Who says you have to go all the way to the Italian and French Riviera in order to experience its cuisine? Well you don’t have to and soon enough Chef/Owner Michael White along with the successful Altamarea Group, who will save you all that dough on airfare, suggests you come straight to their new restaurant Ai Fiori on the second floor of the gorgeous and extravagant Setai Hotel Fifth Ave and blow it there. Michael White, who knows his way around an Italian Kitchen and who reigns behind Convivio, Alto and the newish Osteria Morini on the Lower East Side, has hired Chefs, Pastry Chef’s, Beverage experts, Bar connoisseurs and General Manager aficionados from the best of the very best; Morimoto, Eleven Madison Park, Tailor, Del Posto, Babbo and Jean Georges, and plan on making this new high- end hot spot worth the dough you’re saving from your flight to the Riviera. www.setaififthavenue.com
Can’t wait to try that one in the spring when I come back for a log visit!!!
ATE THERE LAST NIGHT AND HAD A SUPERB MEAL, THE SERVICE AND PRESENTATION IS TOP DRAWER. IT WAS THE BEST DOVER SOLE I HAVE HAD IN A LONG TIME, WE WILL GO BACK THERE FOR SURE.