Why Is Everyone Flocking to a Department Store Restaurant?

Earlier this week, Taylor Swift, Hailee Steinfeld, and other fashionable figures attended Gigi Hadid's 24th birthday party held at what might strike some as an unusual venue: the restaurant and bar on the upper floors of Saks Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

Despite their location (or, more likely, because of it), the Philippe Starck-designed L'Avenue at Saks and Le Chalet-which opened in February just before New York Fashion Week-are quickly becoming some of the buzziest spots to eat, drink, and party in the city. Here's why.