Thursday, we will re-open for lunch as The Refinery with a new lunch and dinner menu. Hope to see you there.

Hope that you’ll find these more to your liking.

The burger I had was perfect and huge – not at all flat. I subbed sweet potato fries for the regular spuds, and thought they were fantastic. They were fresh cut, not that Sisco garbage.

The Valentine’s Day meal I had was insanely good. We sampled three small plate apps (one oyster, one scallop and the third a tart), each had a bowl of lobster bisque, and shared two entrees – a strip and a duck breast. Everything was remarkably well-prepared and presented.

We were so full, we had to take the dessert home.

I hear it’ll only be a few more weeks until they fully transition, but they are now doing at least one dinner special and several lunch specials that are “theirs” instead of the Bistro’s.

Give them a shot. The entirety of the staff is attentive and obviously take a lot of pride in their work.

We went the other night and were surprised to find out about the new ownership but were excited for the new owners and looked forward to the their soon to be introduced menu. For now they still have the Bistro menu. We got burgers and were so disappointed. The burger patties were not even a match for Three Coins. They were flattened, less flavorful, and smaller versions of the old Bistro burger and looked pathetic on the huge rolls, but alas the price was the same — about $10 each. That said, if you are going to continue with the previous menu for a few weeks at least attempt to master the dishes, especially the basic ones. I think it is a bad idea to transition while customers pay for your lack of enthusiasm in the previous menu selections! Hopefully, our first meal with them was a disappointment because it is not their menu and style. We will certainly go back but will wait until they are fully transitioned. We wish them the best of luck and are ready to support their venture!