Abdel Wahab El Inglizi

Adam

The once-genteel, now-gritty neighborhood of Gemmayze, a couple of blocks north of downtown, is slowly becoming a SoHo by the... More

Al Mayass

Al Mijana

'Beirutis are very social,' says Amer El-Masri, a 23-year-old bartender at Zinc, a seriously cool restaurant and lounge housed in... More

Casablanca

Centrale

Another hot dining room is the Khoury-designed Centrale, with prime seating beneath angular tented pavilions on a garden terrace.... More

Chez Sami

Corleone Trattoria

Diwan Al-Sultan
Brahim

Food Yard

The once-genteel, now-gritty neighborhood of Gemmayze, a couple of blocks north of downtown, is slowly becoming a SoHo by the... More

Hard Rock Café

Small wonder the proprietors of the Hard Rock Café have emblazoned a particularly resonant Beatles phrase on the building's façade:... More

Karam

As oil-equipment executive Radwan Kassar explained over a glass of anise-flavored arak at Karam, a Christian Liaigre-minimal restaurant in the... More

Le Chef

Le Relais

Marrakech

Kassar also devised the harem-hip décor of Marrakech, a striking Moroccan restaurant that's entirely underground, reached by a room-sized round... More

Pacifico

Another hot dining room is the Khoury-designed Centrale, with prime seating beneath angular tented pavilions on a garden terrace. And... More

People

Prada-clad Muslim beauties in color-coordinated <em>hijabs</em> (head scarves) lunch at People, the recently opened restaurant at the upscale Aïshti department... More

Tamaris

Megastar chef Alain Ducasse has arrived in downtown Beirut. Last year he teamed up with local confectioner Patchi to create... More

Tawlet Souk el Taybeb

Zinc

'Beirutis are very social,' says Amer El-Masri, a 23-year-old bartender at Zinc, a seriously cool restaurant and lounge housed in... More