Oh it Looks Like Daniel...Must Be the Clouds in My Eyes.

"Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen." When Elton John sang these lyrics for the first time in 1973, it's a safe bet he was not thinking of Daniel Boulud and his newly refurbished digs at Restaurant Daniel. Nonetheless, the superchef's eponymous restaurant has been given a substantial face-lift by designer Adam Tihany and needless to say, Boulud is very happy. "I felt it was time to refresh it, a modern sophistication on par with our cuisine," the chef says. The restaurant's first makeover since it opened on East 65th Street ten years ago, the look includes a new color palette and lighting as well as contemporary touches that were absent from the original. To borrow from Sir Elton once more, "Daniel, you're a star."