After visiting some exhibits at the New York Historical Society, we headed to Clara, their new sustainably focused restaurant from the Oberon Group (Rhodera, Rucola and June Bar).

The restaurant is named in honor of Clara Driscoll, who designed many iconic lamps in the museum’s Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, with some of them adoring the restaurant’s shelves.

Clara’s offered Chef Diego Moya’s contemporary takes on various dishes. We shared their fried Brussels sprouts in a puddle of apple-vinegar white bean purée ($18) and the hearty wild mushroom trofie — short, thin, twisted pasta from Liguria — garnished with lots of toasted hazelnuts ($29).

I recommend a visit to both Clara and the New York Historical Society

Clara
New York Historical Society
Upper West Side
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
212-485-9211
nyhistory.org/dine