Casa Lever

Casa Lever, a sleek Italian restaurant in Midtown, houses 32 of Warhol's iconic silkscreen portraits, including well-known faces like Judy Garland, Aretha Franklin, and Alfred Hitchcock. The Warhols have been replaced by works by Damien Hirst, a British artist. Since the Majority of Me Rejects the Majority of You, a glossy, butterfly-filled masterpiece, can be found in the private dining room. Then there's Denatonium Benzoate, a hypnotic white canvas with colorful polka dots. This restaurant is an odd fit for the space, filling designer Marc Newson's hermetic honeycomb with the bizarreness of a trattoria opening in the Guggenheim.

Mario Danieli, their chef, has worked at Sant Ambroeus for many years. His presentations are more precise than those of the other members of the group. Petite slivers of sashimi-grade mackerel are served with smoked salt and lemon puree. The Vitello tonnato is tender and pink here, folded like petals around a raft of whipped tuna mayo. A delicate carpaccio of pristine wild salmon is topped with a salad of shaved mushrooms and raw brussels sprouts. Casa Lever keeps the tradition alive with a striated Limone cake layering white chocolate mousse, lemon curd, and raspberry gele, and a sort of upmarket Kit Kat with gianduia mousse and a praline crunch under a whisper-thin chocolate shell.

Detailed Information:
Address: 390 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA
Phone Number: +1 212-888-2700
Website: casalever.com
Open hours: Mon-Fri: 12:00–22:00