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The 11 Howard Hotel, home to Le Coucou, has welcomed another dining option on the Howard Street side of the building. Andres Diaz, a restaurateur who also owns Her Name Was Carmen in SoHo, has opened this casual, Latin-inflected seafood spot. It features an open kitchen and banquettes with the former green headboards from the Gramercy Park Hotel as backs. A chandelier is the work of the artist Julian Schnabel. The chef, Lucas Harrell — a San Francisco native with Cuban roots who worked at Coi, Petit Crenn and, in New York, at the Musket Room and Francie — is tasked with producing breakfast, lunch and dinner.
