Reservations necessary . All major credit cards. It was a sirloin strip, grilled and then sliced, and doused with garlic-tinged butter, and it was fabulous. You can get a reasonable facsimile of this steak, and many more good things, at The Capital Grille, another bright star in the diadem of the Avenue of the Arts. This, the 13th in a national chain, is a steakhouse the way steakhouses used to be, or perhaps we just dreamed them that way.
Some areas have just tables, some comfortable leather booths.
Lights are just low enough, the floral carpets are just thick enough and the waiters just efficient enough to make the meal a pleasant one. Given the size of the restaurant, the noise level is comfortable, and service moves along briskly. The waiters, attired in gray jackets over white aprons, also in the old style, are quick to document all the specials, not too rapturously. They are watched, with a firm, experienced hand, by managing partner Ed Doherty, a vet of the glory days of La Terrasse and other restaurants around town. Naturally, the staff directs you to the specials.