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What can we say about Miami’s LPM Restaurant & Bar that we haven’t said before? According to our team down in South Beach, the European import is well known about town, starting with its warm welcome of “plump tomatoes” always fresh on the table, readily available for the slicing, followed up by its “parade of seafood,” be it “raw, grilled, pan-fried or delicately baked en papillote.” Oh, and the cocktail of the evening? It goes to the Tomatini that’s always “subtly savory, refreshing and bright.” But why am I telling this to you, dear reader, who is likely reading this from within the state lines of New York? Because the Mediterranean restaurant is coming our way for a two-day stretch, that’s why.
That’s right, LPM Restaurant & Bar will be taking over Accademia Dante for a limited time this May. For only two days, May 19 to May 20 from 8pm to 11pm, the restaurant will bring its French Riviera-like vibes to the aperitivo bar. Naturally, the Tomatini cocktail will make an appearance, a smooth and savory tippler made out of muddled Campari tomatoes and a splash of white balsamic vinegar. But a few drinks off the restaurant’s Déjà Vu menu will be coming along for the ride, with cocktails styled after the golden age of the French Riviera, such as the Birkin (Charentais melon, Bacardi añejo cuatro, vermouth, and tonic water), Bikini (cantaloupe, Bacardi añejo cuatro, Rinomato apertivo) and La Piscine (strawberry, yellow bell pepper soda, chili tincture and Don Julio blanco). And when you’ll likely need a nibble, the team will also be whipping up its classic bites, including yellowtail carpaccio and Burrata tartines.
The best part? No reservations are needed. So if you’d like to venture to the French Riviera, turns out, all you have to do is make it to the West Village this spring.