From Pamela Murdock, Palm Beach, FL
“Located outdoors on the 63rd floor of the State Tower, Sirocco Restaurant is a must for dinner or at least a drink. Its architecture is very, very cool. The view is dazzling, and the Mediterranean cuisine is really good. A usually packed elevator rockets you to the top of the building and just outside is a Busby Berkeley looking sweeping staircase, with no railings and LED step lights, that leads down to the restaurant and circular cantilevered bar, which changes color. You will be breathless either from the overall visual or from terror. For the first course try the truffle consommé with foie gras raviolini or the warm Maine lobster salad with Noilly Prat foam and foie gras curls and for the main course, try the pan fried Dover sole with glazed Spanish artichokes, scallops and hibiscus dressing or the slow braised lamb shank with Greek vegetables, roasted garlic and goat cheese crushed potatoes. Reservations are needed. A live jazz band plays six nights weekly.”
