The Gold Standard

For now, toss those Gucci silver horsebit loafers to the back of the closet.

2007 is all about gold.

Fashion Week gave us Jamie Mulholland’s (Cain) barely penetrable, gold skull bedecked Goldbar in Nolita. And, this Friday, the precious metal heads north with the opening of D’Or.

Meaning “of gold” in French, this new 4,000 square foot lounge adjacent to the Dream Hotel’s recently opened restaurant Amalia brightens up sleepy Midtown.

Greg Brier (Groove Jet, Aspen,) Vikram Chatwal (The Dream’s owner), and SLDesign (Marquee, Butter) have applied their respective Midas touches by imparting the ambiance of a “dilapidated Prague mansion.”

The 19th Century journey begins by entering down a ramp through an 1800’s carriage house affixed with a ghoulish Austrian crystal chandelier. Chocolate leather banquettes and perforated metal ceilings (custom designed with Fragonard’s Rococo paintings in mind) provide deep contrast to what else - a luminescent, gold-faced bar.

Arched doorways with sectioned off private dining galleries allow you to grab bites from Chef Ivy Stark’s (Amalia) menu.

Wash those down with house-infused eau de vies or a Bergamot Margarita, two liquid rewards for making it past the d’or.



D’Or at Amalia
204 West 55th Street (between 7th Avenue and Broadway)
Tel: (212) 245-1234
amalia-nyc.com