Hospitality
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School of thought
Inspired touches of service separate good from great and make bricks-and-mortar retail sing. From suit presses to gift wrapping, Monocle attends to the best in retail hospitality and finds lessons in courtesy.
Lobster spot
If you’re in Maine for any amount of time, leaving without tasting a lobster roll is tantamount to sacrilege. Pay homage at the Eventide Oyster Company…
Total hotel
The new Ace Hotel in east London offers rooms for guests and provides a gathering place for local residents, as well as opportunities for creative businesses.
Monocle travel guide
Restaurant firm Monsoon Group is turning Tehran into a feast for the senses with its latest effort, Divan. Elsewhere, discover a Slow Food classic in Milan and a private island in the Maldives.
Eat, drink and be ferried
We visit a restaurant in Madrid promoting English food, a Chinese craft brewery educating locals and a pair of Berlin boathouses offering a unique way of navigating their beautiful lake location.
Food
A teashop in Tokyo, our favourite coffee makers, a New York wine merchant and a star dish from London.
Chef Kittichai
The son of a greengrocer who sold food on the streets as a child is now one of the world’s top Thai chefs. Ian Kittichai shares his ‘last meal’.
Post Taste
Located in a former post office, Kokako was set up by the owner of a coffee company, who believes in being close to his customers.
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.
Keeping it wheels
With city initiatives sparking a cycling boom in Rio de Janeiro, we look at what makes it a pedal-power paradise, before touring the globe for this issue’s latest travel recommendations.
