Public Kitchen & Bar within the Roosevelt Hotel is just about complete. Formerly the Dakota, the entire look and feel of the restaurant has changed thanks to Studio Collective (also designed upstairs newbie The Spare Room), remember how Dakota was separated from the hotel's main lobby? Well now those walls have come down and Public's bar will actually be part of that lobby area to hopefully entice patrons to grab a drink at Public's bar and hang in that center area which is generally pretty dead.
While renovating the space, construction crew discovered original decorative ceiling art dating back to the 1920s, thus management hired art historians to recreate the designs. As for edibles, chef/partner Tim Goodell is working on his American menu, and within the next few weeks upstairs The Spare Room will start to serve Public bites as late as 4AM (booze till 2AM).
