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The Caff Is One of Britain’s Cultural Treasures – But if We Don’t Eat in Them, They’ll Disappear
Isaac Rangaswamitheguardian.comIt’s not that these generic cafes are part of global chains like Starbucks or Costa Coffee, with designs that spring from the same corporate cookie cutter. Rather, they have all independently decided to adopt the same faux-artisanal aesthetic. Digital platforms like Foursquare are producing "a harmonization of tastes" across the world, Schwarzmann... See more
Kyle Chayka • How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world
Ella Quittner had a funny take: “An almost laughable number of plates hung from chains overhead, like a bondage den had crossed with a Pottery Barn, and there were amphibians everywhere. There was a giant one hanging among the plates, there was a portrait of one in FDNY dress that a server said was an homage to a former regular who had passed away... See more
Emily • One Night in Frog Club
men used to go to war now they’re going to their girlfriends aesthetic shoppy shops so she can take aesthetic pictures in her aesthetic outfits with her aesthetic overpriced snacks https://t.co/dy2uNRMdNa
Caffè RIMOWA in collaboration with La Marzocco ☕️ https://t.co/odZwUfw8yR
Part of our affection for places like this has to do with ‘90s nostalgia — a relatively recent past that feels extraordinarily distant. And it has to do with our interest at BBSP in identifying the moment when aesthetics that were prevalent , only to become passé *,* round the corner of reappraisal and somehow become more popping than ever .
Blackbird Spyplane • Too Many Places Are STERILE and TORCHED — Let’s Make Them COOL and FUNKY
Wherever the influencers land, once they are in a dining room, they’ll need something to record. The more action that can happen in front of them, the better. “It’s part of the reason why a lot of restaurants are embracing, like, Caesar salad that’s made tableside,” says Alex Delany, a former Bon Appétit editor who is now a food-and-beverage
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