Prices
Three-course prix fixe: $78.
AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V.
Description
Rather than benefiting from the fresh touch provided by new chef Craig Hopson (Picholine), the staid eatery has subsumed him. Hopsons attempt to modernize the menu translates into a lack of nuance: A cloying pineapple sauce doomed an appetizer of grilled sepia with Thai basil; s John Dory, with an odd mustard-lemon-tomato chutney, didnt quite jell. Even desserts faltered: That epitome of romantic sweets, the chocolate soufflé, was dense and dry. When love is blind, so, it seems, are palates.
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