This three-Michelin-starred restaurant will plant mannequins at tables to make social distancing “less awkward” (via Eater_DC)
can host visitors inside its glamorous, rural Virginia digs, chef Patrick O’Connell plans to seat unused tables with mannequins wearing vintage, 1940s-style outfits.
The Inn plans to open for dinner on Friday, May 29. Under Virginia’s current plan, it could welcome customers for half-capacity outdoor seating as early as Friday, May 15. If Virginia progresses through its first phase of reopening quickly, the Shenandoah Valley destination may be able to serve customers inside by the time it opens its doors.
The look and feel of the performance art project is still being worked out, but a spokesperson says couture sets will align “within the whimsical vein of the Inn’s reverently irreverent approach to hospitality.” The restaurant is working with Arlington’s Signature Theater and Design Foundry to build the “sets.”The Inn is in Rappahannock County, so it’s outside of the Northern Virginia region that willthan the rest of the state.
Medallions of chilled lobster with Imperial Osetra caviar on a raft of garden tomato with horseradish cream.
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