Design / Monocle
Monocle with coffee and cake
We’ve been fine-tuning the espresso machines, testing the pastries and polishing the counters. We’re now ready to open the doors to our first London café.
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Design / Food & Drink
At your service
Monocle brings its taste for global cuisine, impeccable coffee and serene interiors to the Japanese capital with the first Monocle Café.
End Point / Innovation
Observation
Alongside London’s world sporting showcase and its potential for growth, our editor in chief Tyler Brûlé considers Monocle’s very own expansion plans for this summer.
The Curator, episode 77
With the opening of our new Monocle café in London and the launch of our revised Monocle 24 schedule, this week’s best-of celebrates new beginnings – including a new take on taxis and an unusual style of pop-up theatre.
Section D, episode 77
We drop in on the brand new Monocle Café, we talk to designer Martin Brudnizki and we hear from Monocle's creative director, Richard Spencer Powell, about the importance of working with your hands.
End Point / Health
Observation
Staying in good health is about looking after what you have as well as thinking ahead. Speaking of which, join us soon at the new Monocle Café for an autumn pick-me-up.
End Point / Media
Observation
As the wall fills up with pages for the new issue and plans are made for the impending Country Fayre and the next Monocle Café, Midori House goes holiday happy at the approach of summer. Or it will if we can stop arguing…
Design / Food & Drink
Yo Smushi
The Royal Cafe in Copenhagen has given birth to a new culinary phenomenon: Smushi - traditional Danish smørrebrød with a contemporary sushi twist. The idea was created by "gastronaut" Rud Christiansen, who talks to Monocle…
Edits / Urbanism
Property prospectus: George Town
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, is a former British trading outpost rich with post-colonial charm. Now it’s drawing in a new batch of entrepreneurs who are converting old shop-houses into everything from…
Culture / Music
Saint Etienne
A band that shares a few of Monocle’s own city-centric obsessions, St Etienne has mined the rainy pavements, smoky cafés and sweaty nightclubs of London to tell cinematic stories of life, love and iconic architecture.…
Business / Food & Drink
Eataly
"Buy, taste and learn about the best foods all under the same roof." That's the slogan of Oscar Farinetti's super-market Eataly, which opened earlier this year in Turin. Housed in a former vermouth factory, Eataly offers…
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 2 May
Service with restraint
A restaurant that aims for a relaxed atmosphere is to be commended – but your best friends should be sat around the table with you, not taking your order.
Business / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 15 February
Meet, drinks and the ferry
Be it a friend, a business contact or both, meeting face-to-face helps create stronger ties.
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Tuesday 30 October
Kohee time
The latest issue of the influential Japanese men’s magazine, Brutus, is devoted entirely to coffee.
Business / Publishing
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 March
Turning the page
Warren Buffett's love of print newspapers is a refreshing rebuttal to iPad-or-nothing publishers.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 30 October
Shore thing?
A sensible investor could be forgiven for looking elsewhere. Batumi doesn’t quite scream out “promising resort town with guaranteed return on investments” to those with a tuned sense of risk.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 17 June
Smart cities aren't always pretty
With the results in for Monocle's annual Quality of Life survey, our editor reflects on what makes a city liveable. Can a tech hub trump a cobbled courtyard?
Business / Management
Monocolumn
Sunday 1 July
Workplace rivalries can be a good thing
One day last week a cake was delivered to Midori House: perfectly moist, indulgently rich and lovingly iced.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 11 January
Wordplay isn’t always fun
While dining in a fairly grotty café recently I discovered the word “scromlette” scrawled on the blackboard. It was “herby scromlette” to be precise, which sounds a bit like a mischievous cartoon character from a schoolboy…