Bonjour New York, in my pocket!

After Bonjour Paris, a delightful little book of the best addresses in the capital city, Marin Montagut, globetrotter of the chicest cities, investigated the Big Apple in search of the best it has to offer.

The result – his guide, beautifully illustrated in watercolour by Marina Vandel, is a gold mine of places as unusual as they are eclectic. The curious architect in his thirties has indeed a sharp eye a special flair. Follow him with your eyes closed, we promise you will not be disappointed!

From the sophisticated to the most vintage and wacky shopping spots, the most exclusive and elusive bars and restaurants in Manhattan or Brooklyn, its 80 ultra-confidential addresses slip easily into the back pocket of your jeans or your clutch! Once unfolded, the map becomes a true picture of New York we love and wish we were in immediately.

The vibrant city has more than one trick up its sleeve, and offers the program “Sunday Night Days”, which saves you 15-20% on room rates, theatre and museum tickets, restaurants or discounts in some shops if we are spend the night on a Sunday. Fortunately, Marin Montagut covered everything to do in the city 24/7, so you will definitely always come across an amazing place to spend that hyped Sunday Morning…

Here are five places Marin Montagut shares with us that will make you drool.

-Unique Series

Under the corrected name of her daughter Jéminola, heroine of the series Girls, Lorraine Kirke has created a charming trap. Old tapes from Paris, vintage frills from Tennessee, or lace from Portobello Road are all used to customize all of her products.
Geminola: 41 Perry St, NY 10014 (between Waverly Pl & 4th St.

-Luxurious notes 

Chandeliers with soft lighting, luxurious brocade and the perfume of unique incense infiltrating the air, we can allow ourselves to be captivated by the swirling of the best fragrances of the olfactory world. A truly exquisite boudoir experience.
Aedes Venustas: 9 Christopher St, NY 10014 (between Greenwich Ave and Gay St)

-Pepper Steak and tarot

Aside from the dishes and the atmosphere, this French restaurant is nothing inferior to the ones down the streets of the Champs–Élysées. Catherine has been taking orders since 1976 with humour and fantasy. Go upstairs to Nancy Stank, the remarkable fortune-teller, will read into your future.
Chez Raoul: 180 Prince St, NY 10012 (between Thompson St & Sullivan St).

-Tailor-Made Jeans

A distinct industrial atmosphere in this temple dedicated to the worship of jeans. Once you make your choice of canvas amongst the 260 from around the world offered, the jeans of your dreams is custom-designed and assembled before your very eyes. Shipment possible.

3 × 1: 15 Mercer St, NY 10013 (between Howard St & Grand St).

-For the freemen

In the manner of a Scorsese hero, infiltrate into the back of an Asian restaurant, and climb upstairs to enjoy fine cocktails. Zenith frescoes with prim waiters, an air of the Prohibition pervades…
Angel’s Share: 8 Stuyvesant St, NY 10003 (between 3rd Ave & E 9th St).




Bonjour New York is available in French and English.

There are 4 different collector covers, but the content is identical.

Available in the following Paris stores: MERCI, BookMarc by Marc Jacobs, Artazart.

Available in the following NY stores: BookMarc by Marc Jacobs and John Derian Company.
Approx. USD16.45

Catherine Bézard