Taylor Swift, the perfect packhorse who’s in the middle of a record-breaking stadium tour, is currently in tears of the kind of nightlife we haven’t seen from her since the height of making New-York-City-my-personality. age.
last week People The pop star was reportedly seen making out with her controversial new boyfriend Matty Healy at Zero Bond, an exclusive, members-only NoHo club frequented by Mayor Eric Adams. The supposed PDA-filled appearance comes after Swift spent six years with her very private ex-boyfriend, actor Joe Alwyn, largely hidden from the prying eyes of the public.
In fact, ever since her split from Alwyn, which was first reported in April, Swift has been spotted all over New York dining with friends and on the arm of her new lover with boundless enthusiasm. Swift hasn’t looked this carefree or this public since Swift rocked out with Tom Hiddleston while she was wearing that infamous “I ❤️ TS” tank top in the ocean.
During the quiet days of the late 2010s, Swift ate brunch with Karlie Kloss at Sarabeth’s, ate sushi at Blue Ribbon and met Lena Dunham, ate pancakes at cozy Tribeca diner Bubby’s, snapped giant cookies on Instagram at Levain, and even could be seen. Catching up with Kanye West on The Spotted Pig long before both West and that restaurant were definitively canceled.
By the spring of 2023, Swift’s preferred restaurants and club hangouts had changed, but the prevailing energy was: “I’m the biggest star in the world, why? shouldn’t be Am I enjoying myself?” – they’re all very familiar. giving 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
Days after the announcement of Alwyn’s breakup, Swift was spotted dating her devoted producer Jack Antonoff and her fiancee, actress Margaret Qualley, from Via Carota, a West Village trattoria. For fierce Swifties, the symbolism was clear. On his album, which mainly refers to the West Village DearSwift, who seems to be largely about Alwyn, said, “I hope I never lose you, I hope it never ends / I never walk down Cornelia Street again.” Guess which street is a few blocks from Via Carota?
As the setting for her post-breakup debut, Via Carota describes excellent cuisine alongside luxury-casual comfort: shortly after Swift’s visit, New York Times published restaurant critic Pete Wells’s ranking of the 100 best restaurants in town, with Via Carota in fourth place. She lives a little and celebrates her freedom with, for example, asparagi bianchi and Martinez martinis. The place exudes an air of exclusivity – due to its frequent mention on celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi, bookings can be notoriously difficult to spot – but it’s warm and welcoming, which aligns with Swift’s brand.
Meanwhile, Swift’s last appearance with Healy in Zero Bond may have been due to a recent controversy at Casa Cipriani, which until recently was her preferred members-only club. Located in the Battery Maritime Building at the far end of Lower Manhattan and charging a $2,000 entrance fee and $3,900 annual fee, Casa Cipriani was the site of frequent Swift connections with Alwyn and Dunham in past lives.
Swift had dinner with her close friends. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds At CC at the end of April and on May 11, he and Healy were secretly photographed holding hands at the club by another boss. After a short time, Page Six Three Casa Cipriani regulars reported their memberships canceled for violating the club’s no photography rule: “Taylor came in knowing the policy and then had to leave,” their source said. (The Daily Beast reached out to Casa Cipriani for comment.)
Also in April, Swift went out to dinner with friend Ashley Avignone, a Nashville-based stylist and designer, at Lure Fishbar. Elegantly arranged and designed to look like the interior of a yacht, the luxury Lure definitely qualifies as a must-see and must-see.
“We don’t have any comment on his visit,” John McDonald, founder of Mercer Street Hospitality, told The Daily Beast. “He’s been widely photographed and reportedly dining with us, so that’s true.”
Swift’s absolute favorite NYC hotspot is neither a restaurant nor a club, but it’s turned it into a party venue more than once this spring. Paparazzi have captured Swift’s in and out of iconic Greenwich Village recording hotspot Electric Lady Studios countless times during the month of May, in broad daylight or after hours.
For example, last week Swift threw a party at ELS that was attended by Healy, Antonoff, singer Florence Welch and even former “Bad Blood” collaborator Kendrick Lamar. And earlier this week, he again mottled He leaves the studio with his famous friends Phoebe Bridgers, Zoe Kravitz and Qualley.
Normally, Swift’s frequent trips to a recording studio would have provoked the most babbling about the new music at her disposal (as if it was coming soon). speak Now reissue and brand new edition midnight it was not enough). But these days, it’s all about where she’ll appear next, who she’ll show up with, and how long this trend lasts, ahem, period He will lead a public life loving New York. As she told us last year on “Bejeweled,” “By the way… I’m going out tonight.” It certainly is.