CHLOE Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 170

ELEGANT AND COMFORTABLE WITH ARTFUL ROUGH EDGES AND PERSONAL QUIRKS, THE HOTEL CONJURES THE AREA’S VIVID HISTORY FROM GANGS OF NEW YORK ERA TO JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO THE WILD ART AND MUSIC OF THE 80’S But it’s not just about the past. The Ludlow is connected to today’s Lower East Side, a constantly changing crossroads of culture, style, and cuisine that’s once again Manhattan’s most pulse-quickening neighborhood. Sidewalks connect live music venues with scuffed-up street art, and welcome the burgeoning fashion scene of both young and vintage designers who are inspired by the neighborhood’s raw, urban roots. Momand-pop shops sit beside chic restaurants and boisterous bars where longtime patrons and first-generation New Yorkers flock for an insatiable taste of the Lower East Side. The Ludlow’s eagerly awaited restaurant has been the talk of food circles for months. Dirty French is the first French restaurant from Major Food Group, the group whose white-hot eateries include Torrisi, Parm, Carbone, and ZZ’s Clam Bar. Operating from breakfast til late, Dirty French features rebooted, provocative Gallic classics – and embody the “distinctly New York style and swagger”