The dining room is both stark and sharply attractive with its all-black high-tech ceiling of heating ducts and pipes and a glassed-in kitchen.

With rooftop amusement centers gone, depachika provide entertainment in the form of grazing and people-watching, with an occasional cooking demonstration behind a glassed-in open kitchen.

Some of the most dazzling meals I've had in New York have emerged from Vongerichten's glassed-in kitchen at Lafayette.

The glassed-in kitchen, as long as a bowling alley, displays a continuous spectacle of pyrotechnics.

But the glassed-in kitchen is a treat.

The glassed-in kitchen allows diners to watch the action, which is considerable.

The mudroom led into a glassed-in kitchen that was glowing with the last rays of sunset.

The space is bright and open, like an updated school cafeteria, and diners can watch the smoky commotion in the glassed-in kitchen.

A glassed-in kitchen dominates the back wall.

The main dining room still has ceiling fans, a glassed-in open kitchen, mirrors and a rustic brick wall, but the room is brighter and more welcoming.