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Following much fanfare and anticipation, Charlie Palmer's esteemed flagship has chucked its longtime Upper East Side digs and hightailed it to the Bank of America tower in Bryant Park. And if the new, ultra-luxe space elicits a strange four-star déjà vu, no shock there: It's designed by the same guy behind four-starlets Per Se and Daniel. Exec chef Chris Lee (Gilt) reinterprets Aureole's signature New American flair with a range of dishes tailored to the restaurant's various nooks: at the Bar Room, more casual bites like halibut with sweet corn, potato gnocchi and pesto; at the formal Dining Room, dishes like a "scallop sandwich" with seared foie gras. Lee is also serving a "Parallel Tasting Menu" comprising three pairs of dishes that share common ingredients, plus twin desserts. It's an eight-course meal split into two! Or, as Jon and Kate Gosselin might call it, "The battleplan for our divorce settlement."

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