Where's good for "The Last Supper" analog, NYC-edition, $75/person?

November 11, 2014 4:02 PM

My friend wants to have a meal for around fifteen people in NYC, in a setting that will feel similar to the da Vinci painting, "The Last Supper". Extra points for being in a back room. Extra, extra points for a feeling of opulence or fake opulence. Price point up to $75 per person. Any ideas on places that would fit the bill?
posted by unknowncommand to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

"Like the Last Supper" is a hard image to capture, but here is my suggestion...

The Lily Langtry Room at Keen's Chophouse. Keen's is one of the oldest and most famous steakhouse's in NYC. It has an 'old world' sort of feel to it. Mutton Chops is a house specialty. The Lilly Langtry Room is a great small private room. It is an "upper room" above the "inn", like where the Last Supper was held. It is a great place for a gathering of 17 people, though it ain't exactly cheap.
posted by Flood at 5:23 PM on November 11, 2014

No idea of cost, but the prohibition-era secret wine cellar at the 21 Club vaguely reminds me of the Last Supper...vaguely.
posted by three_red_balloons at 5:29 PM on November 11, 2014

This is more kitsch with a side helping of fake opulence, but my mind went to the pope room at Buca di Beppo. (The fact that it's a chain whose NYC location is in/near Times Square should probably be enough to strike it from your list. The food is generally pretty decent, though.)
posted by hoyland at 6:40 PM on November 11, 2014

Piggy backing off of Little Italy but with significantly better food, Arthur Ave in the Bronx. Which has a ton of equally delicious Italian foods without the Little Italy baggage.
posted by KernalM at 6:43 PM on November 11, 2014

It's not particularly opulent, and the space isn't as huge and open as the one in da Vinci's painting, but Supper, on East 2nd St.,has a private back room with a long table that will seat 15. Food's tasty, too.
posted by evidenceofabsence at 12:22 AM on November 12, 2014

Bacaro is a solid Italian restaurant in Chinatown that has a couple of crazy underground private rooms... the feel verges more on "The Cask of Amantillado" than "The Last Supper," but it might fit the bill, and $75 a head would probably be doable (including wine).
posted by saladin at 7:27 AM on November 12, 2014

Gramercy Tavern has a private dining room that's perfect for 15 people and (in my estimation) has the vibe you are looking for. I recall being quoted $75/person but that was some years ago.
posted by rada at 9:00 AM on November 12, 2014