David Burke Kitchen is the latest venture at the James Hotel, which already boasts a fashionable rooftop space with Jimmy. Styled after the surrounding SoHo neighborhood, the new space blends cool, industrial simplicity with something a little more rustic; there’s a lot of wood and photos of farmers on the walls, giving the place an almost barn-like…

Located in the basement near the Kaufman Astoria Studios, the Astor Room once belonged to Paramount Pictures and was in its day a haunt of film stars; now it’s one of the outposts of exemplary cocktail-making in Queens. The drinks list harks back to the early half of the twentieth century (we like the New Yorker, bourbon, lemon juice and a splash of…