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Step Into Jerry Kleiner’s Picture

Photo: courtesy Elizabites

Jerry Kleiner’s restaurants (33 Club, Opera, and Carnivale, just to name a few) all have a certain aesthetic je ne sais quoi: saturated color, busy decor, a sense that you’ve entered something of a period locale as imagined in the 1990s. Kleiner himself thinks of it a little differently: “There’s a certain essence, level of soul and integrity that you feel when you walk in to one of my restaurants. It may be hard to describe, but it’s like stepping into a picture. For the hour and half you are there, you become part of that picture.” [Daily Herald]

Step Into Jerry Kleiner’s Picture