New York City is a food lover's paradise and its thriving restaurant scene presents unique challenges, not only to the chefs preparing the food, but also to the designers and architects responsible for creating the ambience considered so much a part of the dining experience. Design professionals must find inventive ways to create environments that enhance but do not overwhelm the food. This selection of innovatively designed restaurant interiors, copiously illustrated with over 100 color photographs, serves as a guide to the hippest, hottest dining spots In New York and is one of four titles in teNeues' new Cool Restaurant series Text in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian. 2d edition