This imaginative place was created by the Jaffre family, now three generations, in a palatial home built by J.P. Morgan. It wasnt' just any industrial baronial home. It was built by Morgan for a preacher, a man he must have cared for deeply. It sits upon a hill, on the edge of the border with Connecticut, and overlooks spectacular rolling hills. The Jaffre family has done very well with that.
Care is taken at every step.
The menu is marvelously creative while consistently french. The chef has infused culinary elements of Provence with those from Breton and Normandy. One toys with a shift in the direction of outrage until finally acknowledging that the freedom from the constraint of styles is genuinely American - and it works. The execution is consistently good and enjoyable. Intriguing, creative, enjoyable though not extraordinary.