She’ll Show You To Your Table, and To Your Duchamp
Gabrielle Buffong moved to New York to work in fine art. Through an illustrious hosting career at institutions like The Polo Bar, Metrograph, Frenchette, and now Wild Cherry, she’s been able to do just that.
“When Tony started, there were ten years between Kitchen Confidential and when his show became a major cultural force. Now your show has to work in year one.”
Every Thursday, the Estonian House, a members club on East 34th Street, welcomes non-members for dinner—complete with Soviet-era home cooking, Estonian vodka, and a choir rehearsing upstairs.
A Maximalist Florence import lands in Chinatown with confessionals, gnomes, and a bat-phone guest list, rejecting quiet luxury in favor of absurdist excess.
As diners drink less alcohol, restaurants are turning to high-end water programs—complete with sommeliers, pairings, and $100 bottles—to make up the difference.
Annie Armstrong reports from Paris fashion week, with stops at legendary cookware shop E. Dehillerin, Mashama Bailey’s new Left Bank restaurant, and a visit with famed chocolatier Jacques Genin.
