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<\/picture><\/span><\/div>\nMartha Stewart<\/span>Yvonne Tnt\/BFA.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Martha Stewart cut the ribbon on her latest restaurant with a giant pair of scissors\u2014and a fabulous blowout. Sure, The Bedford, may be tucked inside Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, but step through the doors and you could just as easily be in Paris, or a stylish aunt\u2019s living room, or Stewart\u2019s own farmhouse in upstate New York\u2014which the eatery is named for. With soft green walls, cornicing, and an elegant dining and bar experience, it\u2019s easy to fleetingly think: \u2018Why am I on the ground floor of a casino?\u2019 But after one strong Marthatini, you forget entirely why you asked.<\/p>\n The Bedford is Stewart\u2019s second restaurant (her other outpost is in Las Vegas), and the venture joins a portfolio that spans best-selling cookbooks, a skincare line, and a home intelligence app called Hint. Few people in history have perfected, let alone pioneered, the art of at-home hosting quite like Stewart, and this unveiling was no exception.<\/p>\n Upon arrival, guests were immediately served ice cold lemon-laced cocktails from chrome platters, along with trays of spring salads and casino baked oysters, before settling in for a masterclass in whipping up the perfect martini as instructed by Stewart herself. The takeaway? After a few minutes, she abandoned the rules and simply began free pouring. A quintessential approach for the perennial host with the most.<\/p>\n Later in the day, a crowd that included 50 Cent, Christie Brinkley, Candace Bushnell, and Sunny Hostin swanned in for the evening celebrations, enjoying a pierogi-making demonstration, seafood display, and a caviar cart. Dishes like pasta limone, mini crab cakes, and \u201cBig Martha\u2019s pierogies\u201d were passed around abundantly, all with a twist on the doyenne\u2019s most cherished and time-honored dishes.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo of my housekeepers are coming soon\u2014I can\u2019t wait to see how they feel,\u201d Stewart told the room, referring to the fact that her latest venture so closely resembles her own farmhouse. When asked by Vogue<\/em> where she\u2019s setting her sights for her next restaurant, she responded without a beat. \u201cNew York,\u201d she said, to ecstatic cheers and rapturous applause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n