I am curious about the description of the food at "le bar Lyonnais" as "joyless average bistro fare". I think that the hardest thing to find fault with is the food ! The food is coming off of the same line as upstairs at Le bec-fin, and I have found it to be uniformly excellant. I have only been there twice since the new Chef de Cuisine took over ( Frederic Cote, ex-sous chef from Daniel), but what I had was very good. To my mind, the main flaws in the restaurant are the ferociously expensive wine list, the cramped space and the often amatuerish service. I am mainly interested in food, so the relatively low cost of the meal more than balances out the other negatives. I wonder if some of these other flaws ruined your appreciation of the meal.
