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Always at The Carlyle

Bemelmans Bar is really unique and I don't know of any similarly decorated bars, with the...

Anthony Bourdain: Bemelmans Bar is really unique and I don't know of any similarly decorated bars, with the kind of personal history, that this place has. It is the last place where you can see a public installation of the works of Ludwig Bamelmans. There's no where else! This is it. Above and beyond the fact that you can see "Madeline" on the wall and how beloved Bemelmans characters from those books are, there is much, much more to Bemelmans - much more - than the "Madeline" books

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Bourdain Bemelmans Bar is really unique
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And I don't know of any similarly decorated bars
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with the kind of personal history
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that this place has
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It is the last place where you can see
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a public installation of the works of Ludwig Bemelmans
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There's nowhere else This is it
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Above and beyond the fact that you could see Madeline
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on the wall and how beloved Bemelmans' characters
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from those books are there is much much more
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to Bemelmans much more than the Madeline books
Duration
39 seconds
Views
346
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:19
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Quixotic Endeavors,Good Deed Entertainment

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Movie Summary

The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet-set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.
It is the last place where you can see - Always at The Carlyle 00:08
It is the last place where you can see
Above and beyond the fact that you could see Madeline - Always at The Carlyle 00:16
Above and beyond the fact that you could see Madeline
I really spent most of my time - Always at The Carlyle 00:12
I really spent most of my time
He loved my dad, and he just painted a double, - Always at The Carlyle 00:05
He loved my dad, and he just painted a double,
Right here. Here. Right here. - Always at The Carlyle 00:04
Right here. Here. Right here.
With a nanny, and we had a really strict governess-- - Always at The Carlyle 00:07
With a nanny, and we had a really strict governess--
He was here like in 1947, and we were about two or three. - Always at The Carlyle 00:04
He was here like in 1947, and we were about two or three.
So, pop was an artist also, you know, fundamentally, - Always at The Carlyle 00:21
So, pop was an artist also, you know, fundamentally,
-[laughs] -[crowd chattering] - Always at The Carlyle 00:10
-[laughs] -[crowd chattering]
They take you to a place and a time, you know, - Always at The Carlyle 00:06
They take you to a place and a time, you know,
Long gone but still connected to this hotel. - Always at The Carlyle 00:04
Long gone but still connected to this hotel.
I mean, those were the days - Always at The Carlyle 00:04
I mean, those were the days
So, you really do see how it's playful - Always at The Carlyle 00:10
So, you really do see how it's playful
In fact I made a film that is set in a hotel - Always at The Carlyle 00:10
In fact I made a film that is set in a hotel
I love when Bemelmans has his own facial image - Always at The Carlyle 00:09
I love when Bemelmans has his own facial image
I don't know what he looks like, - Always at The Carlyle 00:09
I don't know what he looks like,
Yeah, I gotta-- I've drawn about... - Always at The Carlyle 00:05
Yeah, I gotta-- I've drawn about...
I've been here for the last 28 years. - Always at The Carlyle 00:05
I've been here for the last 28 years.
This is actually-- that was my first job, - Always at The Carlyle 00:05
This is actually-- that was my first job,
And my best tip I got in this place was amazing. - Always at The Carlyle 00:05
And my best tip I got in this place was amazing.