Catherine and Rachel Allswang's restaurant is French fancy-casual, with an airiness befitting Bushwick.
The food is French fancy-casual, with an airiness befitting Bushwick; that is, there is space between tables.
The fancy-casual flagship of Danny Meyer's empire, opened in 1985 which led the way for a hit parade of restaurants including Gramercy Tavern, the Modern, Blue Smoke, North End Grill, Untitled, Shake Shack, and, for a time, Eleven Madison Park closed at the end of 2015, because of an untenable rent hike, with a promise to reopen within a year.
And perfect was certainly the impression Valentino hoped to give when he received me one morning last week in his Fifth Avenue apartment, whose decorator style, by Peter Marino -- French commodes, oil paintings, object upon object, all surrounded by yards of brown silk gingham on the walls -- might be summed up as Continental fancy-casual.
The fancy-casual flagship of Danny Meyer's empire, opened in 1985 — which led the way for a hit parade of restaurants including Gramercy Tavern, the Modern, Blue Smoke, North End Grill, Untitled, Shake Shack, and, for a time, Eleven Madison Park — closed at the end of 2015, because of an untenable rent hike, with a promise to reopen within a year.
This fancy-casual, diamonds and jumpsuit vibe is going to be our entire 2019 energy.
But looking around Le Philosophe, a fancy but casual new restaurant in NoHo, you'd have no idea what food it serves — a contemporary take on Appalachian barbecue, maybe, or upscale ramen?
Wear fancy but casual clothes.
Be fancy or casual, and both!
Light sweaters (One fancy, one casual).
