The grand Metropol Hotel has stood at the center of Moscow life for more than a century, as a playground for the rich, and later the headquarters of a revolution. Most recently, it's been re-invented ...

If indeed good things come in small packages, then Metropol restaurant should have been good. Lucky for us, with one nagging exception, the place was magnificent. Metropol is a tiny, chic bar and ...

As one of Moscow’s most iconic buildings, the hotel - which was built at the beginning of the 20th century - holds many secrets and boasts brilliant examples of art nouveau. The place has also ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. For much of the war, arriving journalists found the famous dining room ...

At the direction of the Metropol's manager, a small team mounted a daring operation to save the restaurant's iconic neon sign A grainy image comes into focus. Shaky interlacing lines coalesce into the ...

For Mamoru Hayashi, the closure of Metropol – the Cantonese restaurant his family has run for the past 35 years in Hong Kong’s Admiralty area – on September 27 is not something he views with sadness.

The grand Metropol Hotel has stood at the center of Moscow life for more than a century, as a playground for the rich, and later the headquarters of a revolution. Most recently, it’s been re-invented ...