Nicholas Kontis, Author at TRIPRAMBLER

Seafood Magnificence: In a Fantasy World Décor at San Francisco’s Waterbar

Located on San Francisco’s Embarcadero Waterfront with panoramic bay views A veritable seafood feast with breathtaking views of San Francisco Bay, the Bay Bridge and Treasure Island. Famous among local San Franciscans and surely, now under the visitors radar. A seafood lover’s dream eatery. How can you not love a restaurant with an oyster bar […]

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New York Hotel Restaurants Worth Dining In

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

Hotel restaurants have come a long way from being a less than stellar last resort dining option. In New York City, long known for being “the city that never sleeps,” now it’s possible to have a night on the town right in your hotel’s eatery or bar area. New York hotels have upped the ante

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The Michelangelo: Italian Elegance in Midtown Manhattan

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

Located just a block from Radio City Music Hall and within easy walking distance of Midtown, the Starhotels Collezione Michelangelo stakes a claim to being New York’s only premier Italian hotel. Indeed, few properties can boast its sensibility and flair, blending Old World panache with contemporary style at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 51st

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AN UNFORGETTABLE DINING EXPERIENCE AT PERRINE RESTAURANT NYC

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

Refined, comfortable dining at a New York classic: Perrine Restaurant at the Pierre Hotel, and one not to overlook when in Manhattan. If not for its regal Upper East Side, Central Park location with its grandiose dining room; you might think that you’ve entered a Thomas Keller run Michelin star eatery in Yountville in the historic Napa Valley.

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Made in the Shade in Manhattan and Redondo Beaches

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

Minus images of glamorous movie stars and the dreaded thought of being stuck for two hours in L.A. traffic on the I-405, nothing evokes “California Dreaming” quite like the epic beaches of Los Angeles. They make the area a magnet for sun worshippers, who flock to its soft, warm sand and swaying palms. While most

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The Grand Wailea is the Incomparable Maui Experience

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aui caters to over a half-million visitors each year, mesmerizing travelers with equal doses of untamed beauty and outdoor activities, all in a sun-splashed enchanted-isle setting. The Valley Isle’s fun in the sun includes immersing with its medley of multi-colored lava rock beaches, hiking the abundant beauty bamboo forests in Haleakala National Park, and the

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Discover the Historic, Seaside Mexican Town (You’ve Never Heard of) That’ll Dazzle You

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

It’s 5 p.m. at the San Blas Social Club, one of the few watering holes in the forgotten historical port of the same name in the lush green jungle and the sun-drenched state of Nayarit. While nursing a cold Pacifico, a rare engagement occurs: I meet Paul, a jovial English tourist from Cornwall, who’s dressed

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Look Past the Resorts & Immerse Yourself in the Rich History of Puerto Vallarta

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

When one thinks of Puerto Vallarta — one of Mexico’s most popular destinations on the Pacific — the theme of all-inclusive resorts comes to mind. No doubt you can imagine it as a place where holidaymakers come for week-long vacations to up the ante on consumption of rotgut tequila while congregating around swimming pool bars.

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NICK-SAN BRINGS JAPANESE FLAVORS TO MEXICO

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

In the culinary world, it takes a creative visionary to blend a fusion of two diverse cultures into a curated cuisine with an eclectic and culturally diverse “Japan meets Mexico” menu. In the form of the Japanese kitchen, the phenomenon known as sushi has spanned the globe. Innovative and inquisitive is how one might describe Nick-san vanguard

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Las Brisas Acapulco Is Mexico’s Most Coveted Resort

NORTH AMERICA / Nicholas Kontis

Before Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and Cabo San Lucas became star-studded beach destinations and tropical escapes for North American vacationers, it was Acapulco — with its superhighway connecting Mexico City to the Pacific — that was Mexico’s preeminent seaside rendezvous spot. In the 1950s, swanky Hollywood celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and other

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