Antonina in the press
Antonina Pattiz writes New York Dearest, and more than ten million readers have used her guides. She goes everywhere herself. Pitch her a place, or ask her for a quote.
- 10M+readers of her guides
- 2,000+places she’s been
- 15,000+of her photographs
- 250+lists in The Best of New York
Pitch Antonina
For PR agencies and the places they representA new opening, a new menu, a chef’s arrival, a hotel’s first season, an exhibition, a holiday pop-up. If it’s new in New York and worth the trip, she wants to hear about it early.
What she covers
- Restaurants and bars, from openings to institutions
- Hotels and places to stay
- Museums, shows and culture
- The holidays, from the windows to the markets
- Seasonal events and pop-ups
- Neighborhoods worth the trip
What gets a yes
- An invitation beats a press release.
- Early and specific. The date, the menu, the one thing that’s different.
- Something worth seeing. She shoots her own photographs, so a visit goes further than a folder of images.
- Hosted visits are welcome. They’re always disclosed.
Where it can land
Nobody pays to be on a list, and a paid pitch gets a polite no.
When to pitch
Her editorial calendar- November to January
The holidays
Pitch by early October
- March to May
Spring
Pitch by January
- June to August
Summer
Pitch by April
- September to November
Fall
Pitch by July
- Any time
Openings
The week you set a date
Already on one of her lists?
The sealEvery place on a New York Dearest best list can show the seal, on a website, a menu or a window. Each list page carries the seal with its own embed code at the foot. The list is dated, so the seal says the year. Nobody pays for it, and nobody can.
Interview Antonina
Quotes, interviews, segmentsWhere to eat, where to stay, what’s worth the line and what isn’t.
About Antonina
For your profileAntonina Pattiz always knew where she wanted to end up. “I’ve always dreamed of living in New York (this is no secret, everyone in my inner circle knew that about me).”
She started writing professionally in 2018. Two years later she left her office job to write full time, and that spring she moved to New York. She’s been writing about the city ever since.
New York Dearest is where all of it comes together, the writing, the photography, the food, the culture and the corners most visitors walk right past. Her New York runs from the best tables in the city to a bagel counter on the Upper West Side.
More than ten million readers have used her guides. Nobody can pay to be on New York Dearest. That’s the whole point.
“Five years on, still feels like a dream.”Antonina, on New York, in 2025
Her bio to copy
Three lengthsAntonina Pattiz writes and photographs New York Dearest.
Antonina Pattiz is a New York City writer and photographer and the founder of New York Dearest. She’s written professionally since 2018, and more than ten million readers have used her guides.
Antonina Pattiz is a New York City writer and photographer and the founder of New York Dearest. She’s written professionally since 2018, and more than ten million readers have used her guides. In 2020 she left her office job to write full time and moved to New York, the city she’d dreamed about for as long as she can remember. Her New York runs from the best tables in the city to the corners most visitors walk right past. Nobody can pay to appear.
Photographs for your story
Credit Antonina Pattiz / New York DearestEvery photograph on the site is hers unless the caption says otherwise, and any of them is cleared for editorial use with the credit. Need a different frame or a larger file? Ask the desk. Download the wordmark.
Antonina
- On the vintage subwayDownload, 1800 × 1202
- At the MetDownload, 1202 × 1800
- Sheep Meadow, Central ParkDownload, 1800 × 1202
- ChinatownDownload, 1202 × 1800
Her New York
Contact the press desk
One addressHalden Reed handles media relations for New York Dearest. Every note is read, and anything that needs Antonina reaches her. Put the opening or your deadline in the subject line.
Email the press deskInstagram, @antoninapattiz
Readers with a correction can use the ask page, which gets to her faster.
- Agencies: the invitation, the dates and one line on what’s new.
- Journalists and producers: what you need and your deadline.
- Hosted visits: the dates on offer and what’s included. They’re always disclosed.