This Matthew Kenney is the one who signed his name to glib, facile hot spots like Canteen, which he has left, and Commune -- restaurants where the design came first, the scientifically planned parties second and the food third, at best.
On a recent Saturday night, Ann Dexter-Jones, a writer married to Mick Jones, the lead guitarist of the rock group Foreigner, reserved a room at Commune, a restaurant that opens today in the Flatiron district.
Commune, a new restaurant in the Flatiron district, is set to open in April with a 28-foot all-leather bar.
You want me to sing?" Correction: May 16, 2000, Tuesday An article in Sunday Styles this week about the popularity of Commune, a new restaurant on East 22nd Street in Manhattan, misspelled the surname of an MTV news anchor who dined there recently.
Communal sinks outside the men's and women's rooms are part of the scene at restaurants like Commune.
David Schefer, the project's designer, whose portfolio includes restaurants like Commune and Fred's at Barney's, will shield the lobby's windows with heavy wood blinds, and line its narrow passageway with a full-wall photo of palmetto trees.
My once-quiet, broad, tree-lined stretch of East 22nd Street, in the shadow of the Flatiron Building, has become hot hot hot -- ever since a restaurant called Commune opened last month.
In this impressive biography, Adams chronicles how, in the first half of the 20th century, Macfadden opened some of the country's original health food restaurants and communes, assembled early bodybuilding shows, and built a $30 million magazine empire.
The area is known for its wealth of dining options, but around the Giannola buildings, restaurants and places to commune are few and far between.
Mark Wood, the owner of Canteen in SoHo and Commune in the Flatiron district, two restaurants known more for their scenes than their kitchens, has noticed a wind shift on Tuesday nights, typically a big night out for Wall Streeters.
COMMUNE is really a story of two restaurants.
