Raf's

"Raf’s is a scene—when I dine there late one Thursday night after seeing Killers of the Flower Moon , an actor who I will not name arrives with such an entourage and sense of joie de vivre in tow that the space transforms for the rest of the evening into a sort of relic of Parisian café society, with movement between tables as old friends exchange greetings (I later hear that this actor is making the restaurant his spot in part because his ex-husband frequents the bar next door.) The food, meanwhile, is Italian as well as French and fairly excellent, in particular the $30 chewy mafaldine with guanciale, cabbage, and parmigiano reggiano.— Charlie Hobbs, editorial assistant" - CNT Editors