New Brooklyn hotel draws locals with restaurant-bakery

Twelve years ago, an Ace Hotel opened near Madison Square Park and became not only a trendy place to stay for out-of-towners, but also a destination for New Yorkers, who packed the aggressively hip lobby for cocktails and art openings, dined on massive plates of meat at the Breslin, and got amped for the city’s first Stumptown. Gothamist