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With room names like “The Salon,” “Card Room” and “Garden,” you probably think you’re stepping into a stately English manor—or at least a delirious version spewed out by Nolita with leather banquettes, luxe cocktails and small plates, all jiggered up into a darkly cool restaurant-lounge. “We looked back to the gentleman’s club from London to capture the essence of that," says co-owner Jeff Mancini, "and then added a touch of punk rock." (Check out the macabre skull lamps designed by Mancini himself, which give Indiana Jones’ crystal skulls a run for it.) Two former Country chefs collaborated on a small-plates menu plastered with globe-trotting noshes like lamb with hummus, watermelon salad with feta, and fish-and-chips. If the weather’s nice, order up the Midnight Tea (Earl Grey–infused Plymouth Gin with agave, lemon and egg white) and make a beeline for the Garden out back: The stone fountain and retractable roof should keep the gawk factor high in between swigs.

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