On December 2nd, New Yorkers got that warm and fuzzy festive feeling at The Plaza’s Annual Tree Lighting and Afternoon Tea. Tiny fans of Eloise and Santa alike came out in their holiday best to kick off the month-long Christmas celebrations in the iconic century-old hotel. Guests were the first ... More

Spanning a New York City block below the Maritime Hotel, the pan-Asian restaurant TAO Downtown is hoping to attract a real cross-section of customers both familiar and unfamiliar with the brand. Since its midtown Manhattan and Las Vegas openings in 2000 and 2005 respectively, TAO has ... More

The bright lights won’t just be on the Strip this weekend as the first ever Life Is Beautiful festival kicks off in a 15-block space in downtown Las Vegas. The fest features 50 music acts with Kings of Leon and Beck among the headliners, 25 speakers, 60 chefs ... More

Co-chefs and owners Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette of Boston (with partners Will Malnati and Doug Jacob) bring their regional Spanish flavors and farm-fresh ingredients to life with modern tapas offerings. Designed by New World Design Builders (of ABC Kitchen and Willow Road fame), the 120-seat dining room with industrial design ... More

Surely Las Vegas has all kinds of apetites to feed, but how to leave Sin City truly satisfied? These days, the hottest bar is the unlikely buffet with its swanky return to the restaurant hierarchy. Below, four one-stop dining destinations worth getting in line for.   Buffet at Aria 3730 Las Vegas Boulevard ... More

  Quality Italian 57 West 57th Streetqualityitalian.com Restaurateur Michael Stillman has opened his first offshoot of the Quality Meats steakhouse brand, Quality Italian, serving chef Scott Tacinelli's signature dishes (cream-spinach carbonara, octopus saltimbocca and dry-aged porterhouse agnolotti). "You get a sense of the old world mixing with more ... More

Any parent knows that the health of their child is of the highest importance, but in a city like New York—where ultra-convenient lifestyles thrive—the tools, resources and valuable information needed to keep them safe aren't always as easily accessible as the nearest Whole Foods. More than ever, parents want to ... More

"It's by the ocean... it's Los Angeles at its best," says restaurateur Michael Chow about why he decided to bring an outpost of his famed Mr. Chow franchise to the Malibu Country Mart (in the former Nobu space). Like its sister locations in Beverly Hills, London, Miami and New York ... More

Summerlin, long the province of ladies who shop at Whole Foods in full bling, is becoming, dare we say…hip. Less than 20 miles west of the Strip, this master planned community exemplifies affluent suburban sprawl, the kind of place you’d see in the opening credits of Showtime’s Weeds. Now the ... More

Cottonwood (pictured) 3422 North Shepherd Drive cottonwoodhouston.com This Garden Oaks gastropub serves up a menu of gourmet comfort food, like salmon deviled eggs, pork-belly corn dogs and BBQ Gulf oysters, on a 5,000-square-foot terrace where you can work off the calories afterward with a game of bocce. Located in a ... More