Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Kim, Fernando Garcia and More Celebrated Chef Angie Mar’s New Book Butcher + Beast

When chef and restaurateur Angie Mar calls, New York’s most glamorous carnivores answer. Such was certainly the case last night when Mar gathered friends and admirers to the Beatrice Inn, the West Village chophouse that she’s owned since 2016, to toast the launch of her new cookbook, Butcher + Beast. Published this month by Clarkson Potter, the tome compiles recipes, essays, and photographs of some of the Inn’s most fabulous patrons, among them Diane von Furstenberg and fellow chef Jacques Pépin.

The hostess was a vision in bright pink Oscar de la Renta, working a room that included the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Kim, Fernando Garcia, Fern Mallis, Dilone, and Timo Weiland. Scattered about the eatery’s handsomely appointed interiors, guests dined on sliders, fries, and other delicious, smoky bits from Mar’s much-loved menu; topping the night off, so to speak, with cold champagne and cigars served on a silver tray by a shirtless waiter. Just another night chez Angie Mar, in other words.