Saturday, October 18, 2008

The guy who decorated the new bar in edgy Alphabet City


The real estate section in the Post this week includes a profile of renowned interior designer Carleton Varney. He designed the fancy new cocktail lounge Ella, 9 Ave. A, in the Lower East Village -- as its owners refer to the area -- that serves $12 cocktails. (Reservations are referral only.) Here's a passage from the Post:

Later, down in edgy Alphabet City, a rather different crowd raised the roof at the public unveiling of Varney's latest design project, a duplex cocktail lounge and piano bar called Ella.

At first glance, Varney, 69, hardly seems an obvious choice to decorate a bar on Avenue A. As chronicled in "Houses in My Heart," the designer built his considerable reputation working in far more upscale enclaves.



Previously on EV Grieve:
New bar on Avenue A has pianos, fancy drinks and referral-only reservations
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1 comment:

  1. JillOctober 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM

    Wasn't it just last week that the EV was the hottest thing around? Now it's nasty and edgy? Really, how opinions have turned so quickly now that we have entered the depression era. Somebody somewhere must be eating a hat.

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