Ex-Piadina- now ex-Pop Art Bar and Restaurant, chef Salvatore Zapparata was a NO-SHOW at last night’s premiere opening event of Pop Art Bar and Restaurant on the Upper East Side, the evening was wrought with drama from the beginning, but somehow owner Nahid De Camillis pulled it off -cheffing the entire dinner herself lavishly decked out in a $5000.00 Oscar De La Renta couture gown. The restaurant looked stunning, with Mark Leialoha’s iconic rock images of Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain and a never before published Michael Jackson peering down upon diners. The outdoor garden was low-lit and speckled in colorful floral arrangements, inside a offbeat artstic meets swanky uptown crowd moved around hobnobbing from table to table sipping Rosé, enjoying, and snapping pictures.
The Special Opening Menu for the evening was as follows:
SaladsCaprese bufula mozzarella tomato basil
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Arugula extra virgin oil and parmesan Appetizers
Warm seafood salad with mussels, clams, shrimp, calamari and mesculin lettuce
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Chicken and potato salad with beets and prosciutto Entree
Duet of Sol Grey and lemon of sole, basmati rice and spinach
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Chicken Involtini-chicken rolled with prosciutto, celery, carrots served with potato, beets and tomato.
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Spaghetti with mussels, clams, shrimp, calamari Dessert
Mixed Berry Fruit Salad “Check out my listing for Pop Art Bar in Metromix’s Hot Plates column on June 16” http://newyork.metromix.com/restaurants/article/hot-plates/2011539/content
