Gardens party
Carroll Gardens listings, François Ghebaly gallery, Auberge Resorts, L’Artusi, Nantucket weekend, 5 new plays for spring, 9 best hotel restaurants, MORE
REAL ESTATE • First Mover
Three for-sale properties in Carroll Gardens that came to market in the last 20 days.
→ 330 Union St (Carroll Gardens) • 3BR/4BA, 3200 SF four-family brownstone • Ask: $3.23M • first time on market in 60 years • Days on market: 9 • Monthly tax: $518 • Agent: Susan DiSalvio, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s.
→ 145 President St 3A (Carroll Gardens) • 4BR/3.1BA, 1940 SF condo • Ask: $3.5M • in new 17-unit building, parking space • Days on market: 11 • Monthly cc: $1690; monthly tax: $2014 • Agents: Deborah Rieders & Sarah Shuken, Corcoran.
→ 405 Sackett St (Carroll Gardens, above) • 6BR/4.2BA, 4500 SF single-family brownstone • Ask: $8.499M • newly designed with 3 outdoor spaces • Days on market: 16 • Monthly tax: $605 • Agents: Alex Maroni & Jack Chi, Elliman.
REAL ESTATE LINKS: City plots next steps for 100 Gold residential conversion • Shigeru Ban penthouse goes to contract in Tribeca • The strange saga of Park Slope brownstone 164 St Johns Place • 7 things to keep in mind when buying an apartment for your adult child • Brick is back.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Friday Routine
On brand
CALLIE STANTON • svp, brand • Auberge Resorts Collection
Neighborhood you work in: Meatpacking District
Neighborhood you live in: West Village
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
I usually spend Friday afternoons working with my team at our office in the Meatpacking District. I’m the head of brand for Auberge Resorts Collection, an ultra-luxury portfolio of 30 one-of-a-kind hotels around the world. I oversee communications, social media, partnerships, the AUBERGE print journal, and our creative services team, while also collaborating closely with our development team.
Since my weekdays are filled with travel and calls, I try to reserve Fridays for creative work. My afternoons are typically spent strategizing and developing exciting partnerships, experiences, and collaborations for our hotels and the Auberge brand. Lately, much of that time has been focused on our newest hotels, The Woodward in Geneva, Switzerland and Collegio alla Querce, our extraordinary new hotel in Florence, which just opened on March 2.
Where are you drinking or dining this weekend?
L’Artusi is our favorite restaurant in the city — we're there almost every Friday night. Lately, we’ve been stopping by Bar Pisellino or Commerce Inn for a pre-dinner drink. I love Bar Pisellino’s white Negroni and Aperol spritz, and Commerce Inn makes an excellent old fashioned. I also just joined San Vicente Bungalows, which is right around the corner from us, so I’m looking forward to adding that into the rotation when it opens.
At L’Artusi, our go-to order includes the ricotta, wagyu carpaccio, roasted mushrooms, spaghetti, and either the chicken or hanger steak. Their olive oil cake is one of the best desserts in the city. If you go to L’Artusi and don’t order the olive oil cake, you didn’t really go to L’Artusi.
On Saturday nights, we usually try a new spot, or rotate through some of our other favorites, like Raf’s (best bread basket in NYC, and the caramelized white chocolate budino is to die for), Polo Bar, Waverly Inn, and Raoul’s (steak frites, profiteroles, and a martini — always). We also love Forge (best chicken in the city), Torrisi (I dream about their tortellini pomodoro), Carbone, and Barbuto. In terms of new spots, I’m absolutely loving Le Veau d’Or and Borgo right now. My dinner at Le Veau d’Or was the best meal I had in 2024.
How about a little leisure or culture?
Cafe Carlyle, which feels like you’ve stepped back into the golden age of New York. It’s one of the most quintessential New York experiences and the talent is always outstanding. We love to go for a drink at Bemelmans before the show — they make the best martinis in New York City.
Any weekend getaways?
Nantucket is our happy place. We’re there almost every weekend in the summer and try to visit as much as possible in the fall and spring. It’s also magical and incredibly peaceful in the winter. For a small island, Nantucket has an exceptional dining scene, and its beaches are some of the best on the East Coast. If you only have a long weekend, my perfect three-day itinerary would include:
Dinner: Straight Wharf (order the clam bake, scallops, ribeye, and galette), Nautilus (for the blue crab fried rice and duck), and The Pearl (book the dining room and get the off menu steak and eggs appetizer).
Lunch: Cru, Galley Beach, and Millie’s. Or grab sandwiches from Something Natural to bring to the beach.
Drinks: Club Car, Ventuno back bar, and Cru back bar are always a fun scene for drinks. Gaslight and The Chicken Box also have great live music.
Sweets: Juice Bar makes the best homemade ice cream in the world and you must try Wicked Island Bakery’s famous morning bun.
Shopping: Some of my favorite boutiques include Dawn, Erica Wilson, Nantucket Looms, Olivela, and Gypsy.
What was your last great vacation?
Greece last summer. We started in Athens and then spent five days on Paros, which we absolutely loved. We’ve recommended Paros to several friends since, and everyone came home raving about the island. We ended the trip with four magical days at Auberge’s Grace Hotel on Santorini. It’s located in Imerovigli, one of the most serene parts of the island, known for its views of the Caldera.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
I tend to prioritize experiences over things, so most of our big-ticket purchases are travel-related. That said, I also love bags and jewelry. I just bought myself the new Bottega Bang Bang bag in chocolate. I love how it pairs with almost everything. It’s the perfect day-to-night bag.
What store or service do you always recommend?
I love Zitomer Pharmacy on the Upper East Side. It’s a true NYC gem, a one-stop shop for everything from beauty essentials and unique gifts to high-end skincare and wellness products.
GETAWAYS LINKS: Starwood is back (at least in name) • American (finally) trialing free in-flight wifi • Previewing One GT, new luxe hotel coming this fall to Georgtown, Grand Cayman • Cross-country skiing town to town in Quebec • Hotelier André Balazs talks about Chiltern Firehouse’s massive fire: ‘it’s a complete redo.’
CULTURE & LEISURE • FOUND Gallery
Short and sweet
The Skinny: An eponymous gallery from the French-Swiss dealer, François Ghebaly expanded to NYC in 2021 after opening shop in LA in 2009.
The Art: A mix of emerging and well-established artists, some of whom experienced their breakout show with the gallery and others who’ve gone on to be in major institutional exhibitions: sound artist Christine Sun Kim, figurative painter Ludovic Nkoth, maximalist photographer Farah Al Qasimi, and surreal sculptor Genesis Belanger among them.
The Experience: In contrast to Ghebaly’s large footprint in the art world, his LES gallery is a single, small, white-walled square room — understated in scale, pleasantly efficient for experiencing an exhibition. It’s the spacial equivalent of short and sweet.
Why It’s FOUND: Ghebaly has a knack for bringing attention to historically overlooked artists, like Cuban surrealist Jorge Camacho and environmental activist Ann Leda Shapiro. He doesn’t shy away from forms more experimental in nature, either, like the biological installations of Max Hooper Schneider and oversized bedazzled fruits by Kathleen Ryan. –Maria Vogel
→ François Ghebaly (Lower East Side) • 391 Grand St • Wed-Sat 11a-6p • Prices from $5k-$150k.
CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: Two iconic Bushwick galleries celebrate 10 years together • Port Chester names street after Phil Lesh • An inside look at the designing of Le Veau d’Or • Henna artists brace for the Ramadan rush • Christie’s controversial AI art sale surpasses expectations.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Openings
Five new shows to see this spring:
→ A Streetcar Named Desire • award-winning revival of Tennessee Williams classic feat. Paul Mescal • BAM Harvey (Fort Greene) • 2/28-04/06 • from $220 per
→ Vanya • Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, reimagined in solo performance by Andrew Scott • Lucille Lortel (West Village) • 03/10-05/01 • from $131 per
→ The Picture of Dorian Gray • adaptation of Oscar Wilde gothic novel, starring Sarah Snook in one-actor, multi-character performance • Music Box Theatre (Theater District) • 3/10-06/15, from $95 per
→ John Proctor Is the Villain • contemporary drama examining The Crucible through experiences of high school students in Georgia, starring Sadie Sink • Booth Theatre (Theater District) • 03/20-06/22 • from $87 per
→ Floyd Collins • haunting Adam Guettel and Tina Landau musical about a Kentucky cave explorer gets new life with Jeremy Jordan at helm • Vivian Beaumont Theater(Lincoln Center) • 03/27-06/22 • from $71 per
RESTAURANTS • The Nines
Restaurants, hotels
9 spots worthy of a stroll across the lobby. See also Manhattan Hotels, New Guard.
