Barbette, Uptown

Dont believe everything you hear...especially when what you hear this is 'my favorite place in the cities'. At the very least, my sources omitted a huge truth...they had never actually eaten dinner here. Now, I will say (in what, to date, may be my first piece of positive news) that the ambiance is amazing here. It is romantic and trendy, yet unpretentious (again: in its ambiance only). Barbette's ostentatatiousness begins the second you step away from the bar and sit to eat dinner. Overrated, overrated, overrated. Tip: for French-style food go elsewhere, but for a bowl of cripsy shoestring fries and a cocktail...**for the first time....you have my blessing.