Contemporary Cravings in West Chelsea

The innovative architectural and design firm, Murphy and Dine, brings fresh design in a mixed-use venue with MaD Gallery, West Chelsea’s newest addition to the burgeoning art district. Like many galleries in town, MaD is available for a multitude of private events, but unlike many others, it boasts an adjoining 1000 sq ft private terrace as well as a 5000 sq ft rooftop garden with views overlooking the High Line Park, and smiling back at the Empire State Building. As the pictures detail, it is flooded with natural light, and cool, clean lines to play off of when styling your own event. With the High Line Park now an international tourist destination, the art in the galleries gaining worldwide recognition, restaurants making the leap to a less trodden area of town, and the recent opening of a Tesla dealership two blocks away, the neighborhood has morphed into more than just a destination for serious art lovers and collectors (and clubland goers). It’s a dynamic, growing business district with vibrancy and optimism. MaD Gallery beautifully captures this energy and paints a befitting landscape.

Images courtesy of MaD Gallery

City Winery takes Manhattan

Image courtesy of City Winery

Part crush pad, restaurant, music venue and private event space, the only thing City Winery is missing is a lot full of vines. First of its kind in NYC, this venue, monstrous in overall scale, not only brings a fantastic selection of winemakers into its doors for events but also a diverse range of musical acts unto its stage. No surprise as its owner is Michael Dorf of Knitting Factory fame. The downstairs private room (pictured above) is adjacent to the cellar and you can scope out the barrels of newly made wine aging steadily through the glassed-in windows. But perhaps my favorite is the idea of a wine tasting in the actual winery amidst steel tanks and that lovable smell of fermenting juice…how fortunate that Murray’s Cheese has set up a cheese bar as well just outside the winery’s doors to make for a perfect pairing.