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"The Mansion has been a fine-dining institution for 45 years, so it’s a smart pick when you need to feed (and impress) visiting colleagues or clients. There are multiple options for booking groups of up to 60 people, but for smaller dinners we like the wine cellar, a conspiratorial little room with a 12-person table. The restaurant will create a set menu for your group—delicate smoked salmon gougères, bowls of the famous tortilla soup, huge porterhouse steaks that can be sliced for sharing—so everyone’s free to focus on business rather than entree orders. If wine’s in the cards, ask the sommelier to pick out a magnum for dramatic effect." - kevin gray