Palomar Hotel

Take a dilapidated hotel in an iffy area. Pour millions into renovating it. Add 18-foot-high ceilings in the lobby. Throw in faux leopard and zebra fabrics. And create the Fifth Floor five-star French restaurant on its top floor. What do you get? You get the four-star, four-diamond, Condé Nast Gold List 2003 recipient Palomar Hotel…