The team behind well-loved New York restaurants ‘ino & ‘inoteca have opened Bar Milano in Gramercy Park. Partners Jason Denton (Lupa Osteria Romano, ’ino, ’inoteca), Joe Denton (‘ino, ‘inoteca), chef Eric Kleinman (‘inoteca) and chef Steve Connaughton (Lupa) bring their collective expertise to their most ambitious project yet.

Bar Milano is inspired by their mutual love of Northern Italian food and wine and their admiration for Milanese restaurants. From early breakfast to a late-night meal, Bar Milano serves a modern interpretation of classic Italian cuisine with an understated elegance and the warm hospitality and lively vibe for which its owners are known.

Breakfast includes poached eggs with speck and fontina while the dinner menu includes antipasti such as patata imbotitta, a roasted potato with a farm egg, caviar and fontina, housemade pastas such as pinci with razor clams and cuttlefish, and main courses such as coniglio fritto, fried rabbit with dried apricots and carrots. There is also a separate bar menu and a list of classic cocktails by partner/cocktail craftsman Tony Abou Ganim. The restaurant’s wine list focuses strictly on Northern Italy, covering the area’s nine different regions. The 500-bottle collection ranges from $28 to $2,000.

Designed by Established, the space uses classic Italian materials with a modern sensibility. The 26-seat bar feels from a different era, with the bar menu posted in brass lettering on wood paneled-walls and brown leather banquettes set against unobstructed views of the bustling street corner. In the dining room, 60 seats are comfortably split between traditional tables and soft grey banquettes, with dramatic marble walls on one side and a floor-to-ceiling, temperature-controlled wine wall on the other. Bar Milano is open daily, 7am to 3am.