food / openingsGage & Tollner’s
new owners, from
left: Ben Schneider,
Sohui Kim, and
St. John Frizell.MIRRORS
Twenty-four arched mirrors
framed by cherry molding
run the length of the dining
room. Why so many?
Because partner Eugene
Tollner, a student of human
psychology, believed
customers would grow
weary of paintings
but never tire of looking
at themselves.LINCRUSTA
The original hand-etched
wall-covering style was
invented in 1877 by the
guy who also came up with
inoleum. Six staterooms
on the Titanic were fairly
swathed in the stuff.56 new york | march 2–15, 2020