Front Burner: L’Avenue Travels From Paris to Saks Fifth Avenue
This week’s opening of L’Avenue at Saks, the lavish offshoot of a celebrity magnet of the same name in Paris, makes department-store dining feel like an extravagance. The ninth-floor restaurant, in ivory and beige by the designer Philippe Starck, has a varied menu: soups, salads (many with avocado) and dishes like vegan vegetable curry, tiger…