http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/dining/met-breuer-flora-restaurant.html 2016-09-06 21:41:32 Coming From the Estela Chef: Flora, in the Met Breuer Ignacio Mattos and his partner, Thomas Carter, plan to add ‘downtown spirit’ to the uptown museum. === The Mr. Carter called the project “a little surreal,” unlike anything on the Upper East Side, with daring food and a different mood. “The museum definitely wanted downtown spirit, an Estela, so they approached us,” he said. “We’re very nervous.” The restaurant, on the level below the sidewalk, will be in two parts: Flora Coffee, to open in about a month for breakfast and simple lunch fare, and Flora Bar, where lunch and dinner will be served starting later this fall. The menu will be long on vegetables and seafood, in an informal setting, with service that’s relaxed yet precise. Both dining areas will be accessible when the museum in closed, via a staircase alongside the building on East 75th Street. Flora Coffee, Flora Bar The Met Breuer, 945 Madison Avenue (75th Street), October.