Caravaggio Restaurant

New York, NY

At Caravaggio, you may not find the venerated artist, but it’s hard to miss this mural—a collage of children’s faces by Donald Baechler that holds your attention as you walk in. A curving acoustic ceiling frames the mural and pulls you into the room, doing the rarest thing in New York restaurants: letting people actually hear each other without shouting over the music. Ebony paneling offers a moment of calm between folded zinc panels and charcoal drawings by artist Beatrice Caracciolo, giving the restaurant a rhythm that feels considered without being stiff.

Caravaggio Restaurant

New York, NY

At Caravaggio, you may not find the venerated artist, but it’s hard to miss this mural—a collage of children’s faces by Donald Baechler that holds your attention as you walk in. A curving acoustic ceiling frames the mural and pulls you into the room, doing the rarest thing in New York restaurants: letting people actually hear each other without shouting over the music. Ebony paneling offers a moment of calm between folded zinc panels and charcoal drawings by artist Beatrice Caracciolo, giving the restaurant a rhythm that feels considered without being stiff.