Hilton Short Hills in New Jersey has reopened The Dining Room with a contemporary design and a new menu from Executive Chef Richard Kennedy to celebrate the property’s 25th anniversary.
The 120-seat restaurant has been reinvented with a new design by New York-based Bill Rooney Studio. The décor includes a palette of silver and taupe with russet leather chairs, wood finishes, silky wall coverings and silver leaf. Lit decorative easels display modern art throughout the room, while a bespoke chandelier hangs overhead.
The seasonally inspired, all-day restaurant has a New American menu and a farm-to-table approach. All fish is line-caught on the East Coast.
The menu includes signature items such as a tableside Caesar salad preparation. New dishes include chicken casserole of pulled chicken, velouté and crispy bread pudding; flat iron steak au poivre with celeriac purée and rosemary honey; and New York kale with pancetta, ricotta salata, pine nuts and white balsamic dressing.
The lunch menu offers dishes like a Mediterranean grilled flatbread, warm burrata for sharing, a patty melt, a pulled pork sandwich, mozzarella-stuffed meatballs with polenta and spicy tomato sauce, and a sandwich of pancetta, lettuce, tomato and avocado mayonnaise on sourdough bread.
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