The Definitive Guide to Flatiron
Escape there to: Rub shoulders with the creative crowd huddled over design blueprints in dimly-lit hipster hotels, or browse the overload of wholesale jewelry and accessories stores.
Stay: The Ace Hotel, NoMad Hotel, Roger New York, The New York EDITION, Park South Hotel.
Drink: Patent Pending, Roof Park South, Dos Caminos, Craft Bar, Raines Law Room, Undercote, Oscar Wilde, The Flatiron Room, Upland, 230 Fifth, Blue Smoke.
Schmooze: Shake Shack, Eleven Madison Park, Eataly, Gramercy Tavern, Boqueria, Obica Mozzerella Bar Pizza e Cucina, Cote, Cosme, Almond, ABC Kitchen.
Shop: ABC Carpet & Home, Fishes Eddy, Jeweldiva, Maison Kitsune, Flying Tiger, Opening Ceremony Kate Spade, Bandier.
Explore: The Flatiron Building, Gramercy Park, Rizzoli Books, Madison Square Park.
Wellness: Try a Crystalsational organic facial with Negin Niknejad of the skin care line, JustBe, which helps elevate the skin’s natural health with the use of customized crystal therapy, Reiki, and high vibrational sounds. Make like a celebrity and head to famous hair hotspot, Marie Robinson, where the salon’s wizards will create the previously impossible sough-after do from your tresses. Also key: Fhitting Room, Flywheel Sports, Broadway Bodies, Brrn, Y7 Studio.
Safari Stop: Catch tourists pretending to be locals in their natural habitat on the rooftop of 230 Fifth, where aspiring banker bros mingle with the bridge and tunnel crowd slugging overpriced cocktails in questionable smart casual.