Just in case we weren't already segregated enough by income, high-end apartment and condo towers are now offering resident-only bars and restaurants. wsj.com/articles/want-…
"In Miami, developers are betting that $22 truffle pasta purses and lamb osso buco can give them an edge. Both are on the menu at Fuel, the private restaurant at the Porsche Design Tower, a 60-story skyscraper. Available condominiums are listed from $6.3 million-$32.5 million."
"The restaurant functions as a social hub for Oceana Bal Harbour’s residents, hosting wine seminars and other events. A weeklong black truffle festival in June featured kosher oyster beef with truffle-mashed potatoes."
"'We need to have it here or we would honestly starve to death,' laughed Jared Freed, 39, a real-estate lawyer who closed on a 2-BR home at Boston's Millennium Tower for $1.77 million in 2017, where he lives w/ his wife Julie, a 35-year-old event planner, and their 2 young kids."
"Even more exciting: All drinks [at Chicago's 1000M] will be on the house. 'You can’t serve alcohol and have it be paid for without a liquor license—the only way we could do it is to have the cost included in [owners’] assessments,” said Jordan Karlik, principal in JK Equities."
