Openings

First Look at the Crosby Bar, Serving Esoteric Cocktails

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At the Crosby Bar, “you can eat or drink anywhere in the high-ceilinged space, at any hour of day, from a gluten-free breakfast of organic barley with stone-fruit compote to a proper English tea,” explain Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld in the magazine this week. The multipurpose restaurant-lounge for the new Crosby Street hotel — the first U.S. venture from Britain’s Firmdale Hotels — will also have old- and new-fashioned cocktails. Click through the slideshow to scope out the cavernous, carnival-bright design.

Opening: The Crosby Bar [NYM]

The Crosby Bar, 79 Crosby St., nr. Prince St.; 212-226-6400

Update: Head Bartender Marshall Altier Checks Out of Crosby Street Hotel

First Look at the Crosby Bar, Serving Esoteric Cocktails