When I see spelling mistakes on the menu, a minor red flag goes up. When the waiter gives us menus before offering a cocktail or water, that red flag gets bigger. Then when he opens the champagne and asks, ""Do you want me to go downstairs and get champagne glasses for this?"" (as opposed to drinking it from the bottle?) I start to think we should leave. But we stay and regret it. \r
We hadn't been to this place since 2004, and it has clearly taken a turn for the worse. Our waiter had no fine-dining skills, and I realized that the place doesn't really classify as fine-dining anymore. It's the little things. Glasses being placed in front of everyone while stretching across the table, rather than moving around it. Holding them by the bulb instead of the stem, so we have his grubby fingerprints all over them to look at. And the guy sniffed nonstop - I mean if a waiter has a bad cold, for the sake of his workmates and the customers, give him the night off! Either way, after pouring some champagne and taking our order, he left and we didn't see him again until he took the dessert order. He left the champagne bottle on the table, but I spied a nearby ice bucket and used it. We poured the rest of it, and the entirety of the red wine that we had brought. If bringing your own wine is such a crime that the waiter can't be bothered to pour it, then please leave off the $60 corkage. The first course was auctioned off. A busser kindly poured some wine for us at one point, as well as water. We asked the waiter for a couple of minutes with the dessert menu, he came back in twenty, then dropped the check while we were still eating. Atrocious service. As for the food, there are no longer any game appetizers (what happened to the bison tartare?) The main courses were bland and the desserts were awful. Does a caesar salad really belong on the menu at a place like this? The bathrooms were dirty. This place needs a major overhaul to avoid losing its hard-to-believe michelin star.
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