Profile

This venue is closed.

Charleen Badman used to cook at the Lobster Club, but she always wanted her own place. Now, with the help of Anne Rosenzweig, her former boss and current partner, she's got one. Badman's style of cooking is influenced by her working vacations in places like Italy, where she learned to make ravioli, and Chez Panisse, where she immersed herself in the sort of hyper-seasonal cooking she's brought to this casually elegant dining room, with nothing breaking the $22 barrier. There's a small, appealing wine list, weekend brunch, and for inveterate nibblers unwilling to commit to a full meal, a bar menu is available. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Salt-and-pepper shrimp with grapefruit confit, $9; trout with Jerusalem artichokes and dill, $21; Newport steak, $21; creamed spinach "with almost no fat," $7

Related Stories

Featured In

• Cheap Eats Guide 2006 (8/7/06)
• Where to Eat 2003 (1/6/03)

Recipes at Inside

• Salad of Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Walnuts, and Pomegranates (2005)
• Concord Grape Ketchup (2004)
• Asparagus-and-Caramelized- Spring-Onion Farfel (2002)
• Almond Pavlova With Lemon Curd and Strawberries (2002)
• Tsimmes (2002)
• Salmon Gefilte Fish With Carrots (2002)