http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T02:27:42Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Standard%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/1620/1427 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/standardnycapril09.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2009/11/18/the_best_new_buildings_of_the_decade.php">Curbed</a> 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 <b>The Best New Buildings of The Decade</b> for New York City. And wouldn't you know it? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795"><b>The Standard Hotel</b></a> is the #1 best building of the decade.<p> Yes, The Standard. Since we tracked the opening of this hotel pretty much from its inceptions, we're a little surprised to see it top this list. We say it looks way better from the inside looking out then just on its own. But we guess <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/25/92915/5093/hotels/Don_t_Stop_Til_You_Get_Enough_Inside_or_Outside_the_Standard_NYC">naked people in the windows</a> helps. <p>Here are some of our favorite moments juliana 2009-11-19T11:55:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/215425/53 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/BoomMenu.jpg" class="top"> <p>Who wants to hear some ridiculous Manhattan hotel news? <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">The Standard</a></b>'s top-floor lounge/club <b>Boom Boom Room</b> (or whatever they're calling it), <b>only allows hotel guests up between the hours of 4-9pm</b>. What happens at 9pm, you ask? Well, a very PYT HotelChatter operative reported back from a boozy evening in the Boom Boom Room that everyone is kicked out at the stroke of nine. This way, the place can be reopened for private and celeb-filled parties at 10pm. <p>This means no late night socializing and snacking and no nightcaps in the Boom Boom's plush environs, even though you are a paying guest of the hotel. Still, our operative managed to capture a few undercover pictures before JetSetCD 2009-11-11T09:33:34-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/23/213111/01 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HumblePie.jpg" class="top"> <p>As you may have noticed over the last year, we've got a serious <i>thing</i> for the newly-opened <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+NYC/local/795">Standard Hotel NYC</a></b>. We've done everything from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/7/122925/7785/hotels/Inside_the_Standard_NYC_Winnebago_Chic">sleep there</a> to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/5/131138/7916/hotels/Party_Dispatch_Interview_Magazine_Party_at_The_Standard_NYC">party there</a>, and even <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/6/9/0128/77320/travel/Surfin'+the+High+Line:+Opening+Day+At+NYC's+New+Elevated+Park">walk the High Line</a> below it.<p> But it was last week that we finally got a taste of the Standard when we had lunch at the <b>Standard Grill</b>, which only began serving meals other than dinner back in late August. <p>Now that the cold air has settled into New York and kicked out the fair weather friends and put the staff through the paces, we decided it was time to go and see if the grill really lived up to all the JetSetCD 2009-10-26T09:28:44-05:00 40.7406670 -74.007828 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/183719/81 <![CDATA[<p><p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wtob_standarddtwn.jpg" class="top"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Whats-on-the-Block-Map"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wtobmap.jpg"></a><i>We continue our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/what's on the block"><b>What's On The Block: Los Angeles Edition</b></a> by heading downtown.</i><p>So far this week, we&#146;ve taken you to Santa Monica, the Sunset Strip and Beverly Hills, so we thought we&#146;d end our Los Angeles <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/what's%20on%20the%20block">What&#146;s On The Block</a> series with one of our downtown haunts, <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Standard+Downtown+LA/local/51">The Standard</a></b>. <p> Sure, there are newer hotels in the area, but we keep coming back to this <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre%20balazs">Andre Balazs</a></b> property thanks, in no small part, to its central location in the heart of the downtown. At least, the part of downtown that doesn&#146;t get too scary after dark. <p> Let&#146;s start right behind the hotel at the LA Public Library EricRosen 2009-10-23T13:58:56-05:00 34.0508050 -118.25676 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/6/85845/0447 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/boomboomroom2.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href=""><b>The Standard New York's</b></a> 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 club comes up first.)<p> While we weren't in love with the name Boom Boom Room (we always started singing the song, "Boom, Boom let's go back to my room so we can do it all night and you can make me feel right" whenever we heard it), we like QT even less. <a href="http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/good-night-mr-lewis-no-more-boom-in-the-room/11422">BlackBook</a> has the scoop on what QT stands for (on the Quiet) but to juliana 2009-10-06T09:21:07-05:00 40.7406670 -74.007828 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/