Tony Rais

France

Lyon

Our shop. If you like good clothes, you will find something. The red heart on the front door is a personal message who just wants to say "I love you."



HOMECORE

Neighbourhood bar, since 30 years. Flashback to the 70s. Special mention for the very cool staff. Cool cheap beers, cool atmosphere and meeting place.



LE VOXX

Shoutout to "The Sopranos." You have the best choice for natural wines. You can choice your bottle and drink here. Good music and vinyls in your ears also.

Satriale

Everything is fresh, french and homemade. Full of tastes, you can eat from from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Lyl Radio is on direct live, broadcast in Paris, Bruxelles too.

Bistrot Senior

My favourite is the avocado bun and truffle croque. Turn your head and you have a big view to the city. Take your food and sit on the benches in the garden of the « montée de la grande-côte ». The neighbor is Maria Pizza, same owner.

Le Desjeuneur

Vintage store. Shop around, search, and discover the treasures of this store in a good atmosphere. You have rare items.

Elephant Store

Next to the famous place des Terreaux. the building and the interior courtyard is just wonderful. Find some famous artists like Picasso and Matisse.

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Typical french food, cheap, no reservation, say hi and take a seat. Near to the « Gros Caillou » place with a view.

Bouillon Croix-Rousse

Cross the bridge above the « quais de Saone ». Old town of Lyon, very touristic but it’s full of history, buildings, restaurants, silk factories and many others. You can walk, climb to see the famous Fourvière basilique, best spot view in Lyon around and antique theatre.

Vieux-Lyon

It’s on industrial district of « Confluence » but it’s a must have for nightlife. everything happens on the roof. Laurent Garnier, shareholder of the club, a real techno scene of Lyon. They are also about the big event « Nuits sonores » and « Heat » cultural place.

Le Sucre

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Japan

Tokyo

Uzochi: I went on my bday and it was such a great experience. Definitely something you have to experience in person to understand how amazing it is.

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Ameya: Probably my favourite ramen spot. Get the tom yum ramen or green curry ramen.

Bassanova

Uzochi: Great American style sandwich shop that also has great milkshakes. They have a sit down restaurant and also a take away which I frequent at least once a week. Their Arms Patty Melt is my favorite thing on the menu.

Arms

Ameya: Also another good brown spot if you want to get mittai, and other authentic Indian sweets. It’s a bit overpriced but considering no one else does it like them - it’s worth it.

Tokyo Mithai

Ameya: Kind of a childhood sushi spot that I grew up going to. The seared salmon here is really good and is a safe bet especially when my friends abroad come to visit and are apprehensive of raw fish.

Chojiro

Uzochi: This place has all the games you could imagine- roller skating, badminton, basketball and lots more. They also have very reasonably priced food and drinks, making it a place you can easily spend your whole day at. Located in Odaiba, which also features many shopping malls and is also the location of TeamLab PLANET.

Round 1

Ameya: I think this is my favorite Tempura spot. They even have tempura egg!! Everything is made fresh in front of you and it’s not too oily.

Makino

Uzochi: A very good brunch spot with great sourdough pancakes. The atmosphere and vibe is very relaxed and is a perfect way to spend your Sunday morning.

Goodtown Bakehouse

Ameya: If you like South Indian food I recommend going here. The cheese dosas or masala dosas are really good.

Sri Balaji

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Runkus

Jamaica

Portmore

A walking distance where i reside, i recorded majority of my last record IN:SIDE and this new record OUT:SIDE with Toddlat.

Smartkid Records

One of my favorite places to have fish and a festival, it’s what used to be a great beach for swimming, however now the tide’s come all the way up which makes it difficult, there’s no shore anymore at some spots. However I’ve been going there since the age of three. Screechie’s is my favourite restaurant on the beach, so dope. 

Hellshire

There’s a dope spring/mineral bath here in Portmore. It’s really an underground spring, so the water comes up from under the ground and you can see where it comes up too, it’s so beautiful and dope. My family and I use to go there a lot, however it’s way too populated now, always full so I don’t go anymore but parts of it has healing properties for aches etc. 

Caymanas Mineral Bath

Very typical but I’m a movie person, and whenever the new marvel etc. comes out, I go to our movie place here in Portmore. 

Sunshine Palace 

Ok, hear me out… I am a grown child ok? There’s this go karting place here in a place called Port Henderson and no one can beat me, I’m undefeated. 

Rocket GoKarting

Ok.. hear me out one more time… there’s this place called buzzers.. a gaming place for kids and some adult games there tbh, air hockey, basketball etc. I am not shamed to admit I used to be there every weekend for a little, mainly cause of my brother but I was elated to take him….

Buzzers

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Ebhoni

Canada

Toronto

Canada’s largest Black-owned beauty supply store - plus the owner is female!! They have literally everything you need and I mean EVERYTHING!! And the owner Zhorrah is THE sweetest person you’ll ever meet.

Hair Granted

Located on the east side of the city, I will happily deal with the crazy traffic in Toronto and get me some Chris Jerk. My favs are Jerk Chicken Shawarma or the Jerk Poutine. I will recommend getting there before 2 because they’re food will sell out quick!!

Chris Jerk Caribbean Bistro

Is the best place to go especially after a good party, this is the spot!! It’s like your Dad, Uncle or Grandpa was cooking. The restaurant smells like my Grandma’s kitchen on a Sunday. I usually will get their Ox-tail but will always switch it up for a nice soup when it’s cold.

Pat’s Homestyle Jamaican Restaurant

Streetwear clothing store on Queen St. Very comfortable and casual clothing...ask for Fresh when you go!

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35s & 45s

United States

New York City 

Owned and operated by local DJ Fatik, I go mainly for the new house/techno/re-issue etc stuff and to kick it. He has an ill plant collection too!

Second Hand Records

Owned and curated by the DJ's DJ Tom Noble - they carry everything but for me - solid funk, soul, world, disco and house + massive 45 collection. They throw fun in store parties a lot - I walked in on Antal & Tom playing once.

Superior Elevation

Big, big collection and neighbourhood staple of Williamsburg. Big and super well priced collection of jazz, soul, funk, rock, house, world, etc.

Human Head Records

Really dope record store and cafe (great coffee) with rare and well curated collection of used and new disco, house, techno, jazz, brazil, world/brazil and soul.

The Mixtape Shop

A solid buy, sell, trade record store with mostly rock, reggae, funk etc - but also a pretty good selection of house joints.

Brooklyn Record Exchange

A neighbourhood staple in East Village with the best, consistent rotation of affordable and absolute heat on wax - everything from RnB, soul, disco, hip-hop, techno, house and more house.

A1 Records

A very important space, shout out to owners Vanessa & Bowen. This is one of the most inclusive clubbing spaces in NYC right now with some of the best up & coming, forward thinking DJs as well as staple locals and parties. Good priced drinks, with a totally fun and loose atmosphere - one of my favorite places to be. Also astrology themed cocktails!

Mood Ring

Best large club in New York right now, no phones on the dance floor!!! Amazing outside day parties in Spring/Summer with consistent local and international talent I always love to see - Honey Dijon, Theo Parrish, DJ Marcelle, Soul Summit, Marcellus Pittman, Galcher Lustwerk, Stud1nt, Analog Soul etc.

Nowadays

Large club in south Brooklyn with 2 rooms, 1 with a large wooden dance floor and custom hi-fi sound system the other shared with a cafe and more for listening and hanging - although, dancing occurs fo sho - another great place to see the likes of Theo Parrish, Francois K, Ron Trent etc.

Public Records

Hi-fidelity sound system with high quality vegan tacos, the club is in a cool basement built out with wooden sound treatment and Klipsch system + home rotary mixer - vinyl sounds fantastic here.

Black Flamingo

The consistent home of techno in Brooklyn for some time now - this is a medium/small size space with heavy hitting lineups on a regular basis, well priced and fun. This is one of my favorite places to hang.

Bossa Nova Civic Club

Cocktail bar and fusion sushi restaurant with local disco, funk, rnb and soul DJs. Also home to the birth of 35s & 45s.

Ponyboy

Manhattan staple true Discotheque style club with views of New Jersey & New York on the top floor of the Standard Hotel - always good DJs - great place to catch Eli Escobar, Sadar Bahar or local parties from Brooklyn that make their way to Manhattan.

Le Bain

A very small futuristic Star Wars outpost kind of space-themed bar with a custom built hi fidelity sound system and rotary mixer.

Jupiter Disco

Best place for development, hi-res printing, framing, etc - all around full service shop in Soho.

Bleeker Digital Solutions

DIY film development in Bushwick, a great space to meet others in the neighbourhood and a good place to learn about new spaces or local exhibitions.

Bushwick Community Darkroom

Super fast and fairly cheap place for solid development in LES / Chinatown.

Sammy's Photo Lab

Cheap place in Greenpoint to buy film and develop, best for fast turn around on developing - but the quality is not always the top notch. You get what you pay for, its bottom dollar and fast!

Kubus Photo Service

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Kat La Kat

South Africa

Johannesburg

There's a guy called Dj Okapi running that. He deals with people like 'Awesome Tapes from Africa' and sells that very authentic African music.

Afrosynth Records

Vinyl Lifestyle

Used to be a woman's prison in the apartheid days but it’s now a monument. They host events there and its very nice.

Constitution Hill

In South Africa, we’ve got a tendency of putting a lot of couches and sofas in clubs and sometimes you miss when it’s just a sound system and dance floor. And club is one of those very few raw clubs that you get. It's a proper night club you know.

And Club

Has a nice dance floor. They’re very open minded and book a lot of underground DJ’s and musicians.

Kitchener's Carvery Bar

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Akriila

Chile

Santiago 

I always go to play pool in Bar Alameda with my football team. 

Alameda

I like to get a coffee here. I buy an ice latte and a red berry cheesecake. 

Cafe Doméstico 

For parties, from Thursday to Saturday you go to Blondie. They have very good special nights. 

Blondie

irrev3rente

This barrio is cool, you can get head to Costa Bright or go the Bar El Bajo which is a more intimate.

Costa Bright

It's not in the Lastarria neighbourhood, but I love Karaoke Santiago in Santa Isabel. 

Santiago Karaoke 

In the Patronato neighbourhood I recommend Bunsik and Misoya, both serve Korean food. 

Misoya 

I recommend Kintaro which is at the front of Bellas Artes metro station. I don't have a favourite restaurant to be honest, but this is one I go to. I love the ramen

Ramen Kintaro 

If you want to party after 11pm from Tuesday to Fridays, go to Túnel. They'll serve you drink that'll get you flipped. 

El Túnel

If it's a special occasion, I'll go to Baco. It's one of my favourite places to get dinner. 

Baco

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Collard

United Kingdom

London

Gorgeous Italian spot, candle lit and romantic as romantic can be. Forest green decor and seating for either an intimate date or group date. It’s usually pretty full in there so I’d advise you to book in advance -- but it’s worth it. Recommended dish: Lobster Linguini with a side of Quail Eggs.

Cecconi's

Perfect day time date spot in Belsize Park North London, a breakfast menu with a Persian influence. Lovely service, get to see a few actors and actresses that live around the area which is cool but just don’t be weird, practise your nonchalant “too cool for school, yeah whatever famous person”- nod in the mirror. Close proximity to Primrose Hill park also which is a staple date location. Recommended dish: Baked Eggs.

England's Lane Cafe

The finest of fine dining, beautiful restaurant, decor levels on a thousand. Would recommend for relationship daters. Probably a bit over-blown for a first date experience unless the person you’re trying to court has a great pallet for French cuisine and loves a glamorous atmosphere. Recommended dish: Black-legged Chicken to share & Escargot for the side.

La Petite Maison

My girlfriend coined this spot “The Thinking spot” she took me there all the time and said it’s where she does all her best thinking. Pull up in the car and chat for hours in front of the bird decorated lake or take a stroll down the lake side. It really is a beautiful and calming spot inside such a popular Royal Park. I recommend going at night to avoid having to weave around large crowds.

The Thinking Spot

This is the low key pre-drinks date spot you hit for if you’re about to go out for drinks (my Londoners know what I’m on about) -- the drinks before the drinks. Lounge-y and quiet, Polo Bar is perfect for conversation and shaking off nerves before you go out for the “after drinks” at a restaurant or club once were allowed back in them.

Polo Bar

Why not look at some art if you’re both into it? This particular gallery is situated in central london so it’s surrounded by an array of food spots and makes the whole dating experience a lot more eventful. Doing something is cool. Always incredible exhibits on show here also, from artists like Reginald Sylvester and Coco Capitán.

Maximillian William Art Gallery

For the film enthusiasts the Curzon Bloomsbury is the perfect cinema for a movie date. It’s a smaller and more boutique feel as opposed to the usual cinema experience elsewhere. There’s a boatload of great restaurants and cafes in the Bloomsbury area to eat at before or after the film if it’s all going well, and if it’s not then it’s only five minutes from the tube station.

Curzon

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Singapore

This is a spot you go to at 3/4AM. It's a place you would have never imagined in Singapore. Nickname is 'four floors of whores," however, it's not as seedy as it sounds. Bands play your dad's favourite songs all night long and you bump into all sorts of people from families, travellers or visiting DJs. It's weird and wonderful all mixed into one.

Orchard Towers

Noodle shop by day - Japanese restaurant by night.

Bincho

Get laksa, char kway teow, oyster omelette, chicken wings and black carrot cake.

Hong Lim Hawker Centre

This is weird and wonderful at the same time. Singapore Centre is split into 3 areas: Little India, Arab Ttreet and China Town. Each area has its on level of uniqueness to it.

Mustafa's is a shopping complex that is open 24 hrs and has everything that you need. I mean everything. Socks are placed next to lamps. Steaks next to watches. It's just an amazing experience. Go have a look for 15 mins and then eat the food that's around.

Mustafa's

Saturday/Sunday only. BBQ, good music, food and margaritas.

Camp Kilo

No Signboard Seafood

Blue Label

Burnt Ends

My favourite tourist spot in Singapore. Having been open for over a decade, the park is half family tomb, half shop of horrors. The infamous Ten Courts of Hell features small-scale tableaux that show human sinners being punished in gory and graphic detail.

Haw Par Villa

If you're a music lover this is your spot. It's by appointment only so ring ahead. You'll find old Cantonese disco tracks you never knew you couldn't live without.

Red Point Vinyl

Go here and stay for a while. The bartender will be playing music you've never heard before whilst you get nicely warm with high quality saka.

The best club in Singapore bringing the best music and entertainment. Benji B, Yasmin, Talib Kweli, Nubya Garcia, Chromeo, Breakbot have all played there. Make sure you look online to see whats going on. Buy tickets in advance, the queues are a bitch.

Kilo Lounge

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COBRAH

Sweden

Stockholm 

In here you can find all you need to look A-M-A-Z-I-N-G for your rave night out. On the first floor they have UV light shining clothes, including the classic rave trousers and tank tops. But the second floor (which is my favourite) is a goth girls dream place, the amount of black PVC clothing is crazy and the shoe rack has it all in so many different sizes.

C.U.M Clubwear

While you’re at it you should definitely visit this hidden gem Chambers of Love which hides behind the shoe racks of C.U.M Clubwear. They have Scandinavia's biggest collection of fetish and BDSM gear including some really cool outfits that you could never find anywhere else.

Chambers of love

This is my main spot for studs, I always come here when I’m making a new choker or decorating a new jacket because this is the only place in Stockholm where you can buy them separately at a very good price. Also they have EVERYTHING, jewelry, band t-shirts, lighters, wall decorations you name it! Definitely worth a trip if you’re in the area.