Andy Battaglia

Brooklyn, N.Y., chef Justin Warner blends the upscale and ordinary in 'fine diving' menu items. This article ran in the Dec. 17, 2012, issue of NRN. Subscribe today. 

New York favorite thrives on continuous reinvention

Operators turn down the lights, turn up the flavors for late-night guests

Restaurant chains cultivate curiosity, bulk up sales with indulgent offerings

Serving familiar, satisfying food lures diners during good and bad economic times

Avant-garde presentation sets stage 
for dramatic dishes, resilient ringmaster

For better or worse, a menu can be said to be very highly focused when one of its crafters speaks, without the slightest hint of irony, of an elusive search for “nonfried options” to add to its list of offerings. Such...