My friends' flat is a chic, high-up place overlooking Granville Island.

"But this has been one of the biggest differences in the last couple of years: We've gone from almost underground to the hip, chic place to be."

I shall treat myself to tea at that chic little place where they have those delicious chocolate cakes.

(70 Reef Road; 203-254-2070), a bistro with all the insouciance of a chic place in France.

"They brought me to a restaurant on the Avenue Montaigne, which was then not a chic place," he recalled.

Broome is already said to be the most chic little place in Australia that one can visit.

"It's the new chic place where everyone goes to shop," said Jeanne Yang, a fashion stylist.

Despite the run-down look this is a chic place, and the entrance is guarded by doormen.

Can Tem is a 17th century townhouse tastefully converted to create a chic, atmospheric place to stay.

You can tell what a chic place it is by the name: "Restaurant."