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Right on beach with beautiful sunset views, this breezy eatery offers tropical cocktails, island fare and more familiar continental cuisine.

A consummate professional who was never known to gossip about what he saw or heard at the White House, Mr. Haller catered to the tastes of the first families, whether asked to prepare deluxe continental cuisine or simple homestyle American meals.

A significant loss is TAK Room, Thomas Keller’s new, grandly plush homage to continental cuisine at Hudson Yards.

Gene’s Restaurant is known to passers-by on West 11th Street for its Garden State Brickface-style molded stone facade and its faded red awning stretching from the front door to the taxicab; regulars know it for what it calls “continental cuisine.”

Sealed off from other patrons, government ministers and lawmakers felt free to speak their minds while enjoying continental cuisine and wine at taxpayer expense.