New York Times 'Off the Menu': 53 Opening

This elaborate new contemporary Asian restaurant is a departure for Ahmass Fakahany’s Altamarea Group, known for Italian dining. Designed by ICRAVE and installed in the new Jean Nouvel-designed apartment tower, just west of the Museum of Modern Art, the restaurant has a dramatic cocktail lounge set under a series of half-dome slats on the ground floor. Beneath the lounge is the main dining room, covered by a roof with a continuation of the slats in a rainbow of colors.

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