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Searcys Helix Restaurant at The Gherkin

The scene: Very James Bond. You provide ID, clear security, and ride a few lifts in The Gherkin to arrive at a former member’s club duplex with floor-to-ceiling glass—a view forbidden to the public until 2018. The food is the freshest English fare, the wines immaculately chosen. The view: slowly being swallowed by a building boom.