One maître d' told me that when he worked at one of those extremely swanky West End establishments that ooze old money and timeless sophistication, the staff partied like crazy, and were frequently caught on the restaurant's CCTV getting up to no good.
Sherwood House is trying, Dr. Smithen said, "to be a boutique-style vineyard that sells a limited quantity of high-quality wine" through direct marketing, to a list of several hundred people and, mainly, to Manhattan restaurants and stores but also East End establishments.
Madness, for such a high-end establishment – but it works.
Mr. Vongerichten bemoaned the high cost of running a high-end establishment.
In 1982, Walter Bailey declared bankruptcy and stood by helplessly as his high-end establishment became a brothel.
The Turnberry hotel has always been a high-end establishment and we see very little of it.
When you are not recognized in an upper-end establishment, you are overlooked until someone recognizes you.
NORTH END GRILL Finding a few minutes in a frenetic schedule of Shake Shack openings, Danny Meyer and his restaurant group are adding this higher-end establishment to the portfolio.
Here it was, then, a dish of pasta called strozzapreti, fragrant with basil and garlic and pine nuts, prepared by the chef Jonathan Benno for a menu tasting before the opening of his new high-end establishment, Lincoln.
