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    Juice Bar

Rouge Tomate's mixologist, Rainlove Lampariello -- who also developed cocktails for Lever House -- runs the juice bar, which is inside a red room that's prominently displayed front and center within a window behind the bar. It is here that the restaurant's antioxidant-laden "mocktails" are created. The juice bar serves homemade juices prepared from fresh ingredients, as well as homemade soda that's dispensed alongside store-bought Coke products. Mocktails and cocktails alike are made with seasonal produce that decorates the shelves of the juice bar. Not to be outshined, even the wine list is healthy and environmentally friendly, including bottles that are designated organic, practicing organic, biodynamic, practicing biodynamic and sustainable. For those not in the know, sustainable wines come from sustainable vineyards focused on reducing their carbon footprint, using recycled materials, etc. Organic wines, meanwhile, are wines made from grapes that are grown without chemical intervention. And finally, biodynamic wines are made from grapes grown using only natural methods. There are some vineyards that are practicing but have chosen not to be certified; as such, they are noted as "practicing" on the wine list.

   
     
    
Tree Murals

Because it's just steps away from Central Park, serves environmentally friendly cuisine and is based on a Brussels restaurant that has a green garden all its own, Rouge Tomate believes in the power of trees. Hoping to bring the "outside" inside, the restaurant therefore commissioned Norwegian artist Per Fronth to create a giant mural showcasing blown-up photographs of trees. Consisting of three 18-foot panels that rise up from the lounge downstairs into the main dining room upstairs, that the mural unifies the bi-level restaurant. Fronth created the mural by photographing the branch of an oak tree at the original Rouge Tomate in Brussels, which he manipulated with paint and then printed on glass, creating a dramatic effect. The greens and browns of the tree and the light blues of the sky are luminescent and are made even more brilliant during the day because the panels sit between windows overlooking 60th Street, providing a lovely backdrop for dining downstairs or upstairs.

   
     
      
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