For over 20 years, San Domenico was one of the “it” places to go for classic Italian cuisine. Run by father/daughter team, Tony and Marisa May, the restaurant closed its doors on Central Park South and reopened in a new, updated incarnation near Madison Park in the fall of 2009. SD26 has the same chefs as at San Domenico, but offers a different dining experience. Chefs Odette Fada and Matteo Bergamini were sent to Italy to study first-hand how Italians are eating today. The result: a menu with more modern dishes grouped by product rather than course.

Marisa and her father Tony have built their dream restaurant. “It’s filled with all of the elements we always wanted,” she says. “Including a wine bar with an electronic wine dispensing machine, a salumeria in the middle of the dining room and a chef’s table in the kitchen.”

Moving downtown has proven to be a wise decision. “The space is sexier, brighter, with state-of-the-art in technology,” says May. “We are now a dining destination for a much younger dining demographic, while still maintaining the customer loyalty we were so blessed with at San Domenico.”

Here, 10 questions for charming Marisa May:

Haute Living: How are you enjoying your new location?

Marisa May: We absolutely love our new home on Madison Square Park, a vibrant, expanding and exciting neighborhood.  I believe it was “in the stars” that my dad and I found the space on 26^th Street. The new location has a wonderful, uplifting energy throughout the space, and we are so happy to be part of this neighborhood’s accelerating growth.

HL: What are some of your favorite dishes at SD26?

MM: I truly love them all!  But, if I have to name a few, I would say the Uovo in raviolio in truffle butter is a must, one of our only remaining dishes from San Domenico—it is rich and delicious. Also the pappardelle with the wild boar ragu is hearty and perfect to share with your fellow diners. The venison loin with celery root, Brussels sprouts and fiji apples is the perfect cold-weather dish; and for dessert, the baba with rum!

HL: What’s your favorite brunch spot?

MM: When I have the chance, usually on Sunday mornings, I love to go to Fig & Olive with girlfriends.  Their fish soup is a favorite of mine that I start to crave if it’s been too long.

HL: Where do you like to dine when you’re not working?

MM: I have 5 favorite dining spots in New York City when I have the time to eat out: Sandro’s, Boqueria, Salumeria Rosi, Le Cinque and Milos

HL: What’s your ideal meal?

MM: Puntarelle salad with anchovy dressing, a big bowl of bucatini all’Amatriciana and roasted porchetta scented with rosemary! Oh and some homemade focaccia to do the ”scarpetta” in the left over Amatriciana sauce!

Located on a private knoll overlooking panoramic views of San Francisco Bay, Belvedere Island, yacht harbors, and Golden Gate Bridge, this gated world class estate was artfully designed around a courtyard offering incomparable ambiance, beautiful botanical gardens, stunning pool and expansive outdoor space. It is a short walking distance to the picturesque historic downtown Tiburon where there are restaurants, shops, two world class yacht clubs, ferry and bus to San Francisco as well as walking and biking path on the waterfront.

Dramatic designs include the loggia with towering stone pillars, the sheltered courtyard with fountains and comfortable elegance, the circular driveway paved with stones leading to various terraces and verandas that maximize the enjoyment of the breathtaking views and the beautiful climate of this area.

Conveniently located 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco and 15 minutes from Golden Gate Bridge, this home can easily access the beautiful lifestyle of San Francisco—the opera, the symphony, the ballet, the theaters, the museums and world class restaurants. The City financial and shopping district can also be reached by a 17-minute ferry ride.

A dramatic staircase leads to a deluxe penthouse master suite with a sitting alcove, gorgeous master bath, spacious walk-in closets and breathtaking views. The ground floor formal living and dining room has Italian marble fireplaces and floors, Italian style hand painted plastered walls, custom-built cabinets. A sun filled family room is adjacent to the gourmet kitchen and a breakfast area with doors to front and back garden. There is a large outdoor barbeque kitchen and dining area off the family room in the courtyard. A guest or staff quarter with separate entrance and a 3 car garage on the lower floor and an elevator connecting all three floors.

This exclusive Tiburon real estate for sale offers a uniquely positioned pool overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, Belvedere Lagoon and Mt. Tam offers a perfect setting for private relaxation and gracious entertaining.

The evening is magical in this enchanted ambiance with special lightings in the botanical garden, the beautiful pool and the sculpture fountain combined with the sparkling city lights of San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge making this a very special awe-inspiring masterpiece home.

Tiburon California Real Estate Agent Listing at $14,880,000

Contact Olivia Hsu Decker at:

Published residential compound perched on 4 acres (subdivided to two 2-acre lots) above the shoreline with spectacular ocean views and 315 ft directly on a wide sandy beach. Custom built to the highest standards with 7500 sq ft main house plus 2500 sq ft separate guest house. State-of-the art screening room, high-tech gym, luxurious natural materials throughout, infinity edge pool, hot tub. Private path to beach.

Offered @ $29,500,000

Contact Frank Newbold @ 631.324.6000 or frank.newbold@sothebyshomes.com. Or visit www.sothebyshomes.com/hamptons.

Custom built to the highest standards with 7500 sq ft main house plus 2500 sq ft separate guest house. State-of-the art screening room, high-tech gym, luxurious natural materials throughout, infinity edge pool, hot tub. Private path to beach.

Offered @ $29,500,000

Contact Frank Newbold @ 631.324.6000 or frank.newbold@sothebyshomes.com. Or visit www.sothebyshomes.com/hamptons.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Van Leeuwan Artisan Ice Cream! Famous for their roster of creative flavors served via a fleet of custard yellow trucks roaming New York, Van Leeuwan Artisan Ice Cream will celebrate the grand opening of their permanent home from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Situated at 632 Manhattan Ave., the new store is right next door to the famous Manhattan Inn and will feature favorites like gianduja, red currant and Earl Grey ice cream made from hormone-free milk. They will also serve new items like sundaes, banana splits and a full line of muffins, cookies, cakes and other delectables by Van Leeuwen pal Chelsea Wilkes sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.

For more info visit vanleeuwenicecream.com, or call (718) 701-1630.

Despite reports by a British publication of OK! Magazine via AFP saying the fame monster wants to work with Donatella Versace, a spokesperson for the company says there are no plans currently between the fashion house and Lady GaGa. Italian fashion house Armani, however, has created four looks for the pop singer’s Monster Ball Tour, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Regardless of fashion plans between GaGa and Donatella, there’s no denying that the two look strangely similar. Twins?

Crazy pants Sharon Stone has yet again put her Beverly Hills pad with grand décor details on the market for $8,995,000, according to Real Estalker’s coverage “another celeb with a home for sale at a colossal loss.“ The price is a shocking $2,000,000 less than she paid for it four years ago.

Let’s recap the roller coaster ride that is the listing of her privately situated mock-Mediterranean estate on the tail end of North Beverly Drive, shall we? According to Real Estalker, in March of 2006, Stone paid $10,995,000. Four months later, she put the crib back on the market for $12,500,000 just to be de-listed and re-listed several times over the next year until November 2007. In May 2008, the property was back on the market at $10,000,000 and according to multiple reports, she then decided to lease the property in the fall of 2008 at a rate of $35,000 per month. Once the tenant vacated in fall of 2009, the home was again put onto the open market with a reduced asking price of $8,995,000, according to Luxist. Even more shocking, Stone has never lived in the home.

Measuring 6,640 square feet and featuring five bedrooms and six bathrooms along with a detached guest house with two more bedrooms and bathrooms, the highly secured pad on lushly landscaped grounds boasts a circular drive, stone and hardwood floors, a marble fireplace, exquisite built-in cabinetry, lagoon-style pool, meditation garden, tennis court and state of the art media room and work out room.

New documents from former Medellin Cartel master-smuggler have been revealed thanks to a New Times piece published “I, Max” criticizing former First Lady Nancy Regan’s efforts to fight drugs in America.

Responding to her “Just Say No” campaign while awaiting sentencing for transporting 56 tons of cocaine to the United States and helping feds indict cocaine cowboys like Pablo Escobar, Panamanian Gen. Manuel Noriega, and Carlos Lehderm, Mermelstein writes Reagan stating her program was hardly effective in fighting the drug problem.

“The campaign which you have started is excellent but it is just a beginning and is barely scratching the surface of the problem in the country, and not even touching it where it must be hit its hardest. I am referring to Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru,” writes Mermelstein.

In 2006, after viewing Cocaine Cowboys, aspiring filmmaker Brett Tabor went searching for the documentary’s most fascinating but little known character Max Mermelstein. America’s cocaine King had been in hidiing for nearly 25 year, and it wasn’t until after a tireless search by Tabor did Mermelstein come out of hiding.

There’s no shortage of space for Madonna’s horses these days.

Newsday reports the materials girl has expanded her portfolio, closing the deal on 50 acres of Hamptons farmland. It is the second of two Bridgehampton properties, next to the Wild Ocean Farm property she bought last December.

If you’re looking to kick a few back after a long day’s work, then why not enjoy a refreshing, perfectly engineered cocktail by the best Mixologists in Manhattan?

Allen & Delancey

A perfect concoction of alcohol bliss awaits you upon a bar of rich warm wood. Among red curtains, brick walls and amber lighting, partake in delicious sips and mingle among the intellectual elite at this LES hotspot. Chief Mixologist Alex Day is responsible for the design of the seasonal cocktails. Just like New York Fashion Week, the menu is presented twice a year, one for Spring/Summer, one for Fall/Winter. His S/S 2010 collection has a fine selection of playful bubbly aperitifs, medium bodied boozier beverages, and finishing digestives.

The masterpieces are made nightly by bartenders Libby Ewing and Erinn Ruth. According to Erinn, her favorite thing about Day’s architectural beverages is that “they showcase the actual flavor of the spirit in inventive ways.” Each cocktail is meant to pair with a mood, stop by and find out if your feeling like a Copper Pot, Sun Dial, or Sweet & Vicious.

Allen & Delancey is located at 115 Allen St., New York, NY 212.253.5400