The food is fresh, inventive, and delicious.  This is my favorite go-to restaurant when I want a special meal.\n\nAn anecdote:  Once we wanted a great meal but had a 3-year old with us.  We made a 6:00 reservation to be ahead of the serious diners.  The waiters could not have been nicer.  They suggested appropriate choices for the little girl, and she responded by enjoying her meal as much as the rest of us.  A class act.\n\nAnother:  We went there on a dreadful snowy night in February 2010.  (If you were in Pittsburgh, you remember that snow!)  We were treated to some special extras from the kitchen.  No doubt it was a slower evening than normal, and the kitchen and waiters made it festive for us.