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We weren't quite cool
enough to go to this joint for dinner or drinks, but brunch provided
us with a good sense of what this place might be like on a bustling
Saturday night, and boy what a scene it must be. Starting with the
15 video screens above the bar that show still images of patrons as
they push their way through the revolving door into the restaurant
all the way to the glowing glass bathrooms, this bar/restaurant is
a true architectural and visual marvel. One part Jetsons and two parts
modern art masterpiece, we would pay ten dollars for a beer just to
stand at the beautiful bar with its green/white opaque glass floor
to ceiling cabinet backdrop. Inside these cabinets lay the fuzzy outlines
of what must be very expensive bottles of wine and champagne. The
whole restaurant gives you the feeling that you have entered a space
ship or a funky futuristic fashion show (we can only imagine the label
whores who crowd the bar for late night Cosmos.) The food isn't cheap,
but is certainly tasty and plentiful. One surveyor claimed the eggs
benedict were the best she had ever tasted. The garlic and thyme roasted
chicken with truffle mashed potatoes was equally stupendous. Apparently
Brasserie was first opened in 1959, and closed in the 90s for five
years to be remodeled. The time was well spent, as we think this place
will be around for another long while. [MF]
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