Fancy New York Denny's Won't Stay Open All Night

Denny’s went upscale for its first Manhattan location. Just ahead of the Labor Day weekend, the all-American diner opened its first restaurant in the borough, and boy, does it look like anything but a Denny’s. Designed by Joe Smerina of New York Design Architects, it features dark wood paneling, button-tufted leather seating, and copper-stamped ceilings.

The restaurant also has a full-service craft cocktail bar–the only other Denny’s that has one is in Las Vegas–and offers a $300 Champagne brunch (it’s just a Grand Slam pancake-and-eggs breakfast for two, with a bottle of Dom Pérignon and a high-five from the bartender), because that’s what Financial District diners would expect of their local Denny’s.