BARS • First Round It was 5p on opening night at The Portrait Bar — down a narrow hallway behind the check-in desk at the Fifth Avenue Hotel — and the minor traffic jam at the host stand brought to mind how hard a table this jewel-box of a cocktail lounge would be in very short order. (Indeed, as of this writing, the next available reservation is Sunday at 1030p.)
All the pretty faces
All the pretty faces
All the pretty faces
BARS • First Round It was 5p on opening night at The Portrait Bar — down a narrow hallway behind the check-in desk at the Fifth Avenue Hotel — and the minor traffic jam at the host stand brought to mind how hard a table this jewel-box of a cocktail lounge would be in very short order. (Indeed, as of this writing, the next available reservation is Sunday at 1030p.)