It’s so new, this 9-table, village restaurant that its website features only a menu and an address. It’s so stylish that even these two offerings are presented, color blocked, in an attention-holding way. Or maybe, I considered, as I saw the home page photo change with each login, the evanescent presentation of MIMI is intentional. After all, the restaurant is named for their grandmother, and I doubt her life could be evoked if put in a box with a drop down menu. She was obviously, herself, a woman of style.
One week in and the graceful bar’s stainless steal surface is still scratch-free (the bartender swears by a nightly light steel wool buff followed by a vinegar wash and an olive oil polish). It’s a pleasant place to sit and share a glass – the white bordeaux is delicious – and chat with one of the young owners. If at one of the 9 small tables (which I think would be great pushed together and taken as a whole for a group of friends), you are offered a menu of french classics. Easy. Delicious.
185 Sullivan Street.
Tim and Kit Kemp, founders of Firmdale Hotels, have just opened their second NY property at 18 West 56th Street, 2 blocks from Central Park and steps away from great shops, restaurants and museums. The Whitby is as stylish as their downtown Crosby Street Hotel - in fact, I prefer it, finding the public spaces warmly inviting and the top floor 2-bedroom suite with furnished terraces divine. All the comfortably spacious rooms are flooded with light and delight with the choice of art, fabrics and attention to detail. Each room is unique and so, if you come and go with regular frequency, try them all until you find the one that perfectly suits!
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