrow. For the uninitiated, New York Restaurant Week seems a lot like the similar offerings in cities like Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C. and even Indianapolis, but it becomes quickly clear that NY's Restaurant Week (NYRW as it's abbreviated in office emails) is on steroids. For New Yorkers, a prix fixe $24.07 lunch or JetSetCD 2008-06-25T13:12:16-05:00 New York: Get Sartorialized at the Maritime New York http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/12/225811/077 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/paulhance_sartorialist.jpg" class="imgborder">Fancy a breezy spring bike ride around Chelsea? Hop one of the Schwinn Cruisers for rent at The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/admin/hotels/2008/5/12/225811/077/add/local/13">Maritime Hotel</a>, but be sure to dress your best as photoblogger populaire <a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2008/05/on-street-w-16th-nyc.html">The Sartorialist</a> might be lurking `round the corner. Last week one such lucky(?) guest found himself posing for the entire blogosphere on one of the rented rides just outside the Maritime entrance at 363 West 16th Street. He should be happy that the silver beach cruiser is so photogenic, because it has the je ne sais quoi needed to push his look into the rare realm of international-chic. If you find yourself hankering for some of The Sartorialist's treatment, a sure bet is JetSetCD 2008-05-13T09:53:37-05:00 40.742060 -74.003882 New York: How to Get to the Mercer Hotel's Super Secret Underground Bar http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/18/12395/2835 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/submercer.jpg" class="imgborder">Thanks to <a href="http://www.urbandaddy.com/nyc/1169/New_York,_The_Submercer,_Nightlife,_NYC">Urban Daddy</a>, we now know how to get to Submercer, the previously hard-to-find (and get into) bar at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mercer+/local/163">The Mercer Hotel.</a>Apparently, the place was closed for over five years (at least to the public) but is once again open for business. UD reports:<blockquote> To get there, pass the Mercer Hotel (no. 147) and enter a little nook in the wall (no. 147 1/2). You'll know you're there when you see two unassuming henchmen hanging out in front of a doorway--just walk on by and enter the industrial freight elevator. Two floors underground, cruise down a long dark hallway stocked with bathroom supplies, turn left, pass the boiler room and then turn right through juliana 2008-03-18T12:57:44-05:00 40.720307 -74.002461 New York: Fashion Week Begins Tomorrow, Who Are You Going to Wear? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/31/15413/6583 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mbfashionwk.jpg" class="imgborder">Fashion Week begins tomorrow in Manhattan. We hope you have been starving yourself! We have. It turns out being sick totally helps you lose weight. You should try it. Go outside with your hair wet and you'll look like a skinny minnie in no time. Here's the latest round-up of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/fashion%20week%20hotels">Fashion Week Hotel</a> news: · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Bryant+Park+Hotel/local/68">Bryant Park Hotel</a>: Fashion line Tibi and all-important fashion daily WWD will be hosting a party for Tibi's Fall 2008 collection in the hotel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/26/92854/8738/hotels/Bryant_Park_Hotel_s_Cellar_Bar_Probably_Plays_Bon_Jovi">Cellar Bar.</a> · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177">W Union Square</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+Hotel+Tuscany+New+York/local/178">W Tuscany</a>: These hotels are offering their <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/26/132245/077/hotels/Catwalk_Package_at_W_Union_Square_Returns_Again">annual</a> Fashion Week package. They start at $875 and include two tickets to a show, backstage lounge access, a suite juliana 2008-01-31T16:40:01-05:00 New York: Andre Balazs 'Talks to Chuck' at the Mercer Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/9/163531/8572 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/andre_chuck.jpg" class="imgborder">More <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/8/19842/27840/hotels/The_Newest_Rumored_Andre_Balazs_Hotel_Sin_City">AB News</a> for todayTucked inside the glut of fashion advertising pages of the newest edition of Vanity Fair (with Harrison Ford and Shia LeBeouf on the cover), is a super pull-out spread of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre%20balazs">Andre Balazs</a> for Charles Schwab. We nearly missed this ad for two reasons--1) we always skip that advertising crap at the front of VF and 2) we actually didn't skip the David Beckham ad which was at the front of the mag. We may have lingered on that for a little while. Ahem.ANYWAYS, Andre Balazs is hawking Charles Schwab's financial consultant services, otherwise known as the annoying Talk to Chuck ad campaign.He's standing inside the lobby of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mercer+/local/163">Mercer Hotel</a> and juliana 2008-01-09T17:00:01-05:00 40.724838 -73.998414 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/