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Best Video of 2011: The Designated Room Number Rememberers at Andaz Wall Street
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2011 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in the comments below.
This year, we tried something a little different with our video tours, opting for more face time with hotel concierges and other staff members—in addition to the usual room inspections, bathroom tours, and otherwise. And we guess you could say we had some fun along the way...
Possibly the most entertaining of the interviews was with Assistant Front of House Manager at Andaz Wall Street, Michael Stevens. Michael opened up to us about a "lively" wedding group that had passed through earlier that weekend, and who took up 50 rooms, then got so drunk they all forgot their room numbers! But as nightmarish as it sounds, Michael's team apparently handled the situation with tact and aplomb—and lived to tell about it the following day.
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What Is Repeal Day, And How Can You Celebrate It?
Ah, Wall Street. Home of insatiable money-makers, unforgiving protesters, and a handful of Hudson Valley farmers. If ever there was a street that required a specific holiday dedicated to consuming large quantities of alcohol, this would be it.
Repeal Day commemorates the end of Prohibition in 1933—it's the only US holiday to celebrate a law—and falls on the fifth of December. Once a year, Americans can savor how good it feels to drink freely in public. And next Monday, the fine folks at Andaz Wall Street will be throwing a Repeal Day party, complete with free punch and half-off Beefeater cocktails.
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Aside From The Protests, Wall Street Still Has Plenty To Offer
After everything we've been reading about Occupy Wall Street, we thought it might be good to hear from someone who actually lives or works there. And who better than Toni Hinterstoisser, GM of Andaz Wall Street—the only hotel actually located on Wall Street. Toni's been with the hotel since its opening in 2010, and is something of an expert on the hot button 'hood.
So, without further ado...
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Mmm...Obatzda At Andaz Wall Street
Here's another hotel trying on someone else's culture for size: Andaz Wall Street is celebrating Oktoberfest (now thru October 1) with a specially-curated menu of German traditional dishes.
Knowing how much the hotel looooves to host large drunken wedding parties, this feels like a match made in heaven. If heaven is a waterfront luxury hotel whose kitchen was experimenting with morsels like radi, obatzda (above), spaetzle, and smoked trout.
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Forgot Your Room Number? Andaz Wall Street Will Help You
Andaz Wall Street concierge, Michael Stevens.
Have you ever flirted with a hotel concierge? In our newest series, Concierge Interviews, HotelChatter goes behind the Front Desk and gets chummy with the men—and women—whose job it is to never say no. Filmed inside various lobbies, courtyards, and bar lounges, each video will offer a glimpse into the world of hotels from the people who know them best. Got a burning question you'd like us to ask? Or have someone in mind for us to interview? Email us your requests!
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What's Black And White And Wet All Over?
We like to keep tabs on all aspects of a hotel—from lobby bars to room service to the view outside your window—and we certainly don't skimp on bathrooms. Every Tuesday, we will offer you snapshots into various hotel bathrooms, both public and private. If you see something you like, or have a photo to add of your own, just shoot us an email, or respond in the comments below!
This roomy all-black tiled shower stall (complete with standalone white bench) is found at none other than Andaz Wall Street. Fiscal crises aside, this downtown hotel continues to carry the beacon of sophistication. Everywhere you go—from the lobby to Bar 75 to this here bathroom—the space exudes a cool, undisturbed calm that we find quite irresistible.
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Andaz Wall Street Gets Eco With A Farmers Market
There are two places we never expected to see an artsy fartsy, eco-er than thou farmers market: 1) In the heart of the concrete jungle and 2) in a hotel back yard. But seeing as Andaz always likes to do things a little differently (and usually in a way we like), when we were in New York last week, we timed our trip Downtown to coincide with the market at Andaz Wall Street.
The market is the brainchild of the lush Maximo Lopez May, chef at Wall & Water (the hotel’s restaurant), and Joel Patraker, food sourcer for the hotel who just so handily happens to have a background in farmers markets. It takes place every Wednesday and Saturday and, according to the hotel blurb, promises
Items from local Hudson Valley farms and markets including fruits and vegetables from Migliorelli Farm, poultry and game from Quattro’s, jams and chutneys from Beth’s Farm Kitchen, cheese and other dairy products from Farm Catskills, artisanal soaps from Ash Hopper and artisan breads from Orwasher Bakery.
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Have A Very Andaz Christmas On Wall Street With Jetsetter's Latest Sale
One of our favorite times to wander around Wall Street is on weekends or after-hours when the bankers have clocked off and gone in search of bottle service in some other part of town. Which is why we're entertaining the thought of spending Christmas weekend at Andaz Wall Street. That, and the fact that Jetsetter has a sale at the hotel, with rooms from just $140 a night.
Tablet also had a sale on rooms here recently, but we missed out on those (around $128 a night + tax) so were happy to see the hotel pop up on Jetsetter this week.
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Wall Street 3: Power Players Now Playing At Andaz Wall Street
Wall & Water's private dining table
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is in theaters tomorrow, but already there's a Wall Street 3: Power Players. Kinda. It's only showing at Andaz Wall Street's Wall & Water restaurant. And it's not a movie. It's the hotel's secret way for you to get drunk at lunch and expense it.
As the newest hotel on the Street, it comes as no surprise that Andaz would get in on this long-awaited sequel to Wall Street. And this promo may actually get us into the concept of the power lunch.
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The Sweet Sight of Dessert At Wall & Water
After a long, leisurely dinner in one of the private dining rooms at Andaz Wall Street's Wall & Water last night, we couldn't even fathom the concept of dessert. We'd already sampled plates of charcuterie and cheeses, and feasted on Roasted Young Chicken with peas, fava beans and morels stew, Grilled Wild Striped Bass with broccoli raab and a delicious Grilled Skirt Steak with red onion, green tomato salad and baked sweet potato ("so much better than real potatoes," according to one person in our party.)
We know, right? Totally stuffed! But then we saw this vision in a row of ramekins. A dainty lineup of six different desserts which had us forgetting we were full in about two seconds flat.
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Andaz Wall Street Rolls Out The Doggy Welcome Mat
There's a lot to love about Andaz hotels, from Free WiFi and snacks to the relaxed service in beautiful spaces. Now that Andaz Wall Street has a new pet program, our crush just got bigger.
The best part of the program: there are no weight restrictions. The bummer? Bringing your pet incurs a $100 one-time non-refundable fee. We suppose if you're bringing your fur-baby to Wall Street, this is but a drop in the ocean, but pet fees in general make us growl. (Does it really cost $100 for the extra cleaning?)
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Andaz Wall Street: Where the Stock Market Meets ... A Farmer's Market?
'Farm to table' are big buzz words in New York restaurants at the moment, but one hotel is upping the ante and launching a farm-to-table—but also to you kind of thing. And surprisingly, the hotel launching this concept—a Farmer's Market—is nestled in the not-obviously-weekendy Financial District.
Yep, Andaz Wall Street kicks off its very own farmers market—the only one created by a hotel in NYC, it boasts—on Saturday, July 10th.
And the produce you can browse, sample, and buy? It's all from the suppliers who stock the hotel's Wall & Water restaurant with farm-fresh goodness. These include Quattro’s Poultry & Game Farm, which keeps Wall & Water in duck and pheasant eggs; Beth’s Farm Kitchen, which turns out pickled veggies and loads of jams and chutneys; and the Hudson Valley's Migliorelli Farm—they raise hogs and make apple cider.
We can't say we've ever had Wall Street high on our weekend 'to do' list but this lineup of ingredients may just get us on the subway and down to the Andaz Wall Street Park Plaza. (The market will be at the south end, near Wall and—why, yes!—Water streets.)
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