2301 W. Wisconsin Ave. The reason escapes me. Nor was it the menu's eight well-selected entrees, nor the fine service. It's an entirely different atmosphere at lunch time, when the dining room usually fills fast and the best tables are reserved. Oddly, the lunch menu is inferior to the dinner selections.
Lunch does offer salads, sandwiches and a special pizza and entree of the day.
The thin, young asparagus spears are lightly cooked, keeping the flavor to a maximum. The amount of mozzarella is generous, as is the bed of leaf lettuce underneath. The only other additions are a sliver of carrot, tomato wedges and a few sprouts. The sweet, red wine vinaigrette coats but doesn't drown the lettuce. A good sourdough roll is included.