Yesterday afternoon we had a lovely walk and a spot of lunch on the Highline. I had one of the best sandwiches I've ever eaten courtesy of Smokeline BBQ. It was called The Mess...
It had chopped brisket and pulled beef rib meat with chilli sauce, pink onion relish and a slice of fried cheese... it was absolutely amazing!
Then we walked over to the newly opened Highline Hotel to have a nosey...
The hotel is in part of this very grand old building (which looks like it belongs in England rather than Manhattan). The building was some kind of 'General Theological Seminary' whatever that is, and it's also joined to an old cathedral where 'Twas the night before Christmas' was written!
Now though it's a grand and fancy hotel that has New York's first Intellegentsia coffee bar in the lobby...
The lobby was quite small, but nicely decorated with old furniture and tables...
There were also some very lovely bikes parked outside with wooden boxes on the back with the hotel's branding engraved in the wood...
These were for guests to use (for free) to cycle around Manhattan on.
The smell of coffee was too tempting, so we got a latte and some earl grey and went to sit in the garden. The latte looked pretty fancy and Abi's tea was quite a performance. The lady behind the counter set a little timer to make sure the tea brewed for EXACTLY the right amount of time. Not a second too soon, or a second longer - Abi got given a bit of a look for asking if she could just take the tea, instead of having to awkwardly stand their while both her and the barrista just watched the tea in the pot...
It was worth the wait though!
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