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Monday, November 30, 2009
First look at R2L

R2L — Daniel Stern’s contemporary American restaurant on the 37th floor of Two Liberty Place (50 S. 16th St., 215-564-5337)  — opens Jan. 21, during Restaurant Week.
 
But for you ... here's a sneak peek at what will be the highest public restaurant* in the city.

Among the features:

Fourteen sumptuous banquettes with window seats for spectacular but not vertigo-inducing south and west views.

A hanging sculpture of cutlery by Ali Ahmad (based on Stern's concept) that catches the setting sun. 

The open kitchen is enormous. There’s a similarly spacious pastry kitchen, with a window, for pastry chef Peter Scarola, who won raves at the Inn at St. Peter’s Village.

Menu follows; it starts Feb. 2 after Restaurant Week.

* Higher but private: The Pyramid Club on the 52d floor of Mellon Bank Center and Ralph's Cafe on the 43d and 44th floors of the Comcast Center.


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Posted by Michael Klein @ 3:13 PM  Permalink | File Under: TableTalk | 4 comments
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Posted 04:15 PM, 11/30/2009
Jeff
Ms. Lou has good taste. I have had Peter Scarola's desserts at the Inn at St. Peter's Village and they were spectacular. I may have found my New Year's party.
Posted 09:21 PM, 11/30/2009
Sam Adams
Weak. and those oysters look nasty.
Posted 09:28 AM, 12/01/2009
philly57
looks like a nice restaurant, except for that name. it's so corporate and cold.
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Michael Klein chronicles local people, places and things (in easy-to-digest portions) three days a week in his Inquirer column "INQlings." He also covers the restaurant scene in his Thursday Food column, "Table Talk." See his work at http://is.gd/5Ozz7
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