Table 34

Back by popular demand! Given the mandate by valued customers of their wildly revered Wild Sage Café, the restaurant's Wolfgang Puck protégé-owners named this spot Table 34 (for Wild Sage's VIP eight-seat round table). Its décor is elegant---and casual. The pale wood floor and recessed lighting complement the stunning burgundy walls adorned with decorative wrought iron-framed mirrors of various sizes and shapes. Described on daily changing menus, Wes Kendrick's imaginative cuisine is superb. Among sublime luncheon soups, a purée such as tomato-basil or apple-butternut squash is a staple, as is the house-smoked salmon appetizer on a potato galette with parsley-shallot cream offered for lunch and dinner. Luncheon sandwiches include a charbroiled hamburger on a fresh-baked focaccia bun. Seared or grilled Maine sea scallops are presented as an appetizer and-or entrée for lunch and dinner, all-beef meatloaf with mashed potatoes and onion gravy, as well as pizzas, are always on the menu. We like the pan-seared salmon with cauliflower purée and lemon-dill butter, and the linguine with chicken, spinach and tomatoes in a garlic cream sauce. Go for the braised beef pot roast with herb spätzle and bordelaise sauce. Save room for the fresh berries atop the luscious vanilla bean crème brûlée. (Less)