http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-08T23:06:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/standard%20hotels 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 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/30/15014/8690 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/RZoeStandard.jpg" class="top"> <p>Alright, we'll admit it: we are totally addicted to the Bravo Show <b><i>The Rachel Zoe Project</i></b>, which follows top Hollywood stylist Rachel Zoe through runway shows in New York, award show fittings in LA, and everywhere in between. In the first season, Rachel famously occupied the penthouse at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/60+Thompson/local/15">60 Thompson</a></b> hotel in the Soho neighborhood of New York City. <p>When the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+LES/local/31">Thompson LES</a></b> opened, we knew that it was only a matter of time before Rachel Zoe was calling it "bananas" and making it her new headquarters&#151;as she did in the second season during New York Fashion Week. Her husband Rodger her assistants Taylor and Brad all agreed that the view from the LES' JetSetCD 2009-09-30T16:03:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/14/11175/5645 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/kv_raleigh.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Raleigh+Hotel/local/18"><b>The Raleigh Hotel</b></a> in South Beach probably won't be getting any more visits from its hunky hotelier, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/andre balazs">Andre Balazs</a>. <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/business/international/story/1223915.html">The Miami Herald</a> reports that Balazs is close to selling the hotel in favor of doing more Standard-brand positioning. And the sale is nearly done: <blockquote><p> The New York hotelier behind The Standard hotel chain said he has a buyer for the 104-room Raleigh and that both sides are all but agreed to a price. He expects the deal to become official within four weeks.<p> ``We've accomplished what we wanted to,'' Balazs said of his seven years with the Raleigh, 1775 Collins Ave., a favorite stop for celebrities and local hipsters. </blockquote></p><p>And while Balazs juliana 2009-09-14T11:18:12-05:00 25.7937140 -80.128483 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/