If you want to know what the fashion crowd, art crowd and in crowd of New York City do after dark head to Omar’s La Boîte. Venezuelan born Omar Hernandez can be compared to the modern day Humphrey Bogart character, Rick Blaine, from Casablanca. He knows how to create an atmosphere like no other. He can magically merge celebrities with graffiti artists, foreign diplomates and fashion designers as if they were cast in a Wes Anderson film.

Omar’s La Boîte marks Hernandez’s third supper club and nightclub in his portfolio of NYC hotspot establishments. His first one, Omar’s La Ranita, was in New York’s Washington Square neighborhood, and hosted dinner parties for fashion designers like Virgil Abloh, Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld. The second one was uptown craze Omar at Vaucluse, which was magnet for celebs and hosted dinner parties for Madonna, Spike Lee, Sienna Miller and Alicia Keys. Hernandez’s new private supper club and public nightclub is Omar’s La Boîte in the Lower East Side. La Boîte is a nightclub, while Omar’s is a members-only supper club which aims to reconnect New Yorkers to each other, much like the days of salon gatherings—you do not find people glued to their smart phones here!

So, what happens to someone like Omar Hernandez when the city shuts down and people are forced to stay away from one another? How does someone like Omar Hernandez make sense with what is happening, and how does he help New Yorkers come back together when being together is dangerous? I spoke with Omar because, quite frankly, I am confused. Do I stay in NYC, or do I go? Will nightlife ever be the same? Do I want nightlife to be the same? Does partying make sense anymore? I am someone who loves going out and socializing, but only when the atmosphere is enticing and promises surprises, or is full of friends. But with the promise of a collective group of people coming together in one place dashed, how does New York City nightlife survive? Does Omar have the answers?