GQ -- the dude magazine for dudely dudes -- went inside The Libertine Restaurant, Todd English's brand new outpost in NYC's Gild Hall, and found it to be the perfect spot for a lovely, unusual romantic bromantic dinner. Plus, the reporter saw dead people and himself some fried chicken.

Right then!

Apparently, the place has a men's room and not a ladies' room immediately accessible. Whatevs. But it seems he wasn't quite expecting something so...over-the-top and seriously Thompson-esque with the ambiance.]]> Jenna 2008-10-02T10:20:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/18/165950/107 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/englishpomeranc.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>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.</i><p>&#183; <a href="http://men.style.com/news/blog/2008/09/gilding-the-lil.html"><b>Libertine at Gild Hall Opens, Spanks Guests</b></a>: Gild Hall on Wall Street threw a party for its new Todd English restaurant, Libertine. "Top-hatted cocktail waitresses offered cigars and spankings." No word though on whether English and Jason Pomeranc (above) doled out some spanks too. [Men.Style.Com]<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.blogs.marriott.com/default.asp?item=2263790"><b>Bill Marriott Live-"Blogs" Residence Inn Opening</b></a>Residence Inn opens in National Harbor and Bill is on hand to talk about Marriott's Diversity Ownership Initiative. [Marriott on the Move]<p>&#183; <a href="http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2008/09/11/german-man-could-not-pay-7200-euro/hotel-bill-after-27-hour-phone-sex-marathon.html"><b>Phone Sex Hotel Bill Runs Too juliana 2008-09-18T17:03:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/10/114632/495 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/15271/libertine2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gild+Hall/local/869"><b>Gild Hall</b></a>, Thompson Hotels's financial district property, has been open since March, guests have had to make do without an on-site restaurant. Until now.<p>Finally, Todd English's new venture inside the hotel has opened--<b>The Libertine</b>. Here's what our little bro <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/9/10/9355/00716/travel/New+NYC+Restaurant%3A+The+Libertine"><b>Jaunted</b></a> had to say: <blockquote><p>The book-lined, wood-paneled restaurant looks like the study in Clue, and the creative menu is just as comforting.<p>For brunch there's the "NY Bene," an unlikely but totally necessary combo of poached eggs and pastrami sandwich. Lunch brings the "Adult PB&amp;J": almond butter and Cabernet jelly on whole grain bread, with a banana milk shake shot. <p>There's also a raw bar, and dinner goes a little more traditional, with steak tartare and rack juliana 2008-09-10T11:59:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/14626/7323

Ask and you shall receive. In a story the other week about the possible cold war thaw between feuding hoteliers Gregory Peck and Matt Moss (actually, that was just wishful thinking. The frenemy war rages on still), we asked for a copy of the Page Six magazine featuring some of NYC's hottest hoteliers.

And a kind soul sent us a copy!

In it, you see Jason Pomeranc (with ever-present arm candy/fashion publicist/girlfriend Ali Wise), Matt Moss and Greg Peck (totally did not pose together), scary Sean MacPherson and partner Eric Goode, the ever-dapper Andre Balazs, grunge hotelier Alex Calderwood of the Ace Hotel brand and chefs/restauaranteurs Todd English and Ken Friedman.]]> juliana 2008-06-23T15:02:22-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/