Flora Coffee, Flora Bar
The Met Breuer; 945 Madison Avenue (at 75th Street)
Opening in October
From the New York Times: The innovations of the chef Ignacio Mattos and his business partner, Thomas Carter, have defied expectations at their downtown restaurants, Estela and Café Altro Paradiso. Mr. Carter called the project “a little surreal,” unlike anything on the Upper East Side, with daring food and a different mood.