Making her way down the staircase to the first-floor lounge was Andrea Brake, a graphic designer.

In the restaurant's first-floor lounge, three heavy glass kegs with stainless-steel spigots loom above the bar.

He told her to stay in the first-floor lounge.

He showed her up to the first-floor lounge.

Notably, the investment-banking division converted the first-floor lounges, restaurants, and all 665 guestrooms of the Sheraton Manhattan Hotel into office space.

The Florida restaurant, larger and with Art Deco influences, is "more upscale," he said, describing the first-floor lounge and dance floor as "Afro-chic," with seductive day beds.

"I'll see you all in the first-floor lounge in five minutes."

The upstairs bar - a stark contrast to the slick and clean feel of the first-floor lounge - is raw and dark.

There will be live jazz in the first-floor lounge from 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. Wednesdays to Saturdays in August.