Torali

Torali is on the lobby level, 12 floors up, in the Ritz Carlton. It's white and mirrored, not dim and stuffy as one might imagine an Italian and steak place might be in a venerable hotel like the Ritz. Sous Chef Lugo's hamachi crudo, beef tartare with black truffle or simple, cold oysters are a great light start. Torali hits all the steakhouse notes with hand cut, Prime and dry-aged steaks finished with house salt and extra virgin olive oil, and a choice of Torali Steak Sauce or Black Truffle-Garlic Butter. Pasta is made in house and a sure bet is the Linguine al Frutti di Mare featuring nubs of shrimp and scallops, plus clams, mussels, spicy 'nduja, all in a tomato fennel broth. For a steak house, there's an awful lot of non-steak options: Ora King Salmon, seabass and even cauliflower "risotto", with cashew cheese for vegans.