398537 Fri May 04 17:21:52 -0700 2007 5 12 Boston Area 0 2543045 At least, according to OpenTable.com, it is. If you haven't heard, this is the new restaurant from the chef (now also owner) of the former Restaurant L adjacent to Louis, Boston. It is described a "Steak House cuisine with influences from Southeast Asia. Executive Chef Pino Maffeo creates dishes such as seared dandelion and ricotta ravioli, spring peas, morel mushrooms; crispy soft shell crab, avocado carpacio [sic] with brulee grapefruit; apple wood grilled market beef, crispy potato, four different salts." Clearly, this is not your father's steak house. Leaving aside a discussion of what strikes me as a terrible, terrible name (it just begs for some stupid jokes), I'll be curious to get some early opinions on this place. I always admired Maffeo's cooking, but got the distinct sense that his corporate masters at Louis had muzzled his early innovation at L. I'm hopeful he'll get to show off his skills unfettered in the new incarnation of this venue. Fri May 04 17:21:52 -0700 2007 10143 MC Slim JB 1 2543437 Where is it? Fri May 04 20:38:47 -0700 2007 2543045 88165 B. Savarin 2 2543446 Adjacent to (part of, really) Louis, Boston, corner of Berkeley and Newbury Sts in the Back Bay. That building was once M.I.T.! Fri May 04 20:49:01 -0700 2007 2543437 10143 MC Slim JB 1 2543862 The dishes you're describing were Resto L dishes! Sounds like not much has changed---which is good as far as I'm concerned (esp. if, as you say, they leave him well enough alone). Sat May 05 07:02:39 -0700 2007 2543045 11106 tatamagouche 1 2544919 Wow, you guys have ragged on lots of names here that don't seem so horrible to me. This however sucks. Sounds like it's a meat store by Haymarket or something. Sat May 05 17:19:12 -0700 2007 2543045 14253 Joanie 1 2556901 I heard that it was only going to be open for lunch at the beginning, but don't know if that's happened or not. The first dinner service is supposed to start tomorrow (May 10). Wed May 09 20:17:45 -0700 2007 2543045 10076 limster