The problem with opening a restaurant that pleases everyone’s palate and becomes one of the city’s institutions is that if you try to do it again, you have set the bar so high that you might not make it over. Such is the case of Beirut’s latest upper-crust addition to the cities cuisiniere: LUX. Brought to us by none other than the same Johnny Farah and co. behind the famed and flavorful Casablanca, LUX has the feel of an upstate New York-style dinner with the clientele of Brooklyn’s Peter Luger Steakhouse. What its creators understand well is the economics of proximity: the Marfaa district of Beirut is fast becoming our version of the Empire City’s Meat Packing District with names like Farah’s own IF, Karen Chekarjian’s Atelier and Robert Keyrouz’s boutique, all choosing it for its ‘edgy on the water’ feel. But its not there yet. All the districts
