brand new restaurant coming to the square!

[one-skill.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

In case you're wondering what all of the construction hub-bub is about where the old Sauce used to be, I can fill you in.... it's being revamped into:

400 Highland

...you probably saw the new sign posted

Anyway, its grand opening is on Monday, April 3rd. You can check up on it on their website 400highland.com

I know the guys running the place, and it's going to be great. The new chef is imported to Boston from California, and is amazing.

Hope you see you there on opening night!

Comments

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

Will they get the clue that people don't want to pay $20 a plate and then have to have freakin' televisions around them when they eat?

Where I come from dinner is a place for conversation and the TVs are shut OFF while people are dining. I find a restaurant full of giant TVs completely ruins my appetite. That's a big part of why Sauce failed: at least no one I know would consider eating dinner there. I'll eat at Mike's where the TV is on over my $3 slice, but if I'm having a "real" (ie, real $$) meal, no way!

I'm hoping that since you're all so gung-ho about how great they're going to be, that this means you're associated with the owners in some way and can send them the word. When you "import" your chef, EXPORT the idiot-boxes!

[siderea]

*standing ovation*

[simonbillenness.livejournal.com]

Joins the standing ovation.

If I want a good meal out with friends, I choose a quiter restaurant without TVs or loud music.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

they have those? gosh. i should find one ;)

most of the places i've been to in the last year all have overly loud thumpy music, bad BAD lighting, and/or tvs... i thought it was the industry trend.

oddly enough, mcdonald's isn't loud, badly lit, or has tvs. yet. just wait ;)

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[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

That's why Orleans is dead to me. I was having a reasonably nice dinner in there one night when the projection screen TV came down and they turned on a Bruins game. Totally schizophrenic restaurant. The funny thing is, knowing they had all sorts of TV viewing options, I went back into Orleans during the Red Sox/Yankees '04 playoff series. It was mid-afternoon and I was thinking it wouldn't be too crowded. It wasn't --there were about eight people, including me and my friends, sitting at the bar, all people who had left work early to watch the game. No one else in the restaurant. The game started and the bartender wouldn't turn the sound on. Apparently, she didn't want to ruin the carefully crafted ambiance. All eight customers paid their tabs and ran to the next bar. Baffling.