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An intersection of Visual & Culinary Art with a contemporary view on Japanese ingredients. By legendary @chefmasanyc & Larry @gagosian.
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Masayoshi Takayama’s work began in his family’s fish shop in Tochigi and took him through an apprenticeship in Tokyo to restaurants in Los Angeles and New York. His friendship with art dealer Larry Gagosian led to Kappo Masa, which opened beneath Gagosian’s Madison Avenue gallery in 2014 after a former bank vault was removed to make room for the kitchen. Original paintings hung beside a dining room where customers could order sushi and cooked dishes individually, including noodles Takayama made from seafood. Its high prices drew criticism, and former employees later filed a lawsuit alleging withheld tips. After joining in 2022, Chilean sommelier Marcelo Arriagada expanded the wine selection with a separate Chilean section, introducing smaller producers alongside established French wines and an extensive sake selection. In 2026, he became one of three finalists for Sommelier of the Year at the SommCon Imprint Awards. Continues in comments…
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have you ever met…? LISA #curatedpeople the person behind Curated Community #curatedcommunity @kappomasanyc for dinner. @apollobagels in the morning. 22 for a night out (NYC & London) — or wherever George is taking her Lisa + friends #sidequesting Who doesn’t wanna go inside the Crown of the Statue of Liberty 🗽 What she’s into, where she eats, and where she hangs 🎾 You get the idea! Because the best recommendations usually come from people you want to know #nycguide #londonguide
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staycationmaxxing Woman in a black strapless mini dress and black heels sitting on a mustard velvet sofa at Faena New York. Warm luxury hotel interior, evening fashion, NYC staycation.
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Hidden beneath Madison Avenue, behind an unassuming staircase, sits one of the Upper East Side’s most discreet dining rooms. @kappomasanyc is the product of a decades-long friendship between legendary Japanese @chefmasanyc and art-world titan Larry Gagosian — bringing together two worlds that, on the Upper East Side, feel destined to meet: exceptional food and exceptional art. Chef Masa is behind his namesake Masa at Columbus Circle, one of New York’s most celebrated Japanese dining experiences. Kappo Masa takes that same obsession with precision, ingredients and technique and places it in an entirely different setting — tucked below @gagosian Madison Avenue address, with omakase, tasting menus and an expansive à la carte menu. And the location could hardly be more Upper East Side if it tried. Practically triangulated between The Mark, The Carlyle and The Surrey, Kappo Masa sits at the center of one of Manhattan’s most rarefied few blocks. It’s the kind of dining room that quietly draws collectors, art-world power players, longtime regulars and New York’s movers and shakers — without ever needing to announce itself. And then there’s the art. Picasso. Warhol. Twombly. Lichtenstein. Dinner here quite literally doubles as a gallery visit. Works from the Gagosian world have lined the walls — and yes, they’re the real thing. Guests have reportedly mistaken pieces for reproductions, only to learn they were sitting beside an original. Even the room itself is a study in design. The subterranean space, once home to a bank vault, is wrapped in Japanese materials including porous Oya stone, chosen for its sculptural beauty and the way it softens sound. The result feels less like a traditional restaurant and more like being let into a private corner of the Upper East Side — where world-class Japanese food, museum-worthy art and some of New York’s most interesting people meet downstairs. Perhaps the most Upper East Side part of all? You could walk past it every day and never know what was hiding beneath you. 📍 Kappo Masa 976 Madison Avenue Food by Masa. Art by Gagosian. Hidden beneath Madison Avenue.
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New York, for a few days. Good dinners, long walks, familiar faces, too many desserts, and the usual feeling that there is never quite enough time. #NewYorkCity #NYC #NewYorkLife #NYCDiary #Manhattan 🤠 Not vanity. Just consistency. Different city, same routine. NY Style 🌝✨ 🤍 🍕 🗽 ❤️ 🕺🍸 🌝🌚 🌚 💼 @montblanc 🕺 @giorgioarmani @marcotomasetta_dd 💘 💙 ✨ @sestini @sestini @sestini ✈️✈️✈️ 🍣 🫧🧼🧴
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A major emotional milestone as a mom, one I was dreading, dropping my first baby @ellamdahan off at college, lots of tears, excitement, great food, steps in, one of our best @sprwmnofficial photoshoot yet, a NYC birthday. This city is amazing and I am so proud of you for being here at NYU and start this new chapter on your own. I love you my Ella Moon more than anything in this world. I am not looking forward to your empty room but I am so grateful for your sisters Billie and Rai ❤️❤️❤️ I am going to miss you so much Ella. Maman qui t’aime ❤️
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From Orkney to New York. 🥃 For Highland Park’s Orkney to Everywhere series, we followed the whisky through three very different NYC bars — Kappo Masa, After Eden, and Death & Co — to see how each one interprets it in its own way. Highland Park has been made in Orkney since 1798, with its signature balance of citrus, spice, heather honey, and subtle aromatic smoke from Orkney heathered peat. From a crisp HighBall to a pho-inspired cocktail, each stop brought out something completely different. Three bars, three serves, one journey from Orkney to NYC. In partnership with @highlandparkofficial
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Vertigo beauty mix 1/20000 . 🥷 🚀 ✨
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Un tremendo honor estar nominado como Sommelier of the Year por SommCon Awards en EEUU, en conjunto con grandes colegas a quienes admiro de gran manera. Thank you @sommcon for having me. Hay distintas categorías y se puede votar por 1 persona, de cada una de ellas, hasta el 31 de Agosto. Les dejo el link en la BIO por si a alguien le gustaría contribuir con su voto.🍷🇨🇱. Abrazo! #sommelier #vinochileno #wine
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The Masa experience, tailored to your table. Whether it’s an intimate omakase, a private dinner celebration, or a sushi bar for your guests, our team brings the experience beyond our restaurants. Each event is thoughtfully tailored to you. Email Jeannette at jpark@masanyc.com to start planning your event.
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Durante años el vino chileno 🇨🇱 tuvo fama de ser bueno, bonito y barato. Hay alguien en Nueva York trabajando para cambiar eso. Marcelo Arriagada es dos veces Mejor Sommelier de Chile y hoy Head Sommelier en Kappo Masa, uno de los restaurantes japoneses más exclusivos de Manhattan 🗽. Desde ahí, está construyendo una narrativa distinta del vino de su país. No es solo el Cabernet del Maipo ni el Carménère de siempre. Es el Carignan del Maule de parras centenarias. El Syrah de zona fría. El Chardonnay de la Patagonia chilena. Vinos que el mundo todavía no conoce del todo, pero que cuando los prueban generan siempre la misma reacción: ¿por qué no conocía esto? La charla completa en MeLoDijoBraga El Podcast. Busca “MeLoDijoBraga El Podcast” donde escuchás tus podcasts 🎙️.
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