Oh dear. We went here because the other establishments were overpriced and full. Well, that should have been a clue, n'est pas? We were seated near the entrance and were already sipping our iced tea when we were forced to move to accommodate a large party. The thing that vexed, however, was that the man told us that the hostess hadn't known that there was a reservation for a large party. This was patently untrue, as we had been listening to the hostess catch the attention of the 8 men and their subsequent deliberation over whether to eat here or forge onward. \nAlas, I believe it was Xavier Gorostiaga (?) who wrote that the cultural value placed on truth telling in the USA is simply not shared in other places (to the detriment of capitalism, of which he was no fan). True that, in my experience. \nThe meal was entirely forgettable and we were quite sorry that we hadn't chosen a better location, but that event was not. On the upside, the new X Men film was being filmed right outside the restaurant.