Le Bar Penelope

Le Bar Penelope is an intoxicating escape designed by Genevieve Lake that transports guests into a world of refined decadence nestled just off Madison Avenue in Manhattan's Lenox Hill neighborhood. The 3,000-square-foot lounge captivates with custom furnishings, hand-blown Italian glass fixtures, and whimsical surrealist murals-a jewel-toned dreamscape anchored by an original stained-glass skylight uncovered during renovations that gleams like a relic from the Gilded Age. The culinary experience is equally transportive, beginning with European-inspired lounge offerings like caviar pizza and lobster and caviar rolls, then evolving into Miss Penelope's Chinese Kitchen by nightfall, where silky dumplings and miso-glazed sea bass deliver unexpected sophistication. Paired with expertly crafted cocktails-from the seductive *Fire Before Smoke* to the mysterious *Penelope's Secret*-and an abundant champagne selection, every evening unfolds as an enchanted evening of sophisticated indulgence.