A brand-new restaurant just opened in New York's former power-lunching mecca - here's what it looks like inside
Along with drinks, oysters and caviar can be enjoyed inside The Lounge. The Pool Lounge is currently open from 5 p.m. til midnight, and the dining room is open til 11 p.m.
The cinnamon cocktail is made up of extra añejo tequila and grapefruit.
The tomato cocktail is made of vodka, elderflower, and lemon.
Here is the banana cocktail, which has reposado tequila and Amontillado sherry.
The Lounge takes separate reservations than The Pool and The Grill.
Its drink menu focuses on fruit-forward cocktails.
The Pool Lounge sits slightly above the dining room.
Other entree menu items include a Scottish salmon, Dover sole, and Portuguese turbot.
"Color, flavor, and lightness are key inspirations [for the menu]," Torrisi said. "I’ve learned as much as I can about every ingredient so I can understand how to serve it naked."
!["Color, flavor, and lightness are key inspirations [for the menu]," Torrisi said. "I’ve learned as much as I can about every ingredient so I can understand how to serve it naked."](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-59849616,width-700,height-525,imgsize-68360/color-flavor-and-lightness-are-key-inspirations-for-the-menu-torrisi-said-ive-learned-as-much-as-i-can-about-every-ingredient-so-i-can-understand-how-to-serve-it-naked-.jpg)
Whole fish can come broiled or slow-baked — here, the black bass.
Raw items like this chilled gazpacho salad appetizer are served in ice-filled, Georg Jensen bowls. This salad comes with lemon cucumbers, tristar strawberries, and seabeans.
"Everything we created for this menu is motivated by purity and simplicity," chef and partner Torrisi said in a press release.
The Pool's dining room is still centered around the Four Seasons' fountain, and the chain curtains have been kept and cleaned. New carpet was also laid. The hanging piece above the fountain is artist Alexander Calder's 1973 work, "3 Segments," which resembles an abstract fish in a nod to the seafood-focused menu.
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