The Monarch Room (CLOSED)

Freemans alum Michael Citarella offers New American fare inside a bi-level 1930s warehouse, spruced up with upholstered leather banquettes, drum chandeliers and a 20-foot-long mahogany bar. Dishes include fried hen-of-the-woodsmushrooms, red-pepper gnocchi and halibut with golden beets, while a ten-person oyster bar serves a rotating selection of Northeast bivalves. Evelyn Drinkery cofounder Christian Sanders created the cocktail menu, featuring twisted classics like a Byrrh-wine-infused Negroni and a white-pepper-and-clove gimlet, while the wine list spotlights more than 500 bottles, including rare vintages.