Meet some of the dishware designers, lighting consultants, playlist curators, and uniform designers quietly dictating what “cool” restaurants feel like.
Art collector Andre Sakhai and his Spicy Hospitality group are turning Miami into the launchpad for a fast-growing, blue chip art-filled restaurant empire, with New York and Los Angeles next.
Once a corporate afterthought, now a pillar, private dining rooms have become New York’s most coveted tables—prized by diners for their privacy and exclusivity, and increasingly vital to restaurants’ bottom lines.
With AI hollowing out entry-level white-collar jobs and scrambling the corporate career path, one restaurant owner wonders if the disruption carries a silver lining.
When the former Vanity Fair editor and AIR MAIL cofounder took over the Waverly Inn, his ambition was simple: reinvent a Village classic just enough to create a new one. As the Waverly celebrates 20 years under his watch, he looks back at how it began.
The restaurateur behind Cote and Coqodaq built his success by pairing exacting craft with electric atmosphere. His next move is his biggest yet: a three-restaurant destination inside Midtown’s landmark 550 Madison Avenue.
