Someone can also serve you a steak with romesco and taleggio sauce for dinner before that domestic flight. An egg sandwich is swaddled in Provolone cheese and tomato marmalade between brioche. The dishes here look more like what you’d find at the acclaimed chef’s trendy restaurants than the buffet-style setups common at most lounges. Photograph: American ExpressĪs for the food, Mattos developed a menu for the speakeasy and lounge. A wine menu includes selections from local vineyards across the state, including the Finger Lakes. There are also cocktails that pay homage to some of New York’s most beloved bars, including the Cosmonot (a play on the Cosmo) from the late Sasha Petraske’s seminal Milk & Honey in the Lower East Side. The “1850” speakeasy, which is named after the year American Express launched and is located behind a copper-paneled wall for a Prohibition-like vibe, features a drinks menu where Meehan riffs on classics like the espresso martini and boulevardier. American Express is opening a 15,000-square-foot Centurion Lounge-the largest one in the world-at JFK’s Terminal 4 in the coming days with two notable names among New York’s best restaurants and bars : chef Iganacio Mattos (Estela, Café Altro Paradiso and Flora Bar) and bartender Jim Meehan (of PDT fame-you know, that tiny bar in the East Village you enter through a phone booth). JFK will soon be home to the only exclusive New York City speakeasy to begin serving cocktails starting at 10:30 in the morning.īut like any true clandestine watering hole, not everyone will have access.
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