Monarch turns five this month, and the wood-fired Italian restaurant on the 49th floor of The National is marking it with a five-course dinner on Thursday, May 28 at 6 p.m. The evening runs $250 per person for dinner alone, $300 if you want to stay for the after-party upstairs at Kessaku on the 50th floor. The after-party is also available on its own for $125.
The menu was built around the five senses, which sounds like a concept that could go sideways fast but reads like it was thought through. Chef Danny Grant and Monarch’s executive chef Jason Rohan put it together alongside pastry chef Mariella Bueza Tello. The evening opens with passed bites, a seafood display, and charcuterie before moving into the courses proper.
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