It isn’t quite a frozen, or especially reminiscent of those childhood summer treats, but rather a kind of hybrid that doesn’t quite coalesce. It sounds like the bar’s most likely Instagram Thing, but like the decor, it only flirts with reaching over the top. The cocktail menu’s Stanford ($16) is described as a cosmo snow cone with vodka, triple sec, cranberry and lime. Some Instagram elements are present–a single wooden swing is fixed inside a small alcove–without veering into the Immersive Restaurant Experience zone.
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A pretty green bar with glass shelves and subtly colorful globe lights overhead is farther back. Down a few steps inside, a little pastel velvet-upholstered nook with room for about half-a-dozen is strewn with throw pillows. (O’Sullivan and Grace are from Ireland.) It’s quickly emerged as the immediate area’s best easy place to grab a drink and some good food.īilled as a bistro and bar, it has a strip of street and sidewalk seats outside. It's a departure from the trio’s previous Emerald Isle-inspired ventures.
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But in February, the area got a lovely new spot that looks and feels like it would be at home anywhere in town.Īll & Sundry, across from the big mall on 58th Street, follows Sophie Bruschi, Mike O’Sullivan and Danny Grace’s Irish pubs Harley’s in Clinton Hill and Grace’s in the West Village.
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Columbus Circle-right by Central Park and tons of commercial real estate, decently adjacent to theater and museums- isn’t any different. NYC tourist regions like Times Square, Grand Central and Bryant Park have plenty of restaurants to choose from, but few that capture that often intangible neighborhood-like quality.