![]() The Equinox Hotel New York, in New York City’s Hudson Yards, is a one-stop shop for those who want it all - which happens to be one of their taglines. ![]() But the best part? The knowledgeable staff connected me to cultural activities around the city, namely, where to watch tango, from classic shows to the more elusive milongas, in ballrooms where locals gather to dance. The garden in the middle is a dreamy hideaway for an aperitivo, far from the hustle and bustle. With marble-inlaid floors and voluptuous, dripping chandeliers, the building’s old-world elegance is beautifully preserved. I stayed at the Palacio Duhau, Park Hyatt in Buenos Aires in the city’s tony Recoleta neighborhood - undoubtedly the most stately hotel in all of the city. The city, a simmering mix of Latin soul and European custom, lingers like a song I can’t get out of my head - it’s dynamic and melancholy, with that old grandeur of crumbling corners that only adds to its romance. I had an incredibly vibrant pitstop in Buenos Aires a few months ago that I’m still thinking about. Stately and Vibrant Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt, Buenos Aires In the spirit of dreams coming true, here are a few of the hotels our editors were lucky enough to visit this month. We come from different places and travel for different reasons, but somewhere at the center is always a story of longing. The point is that a trip is never just a trip. As she stood with her husband and two children by a lemon tree in Sorrento, Italy, overlooking the Mediterranean, she experienced a feeling of such stunning satisfaction that she cried. In adult life, her fortunes have changed, and recently, she visited one of the very hotels she had dog-eared in her childhood bedroom. Her magazine pile grew in proportion to her yearning, the towering stack a stinging reminder of her flightlessness. Her family didn’t have the means to travel, so they didn’t, not even to return to Albania - for years. “Most importantly, it is flavorful to the core,” says Knall.RECENTLY, AN ALBANIAN friend who grew up in New Jersey told me that she used to collect luxury travel magazines, poring over stories of gorgeous hotels in dreamy, far-flung places. But the chefs hope you won’t get too caught up in the menu’s healthy hype. If you typically order a beer, the cocktails might give you pause: One has a base of hibiscus juice and mezcal another contains a syrup made from leftover snow pea shells. Shareable dishes like flatbread made from gluten-free flour, potatoes, flowering broccoli and shaved sheep’s milk cheese are encouraged there. The Rockwell Group-designed restaurant is meant to be social: The bar area has lounge chairs and there’s an expansive terrace with stellar river views and couches. “We are thinking about cooking responsibly and using the appropriate amount of fats and protein.” “It is geared to the lifestyle of people who are staying at the hotel and working out at the gym,’’ says Knall of the menu. Nonna-style pasta is nowhere to be found, but a gluten-free chickpea variety with sungold tomatoes, shishito peppers and basil might scratch the carb itch. There’s also soft egg crepes with beef tartare, sorrel and smoked oyster sauce. There’s nothing so decadent as Le Coucou’s fried veal head or foie gras, but meat lovers can sink their teeth into lamb with roasted eggplant, wild mountain cumin and yogurt flavored with sumac, a tart Mediterranean spice. Lightish bites include oysters with the aforementioned hay (for a smoky, aromatic flavor), whole roasted trout with “green things from the garden” (as the menu puts it) and Hudson Valley steelhead trout in something called “tomato water.” Whole-roasted trout at Electric Lemon Jason Varney Reps tell The Post that 85 percent of offerings are gluten-free. ![]() His latest project, Electric Lemon, will be unveiled among Hudson Yards’ restaurants Thursday, on the 24th floor of Equinox Fitness’ new hotel, which explains the atypical health-conscious fare.Ĭhef Kyle Knall’s mid-Atlantic menu focuses on seasonal ingredients from local farmers, fisheries and artisans, prepared in a light, clean style. Cider-soaked hay? Wild mountain cumin and sumac yogurt? Celery broth? This is new-ingredient territory for Stephen Starr, the Philadelphia-based uber-restaurateur who kicked off the summer by reopening classic French bistro Pastis with Keith McNally and lists Le Coucou, Clock Tower, Upland and Morimoto among his successes.
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