New York Post Hitching his Starr to artwork

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For restaurateur Stephen Starr, fine dining goes hand in hand with fine art.
Starr — best known for Asian hot spots Buddakan and Morimoto — is expanding his string of upscale museum eateries with the opening this month of Serai, a Himalayan-themed eatery at the Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea at 150 W. 17th St.
Serai, under executive chef Ali Loukzada, refers to the overnight stopovers for caravans on trade routes, where travelers could eat, drink and purchase goods.
The museum is dedicated to the art of the Himalayas and India. The restaurant was inspired by Loukzada’s Indian roots. The menu, for instance, will include seasonal samosa, sausage bao bun and shahi chicken korma.

 

Serai transforms into the K2Lounge with a DJ on Friday evenings. A Pan-Asian tapas menu, along with a martini and wine bar, is available during evening gallery tours, concerts and film screenings, along with a Wednesday Himalayan Happy Hour.
Starr Events also is the exclusive caterer to the museum.
Starr, who followed fellow restaurateur Danny Meyer in mixing the world of fine art and dining, also operates eateries at the NewYork Historical Society and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Meyer has Untitled at the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Modern and its Bar Room at the Museum of Modern Art.


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