instagram fulfilment centres vs un-instagrammable hang zones
Instagram is essentially “pics or it didn’t happen”-as-a-service.
Julian Lehr • Proof of X
Congratulations to Milano Salone, a furniture fair, for making into the global party circuit. It joins the ranks of Coachella, Paris Fashion Week, and Art Basel. Prepare for photos of large negronis on the timeline.
Chris Black • Tweet
Demanding that they then add in some type of show-stopping visual element on top of that, strictly so each menu item will "perform," just doesn't sit well. Some of the most amazing dishes ever, like Chez Panisse's goat cheese salad or Cafe du Monde's beignets, might not have had a chance to shine if TikTok was around at the time of creation to dema... See more
Why Is TikTok So Toxic For The Restaurant Industry? - Mashed
Gingham curtains line the windows, oxblood linoleum covers the floors, the rest is all laminate tables and beautifully brown fixed seating
Isaac Rangaswami • The Caff Is One of Britain’s Cultural Treasures – But if We Don’t Eat in Them, They’ll Disappear
In the 2010s many of our public spaces started to be molded, physically and literally, by the market advantage of luring patrons looking for highly Instagrammable shots. Businesses that once paid large sums of money to have photographs taken for advertisements that cost even more to run now had access to an army of free labor, taking pictures for f... See more
Freddie deBoer • Review: Kyle Chayka's Filterworld
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 consul
... See moreEzra Marcus • How TikTok took over the menu.
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
According to The Times, the interior of 68-seat Frog Club features a fireplace, frog-themed murals wearing Prohibition-era cocktail attire painted by artist Normandie Syken, and hundreds of plates suspended by chains throughout the dining room.
To give you more of an idea of the restaurant’s vibes, Eater writes that newsletter Found NY “ compared F... See more
To give you more of an idea of the restaurant’s vibes, Eater writes that newsletter Found NY “ compared F... See more
Brianna Perry • NYC’s Newest Restaurant Likened To A Favorite Childhood Book ‘On LSD’
Caffè RIMOWA in collaboration with La Marzocco ☕️ https://t.co/odZwUfw8yR