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The problem of where to eat before a matinee or evening performance at Lincoln Center is easily solved by booking a table at Lincoln—that is, if you're feeling flush. Chef Jonathan Benno's Italian menu of pastas and grilled meats is derived from the highest-quality ingredients and crafted with meticulous care. This glassed-in, culinary spaceship sits beneath the 10,000-square-foot sloping lawn at Lincoln Center, where picnickers, readers and tourists posing for photos love to hang out—it must be seen to be believed. Below, it's showtime for Benno, who made his name as chef de cuisine at Thomas Keller's Per Se and works from a glass-enclosed kitchen.