What to Eat, Drink, Buy, and Do in April: The Bon Appétit Checklist
As you embrace spring and the slowly warmer weather, here's everything you need to eat, drink, buy, and do this month.
Nathan Michael1/5A Rib Eye to Your Suite
The room service at the new Thompson Hotel in Chicago is reason alone to stay there. The menu goes way beyond club sandwiches, thanks to Nico Osteria, its splashy ground-floor eatery from Paul Kahan and company. In a steam-defying feat, chef Erling Wu-Bower gets 30-day-aged rib eyes, crisp grilled-octopus toast, and more from the kitchen to the hotel’s rooms with restaurant-quality precision. **
Danny Kim2/5The Next Açaí
This year’s superfood: aroniaberries, pea-size fruits packed with good-for-you antioxidants. Buy them frozen and let the smoothie-making commence. $25 for a 32-oz. bag.
Courtesy Crate & Barrel3/5The Chair of Spring
We first spotted (and fell in love with) this neo-Windsor–style chair at Le Mary Celeste in Paris. Crate & Barrel brings the look home with its new Union Dining Arm Chair. $199.
Michael Short4/5The Ultimate Neighborhood Grocery
San Francisco’s brilliant Local Mission Market expands its reach this spring with the introduction of Local Cellar, a Central and Northern California–focused beer-and-wine store. It lives around the corner from the 2,700-square-foot grocery, where nearly everything is made in-house. **
Zach Desart5/5This Cult Wine
If you ever spot Domaine Mosse on a wine list, order it. Bottles from the 42-acre French vineyard don’t land stateside very often, but when they do, you can be sure what’s inside is unconventional…and delicious. After all, Mosse was making natural wine long before it was cool.
