HotelChatter - Tag: Brooklyn Hotels

Brooklyn: Hotel Williamsburg's New Owners Shut Down Pillar & Plough

ASchechter — 2012-01-26T09:00:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/PillarPillar.jpg" class="top">Boy, if we had a <a href="">HotelChatter Award</a> to give out for the most short-lived hotel restaurant, it would for sure go to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Williamsburg/local/4867">Hotel Williamsburg</a>'s Pillar & Plough</a>, which closed this weekafter only two months of being open. Funny, because when we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/16/75344/1122/hotels/">stopped by</a> there recently to ask about the new ownership, an employee told us he didn't think the acquisition would create any immediate changes. Well, this is quite a change. <a href="http://ny.eater.com/archives/2012/01/hotel_williamsburgs_pillar_plough_closes.php">Eater</a>'s got the scoop on the deal, which Graves Hospitality (the hotel's current operators) confirms is related to the King & Grove takeover. But, interestingly, they're also saying the deal hasn't officially gone through yet. Apparently, the mere prospect of an acquisition was

Brooklyn: If You've Got Time To Kill in Downtown Brooklyn, Go To the Bathroom At the Marriott

ASchechter — 2012-01-24T09:35:36-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/BrooklynMarriott.jpg" class="top">We don't know about you, but a hotel's public bathrooms are often the very first thing we check out. Chalk it up to a weak bladder. Whatever the circumstance, we often find it a telling precursor to the hotel experience that lies ahead of us. Now, in this case, we simply had to use the bathroom, so we ducked into the mammoth 638-room <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+NYC+Brooklyn+Bridge/local/2817">Marriott Brooklyn Bridge</a>, climbed the escalator, and cut straight through the red carpeted lobby. Since they're located near the conference rooms, these are sprawling bathrooms, designed to accommodate large groups of people at once. Sure enough, we almost got lost inside while navigating the different nooks and tiled corridors. But because everything was so

Brooklyn: King & Grove Swoops Down On Hotel Williamsburg As Well

ASchechter — 2012-01-16T09:00:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/HotelWilliamsburgGuestroom.jpg" class="top">Only two months after officially opening, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Williamsburg/local/4867">Hotel Williamsburg</a> has been acquired by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/king%20and%20grove%20hotels">King & Grove</a>, a new(<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/24/131024/226/hotels/The+New+Boutique+Hotel+Kid+on+the+Block%3A+King+and+Grove">-ish</a>) boutique brand that's wasting no time getting its name on the hotel map. Just three days ago, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/12/201838/359/hotels/King+%26+Grove+to+Take+Over+The+Hotel+Chelsea">it was announced</a> they'd be taking over one of New York's most prized historic hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Hotel+Chelsea/local/32">Hotel Chelsea</a>. We got a tip from a HW employee on Friday about the deal, which becomes effective in just a few short weeks. Though when we returned the following day to get more details, a Front Desk employee remained tight-lipped about the situation, stating only: "All I know is, I still have a job." That's the spirit! They must be doing

Brooklyn: Brooklyn's Music-Inspired Hotel Will Guarantee A 'Sound' Night's Sleep

ASchechter — 2012-01-09T09:00:39-05:00

We always like it when new hotels start interacting with their guests way before their doors have even opened. And at Brooklyn's music-inspired Hotel BPM, which doesn't open until April, there has been quite a bit of community involvement going on, practically since day one. Like posting shots of the finished bathrooms on Instagram. Or asking Facebook and Twitter fans to give the hotel's 76 custom-made mattresses a snappy name.

Last week, the "What's That Bed Called?" contest yielded a winner: "The Sound Sleeper." Which kind of makes us think there should be some kind of speaker system installed directly into the mattress—wouldn't that be cool! But maybe not so practical...

Brooklyn: Last Night, Aloft Brooklyn 'Put a Bird on It' for 'Portlandia' Season 2

JetSetCD — 2012-01-05T16:19:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Lastnightbkalo_1.jpg" class="top"> Okay you guys. Last night was awesome. We already <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/2/151142/5433/hotels/Two_Aloft_Hotels_to_Screen_Sneak_Peek_of_Portlandia_Season_2">told ya</a> what was up if you were near Brooklyn, and that was a sneak preview screening of Season 2 of IFC's show "Portlandia." Two of the HotelChatter team made it to scope out the place and naturally get a peek at the series, and we happened to learn something else: another hotel screening has been added, TONIGHT. So this evening, if you're in Portland, Oregon or near the Bolingbrook suburb of Chicago, you can go see several (currently unreleased) hilarious bits from the new series, plus get free Portlandia swag (we scored Portlandia hats, a "Put a Bird on it" tee, an Aloft tote and the