I am not saddened by this closing. Some close friends took me for my birthday dinner a few years ago and I was terribly underwhelmed, except for the dessert, and that I was able to meet Jacques Torres, the then Executive Pastry Chef.
I was devastated by the closing of La Caravelle, Lutece and La Cote Basque, however!!
The main meal was poor and the service horrible. Unless you were ordering multiple $500-plus bottles of wine service was non-existent.
Perhaps in its new incarnation things will be better?
