New York: Where to Eat: Relaxed but Refined: Bottino

Bottino

If you want to eat with the art crowd, dine at Bottino. Set in an old Chelsea hardware store that’s been stripped down to its original wooden shelving, it’s stylish but understated, with an L-shaped dining room, outfitted with Eames and Bertoia dining chairs, which encloses a verdant, glassed-in atrium. The seasonal Tuscan fare is reliably good, and occasionally outstanding.