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It's only natural that the Time Warner Center, having already attracted some of the city's hottest restaurateurs, should also house this addition to Rande Gerber's nightlife empire. The behemoth 5,500-sq. ft. lounge is capable of seating 300, and its massive windows facing Central Park make the city itself feel like a hired character. Leather and light wood paneling, plush banquettes, and muted lighting lend the enormous, marble-floored space surprising intimacy; despite the expectation of male models rubbing shoulders with vamping shopaholics, there is a kind of calmness that pervades. In addition to specially concocted martinis and cosmos such as the Stone Rose (bourbon, Grand Marnier, cranberry juice, sour mix and sugar), cocktail connoisseurs can switch over to high-end ports and cognacs. — David S. Hirschman