About

Address: 523 9TH AVE & 39TH STREET, New York NY

With the demise of Food Bar, the scene for the gayest dining experience has, as in so much else these days, shifted north to Hell’s Kitchen. The iconically named HK embodies the grit-to-glam spirit of the neighborhood perfectly in its decor, cuisine, service staff, ambience and clientele.



The restaurant’s website calls the corner of West 39th and Ninth Avenue as "tucked away in a subtler section of the city." Well, that’s one way to put it. Or, you could say that, until recently, you probably should have approached this part of town in a Sherman tank.



But even this raw section of Hell’s Kitchen hard by the Lincoln Tunnel entrance has become tamed of late. Even with the demise of the lamented Siberia around the corner, the adjacent lounge, also called HK, has become a Mecca for the young, the hip and the beautiful. Alec Baldwin has eaten lunch here, according to Page Six. If that’ anointing it as a hotspot, I don’t know what will!



But if you only turn the corner into the lounge without sampling the restaurant, you&r..

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