The Forge Rings in 2008 in Celebrity Style

(PHOTOS BY MANNY HERNANDEZ FOR MHPIXS.com)
The Forge restaurant celebrated the New Year in style with family and friends and free flowing Veuve Clicquot. The evening began with a fabulous four course dinner created by James Beard award winning chef Andrew Swersky and dancing till sunrise with music from DJ Leonardo del Toro. In the main room, Forge owner Shareef Malnik hosted his table with family and friends including his father and founder of the Forge restaurant Alvin Malnik with his wife Nancy Malnik. Also enjoying the night Yaseem Malnik, Anwar Zayden, publicist Stacey Benedetti, shoe king and queen Donald and Lisa Pliner, Chicago Cub's Cliff Floyd, Amber Ridinger, Dacra's Craig Robins, Design Miami's Ambra Medda,
Haute Living magazine publisher Kamal Hotchandani, and actor Robert Downy, Jr.