Town Restaurant is not only one of the best restaurants in the Big Apple, but also an amazing cocktail bar, thanks to the work of its "bar chef" Albert Trummer.

Finding Town is quite difficult, maybe because of its curiously generic name. Unless you're a customer at the new Chambers Hotel, in the rear of which the restaurant's hidden, you might never find it exists.

TriBeCa and the Chambers Hotel
TriBeCa, like SoHo, is another neighborhood with an acronym, (the Triangle Below Canal Street) and in the last couple of years it has become one of the hippest places in New York. The area is full of trendy boutiques, art galleries and fashionable restaurants, while on the other hand Canal Street, which marks TriBeCa's northern boundary, is a bustling casbah of bargain retail outlets. Nightlife in this neighborhood is kicking: you only have to enter one of the many bars, after sunset, to understand why TriBeCa is probably the city's hottest hood.

The Chambers Hotel, opened its door last year in TriBeCa. Its interiors reminds of an art gallery and the whole hotel is a sort of "living museum" designed by architect David Rockwell to recreate the experience of staying in a collector's private townhouse. Every room and suite is decorated with the works (photographs, paintings, installations) of a hundred emerging artists.

The Town restaurant and cocktail bar
The bar's interior, in gray-scale color scheme, have a more sober design then the hotel rooms: the chairs are comfortable and the atmosphere is quiet, perfect for a relaxing evening.
Albert Trummer, beverage director at Town, is one of the most famous bar chefs in New York: his imaginatively prepared cocktails are certailnly worth a visit at the Town, and some of them are now famous, like the Truffle Martini, or the Town Absinthe: this particular drink is a flaming cocktail, and watching Mr Trummer preparing it is like watching a stage event. Moreover Trummer often uses strange or unusual ingredients to prepare its concoctions, and that's why drinking at the Town is a really unique experience.
The food too, is colorful and original and chef Geoffrey Zakarian's style is unique. Every dish on the menu is intricately thought out. Moreover the food, served by friendly and efficient staff, is paired with excellent wines, that enhance the flavours of Mr. Zakarian's dishes: from escargots and truffles risotto, to carpaccio with bracing blood oranges and mint, or the light and delicate desserts, the chef's imagination seem to have no limit.
Finally, if you're in New York and looking for a way to make your evening a total celebration, then you should better not miss the chance to book a room at the Chambers Hotel and spending the evening at Town for dinner and cocktails.