The Trilby

Many New York dining observers think the restaurant space in The Cooper Square Hotel is cursed. First came LA chef Govind Armstrong’s Table 8. It lasted a year. Then Scott Conant moved in with Faustina. It didn’t last much longer. But now maybe there is a formula for success: enter The Trilby, a moody lounge-like restaurant serving late-night cocktails and European-accented comfort food. The...

Third go-round for Cooper Square Hotel, now dedicating sprawling interior acreage to casual posh sippage. Main space like a living room, with mix 'n' match couches, Oriental rugs, assorted tree stumps. Freddy Krueger-esque mural with dangling pocket watch ideal for late-night nightmare-seeding. Nosh into the wee hours on steamed PEI mussels, steak tartare, short rib sliders. Raw oysters for...