Curry-Ya is about as wide as a subway car, a bright white box of a restaurant with a long marble counter, 14 stools and 9 kinds of Japanese curry.
High copper-topped table and marble bars and bar stools have replaced starched linen tablecloths.
Tall bar stools surrounding marble tables are always packed outside on the terrace, and the owners, Emilio and Riccardo, will guide you through their ever-changing selection of more than 40 different wines served by the glass.
Just across the hall from Acqua is 14-Thirty-Five, a handsome bar with upholstered bar stools and marble floors, a good-size carpeted area with tables and a black baby grand that looks as if it's waiting for Michael Feinstein to arrive.
Napa & Co. 275 Summer Street Stamford (203) 353-3319 EXCELLENT THE SPACE High-ceilinged dining room, airy by day, softly lighted at night, with well-spaced tables, wood floor, modern chandelier and a bar at one end with stools, marble-topped tables and a wall of wine bottles.
I can still remember the slippery grey marble tiles, the black vinyl stools, the benches surrounding the dance floor and the narrow staircase that descended into the club's dark and cold basement, which at the time felt like a metaphor for coming out in Romania.
Openings Rick Owens, creator of many a post-apocalyptic runway look, will have several pieces of furniture, including a chair made of ox bone and white marble and a stag antler stool, on view as part of the "Memory Ware" group show at Salon 94.
THE BAR Full bar with marble top, a half-dozen stools and a few high tables.
The two lovers sat on two stools at the marble bar in Monster, a place in the West Village.
Customers order at the counter, with indoor seating available at a white marble communal table with 12 stools; weather permitting, there are cafe tables in the walkway.
