At one end of the spectrum is a handsome, 1920's, dark-wood bar bedecked with Art Deco mirrors and graced with a cascading bouquet of flowers.

Fifteen or twenty people, most but not all male, were scattered along the dark-wood bar running down the right side of the joint and at the black Formica tables filling the space on the left.

The focus of the room is the dark-wood bar with its array of bottles, lineup of wine glasses and eye-catching display of Italian pottery.

Branches of flowering quince decorate the reception desk and the handsome dark-wood bar.

The sleek, ultramodern restaurant features a glass-brick wall that separates the dinning room from a stunning, mirror-backed dark-wood bar.

It's a simple spot with Spanish tile floors, wood tables and dark-wood bar and they pour absinthe, the once forbidden aperitif.

You'll get the same jeers if you try for a Sam Adams at this testosterone--fueled, dark-wood bar built for beer nerds disguised as the hip.

Diners enter a sleek ultramodern restaurant where glass- brick walls separate the dining room from the stunning mirror-backed dark-wood bar.

The massive dark-wood bar, pressed-tin ceiling, baker's racks and period sideboards co-exist nicely alongside brightly colorful modern art pieces.

Leméac, with its long marble and dark-wood bar, large windows and delicious French food, is an utter joy for a languorous lunch.