Tucked away on the lower level of the Hotel Giraffe, the inspired Italian cooking at Bread & Tulips sets it apart from the host of workaday dining options lining this stretch of Park Avenue South. The windowless room creates an air of seclusion and contemporary good looks through exposed brick, darkly polished woods, and filament light fixtures. The kitchen shows its chops with a short list of pizzas that emerge charred, moist, and chewy from the brick oven, topped with the likes of hen of the woods mushrooms, pickled ramps, wild watercress, and creamy Taleggio cheese. Nightly specials include house-made pastas and entrées such as Muscovy duck breast seared to a beautiful crisp, with grappa-soaked Concord grapes atop a dollop of dense polenta.