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The Southern Invasion of NYC

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Alton Lane
This bespoke suit shop in the Flatiron district features all the amenities you’d expect from an old-school Southern clothier—tumblers of bourbon, clubby leather couches, and exceptional service—plus a futuristic twist: a walk-in computerized measurement system (imagine a high-tech photo booth) that creates a true-to-scale digital avatar for every client. Suits are customizable, and they arrive within three to four weeks. Best of all, the whole experience costs around $500. Showroom by appointment only. 1133 Broadway; altonlane.com
Beretta Gallery
Is it Southern? No. But if you need a beautiful over-and-under for a quail hunt, there’s no better place to go. 718 Madison Ave.; berettausa.com
F. M. Allen
Georgia native Tee Faircloth channels Teddy Roosevelt in colonial Africa at his Upper East Side storefront, which caters to every aspect of the adventure travel lifestyle. Pith helmets, linen safari garb, and stacks of crocodile bags share space with vintage leather trunks and antique furnishings. 962 Madison Ave.; 212-737-4374
Freemans Sporting Club
This self-proclaimed sutlery/barber/apothecary produces hand-tailored American-made menswear, including made-to-measure suits and jackets and jeans crafted with selvage denim. In the back, barbers offer traditional grooming services like cuts and shaves. Hungry? Check out FSC’s eponymous restaurant down the alley, where the idea for the shop was born. 8 Rivington St.; 212-673-3209
Hog Mountain
When Alabama transplant Jess Draper began longing for the Southern-style general stores of his youth—the type of place where Levi’s were sold next to toothbrushes and refrigerators—he decided to create his own. The result is this year-old Park Slope, Brooklyn, men’s shop, which defines itself as “the love child of L.L. Bean, Barneys New York, and your local hardware store.” 192 Fifth Ave.; hogmountainstore.com
Rag & Bone
The new SoHo shop from British design duo Marcus Wainwright and David Neville blends the tailoring of Savile Row with the craftsmanship of American workwear. The quality-obsessed founders learned about jeans-making from Kentucky artisans, pattern makers, and seamstresses at a now-defunct Kentucky denim factory. 119 Mercer St.; rag-bone.com
Treillage Ltd.
Bunny Williams’s Upper East Side boutiques are as stylishly cultivated as the decorator’s famously well-turned-out homes. The original East 75th Street location features haute-gardening staples like antique benches and woven wicker planters, while the smaller Lexington Avenue outpost, which opened in late 2008, offers home furnishings and affordable gift options. 1015 Lexington Ave.; 212-988-8800; 418 East 75th St.; treillageonline.com
See & Do
Big Apple BBQ Block Party
Early each June, meat eaters descend on Madison Square Park for Danny Meyer’s weekend-long tribute to Southern barbecue. Festivities officially begin Saturday morning, but the smoke masters start cooking on Friday, and their overnight carousing has become a kind of family reunion. In the event’s first year, there were just five vendors. This summer, Meyer expects around fifteen. If you love ribs from St. Louis, pulled pork from Mitchell’s in North Carolina, or brisket from the Salt Lick in Austin, Texas, you don’t want to miss this event. bigapplebbq.org
Shootin’ & Drinkin’
Urban Escapes, a new Manhattan-based travel outfit, took a play straight out of the Southern outdoorsman’s handbook by arranging a new trip to the Hudson Valley. The day starts with a two-hour lesson on clay shooting, followed by a tasting of artisanal vodkas and whiskeys at Tuthilltown Distillery in nearby Gardiner, New York. 150 E. 58th St.; urbanescapesnyc.com
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