Kitchen schedules and food production are falling in step with volume peaks and valleys. Table service is daily picking up. So, it seems, is business. Fresh Escargots, for example, were said to be shipped fresh on ice from Ryder's Ranch in New York. Baked in fresh mushroom caps with a healthful, extremely light wine sauce, they made for a unique appetizer.
Old habits die hard, though.
And with French cuisine making a raging comeback, we'll stick with snails aswim in heady Gallic garlic butter. It's still unbeatable for sopping. Conventional wisdom whispered not to order Black Beans in an Irish Pub. We did, and we wished we hadn't. Coupled with an entree-sized house salad in lieu of the sandwich, the combo's a dollar less.