Loew's theater, with its own restaurant, is across the street. Soon P.F. Chang Chinese bistro is coming. We called ahead for a 7 p.m. table, so we're seated at once. Our table is right up against the open kitchen, which is good or bad, depending on how you look at it. It's good if you like to watch the cooks sifting parsley onto plates ready to be served, bad if you don't like noise.
Cooks shouting and pans banging just a few feet away sometimes make dinner conversation difficult.
We had a similar table a couple of weeks ago when we ate here, so His Honor has already checked out the cases of wine bottles stacked again the kitchen wall. They're just there to add to the atmosphere. Still, H.H. keeps hoping. You never know when they might make a mistake and slip a full bottle in one of those cases. Our noisy tables remind me of an e-mail I had from a reader soon after this restaurant opened at the end of January.