Bucking the current trend of scaled-back menus and just-folks decor, Marea is an ultraluxe Italian seafooder housed in San Domenico’s former Central Park South digs and brought to you by chef Michael White and restaurateur Chris Cannon, no strangers to alta cucina and alta atmosfera (their other collaborations are Alto and Convivio); expect a sumptuous selection of global fin fare served in a coolly chic room that eschews maritime kitsch in favor of imported onyx, polished rosewood and starched white tablecloths; granted, the whole-fish-per-pound pricing harkens back to palmier times, but you get what you pay for, and then some.
240 Central Park S.; 212-582-5100