"Luxury fine dining" is yours at this "sophisticated" charmer in the Lincoln Center campus, where chef Jonathan Benno's "sumptuous" Modern Italian food arrives in a "dramatic", glass-walled, grass-roofed space; "impeccable" service, "serious mixology" and a "fascinating open kitchen" justify the "exorbitant" tabs, and followers say it's "worth the trip even if you're not going to the opera."
Undoubtedly the biggest opening of 2010, with former Per Se chef Jonathan Benno in the kitchen, but can this elegant newcomer at Lincoln Center compete with nearby Marea when it comes to Italian fine dining?