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The Plaza Hotel's Oak Room Relaunches March 18th

World renowned restaurant The Oak Room at New York City's Plaza Hotel is reopening March 18th with a brand new chef, Eric Hara (right).

The legendary Oak Room has an all new menu planned, featuring classic and modern American cuisine at "prices that are appropriate for today's economy." Entrees will run from just $22 - $35.

Eric Hara was most recently executive chef of David Burke Townhouse and Fishtail.

The Oak Room and adjacent Oak Bar have been redesigned by architect Annabelle Selldorf, bringing contemporary flourishes to the historic space which first opened in 1907. Be sure and visit the new Oak Room next time you are in New York!

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An Art Collector At The Plaza, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

I had to show you this one as much for the furniture and art as for the apartment itself. This three-bedroom unit at New York City's famous Plaza hotel is full of some of the trendiest modern pieces of furniture and art around. Philippe Starck Ghost chairs and a Kate Moss portrait by Chuck Close, are just some of the treasures in this apartment. In fact the decor The apartment itself has great light and high ceilings and in its current incarnation is basically a large white box for the display of the owner's treasures. The apartment includes a foyer, library, modest kitchen, and baths with custom tile-work with marble mosaic floors modeled after the historic Plaza lobbies. An updated home in a New York City landmark, this apartment is listed at $13.75 million.

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Gallery: Art at the Plaza

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The $2,500 Cognac Shot, or $80,000 for the Whole Bottle

by Lisa Palladino (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

A nice one-bedroom apartment in NYC rents for about $2,500/month. And for that same price you can get a shot -- yes, just a taste -- of Louis XIII Black Pearl Magnum cognac, a limited edition, natch, kept in a glass case and then offered exclusively at NYC's Rose Club at the Plaza hotel. The spirit, produced by Remy Martin, cannot be sampled anywhere else in the State of New York. The bottle, designed by Baccarat and hand-blown from black crystal, has not yet been uncorked since it was introduced in June. A recent Rose Club patron asked if he could buy the entire bottle, one of only 358 in the world. Rose Club manager Anthony Evangelista turned him down, and the man left without even tasting it. There are about 32 pours in the 1.75 liter bottle, meaning that the decanter contains $80,000 worth of cognac.

[Via New York Daily News]

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