THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED L'Escalier Restaurant Review:
L’ESCALIER, A GAYOT TOP 40 RESTAURANT IN THE U.S. IN 2011 AND 2004, HAS CLOSED Anchored by chandeliers larger than some South Beach apartments, L'Escalier looks like what it has always been: a "Grande Dame" resort's formal fine dining restaurant. Since the advent of chef Greg Vassos in 2008, however, the food has been far from its former solid but safe stuff. The complex, sophisticated fare...
Palatial luxury sparkles beneath the crystal drops of many-shaded chandeliers. But where once only the level of cuisine and service seemed to reach beyond the startling altitude of the ceiling, now we’re just not as easily wooed. The French-rooted cuisine, served as three-, five- and seven-course tasting menus in a dining room that can be as barren as the connecting bar is busy, can be just...