
And do as adversaries do in law,
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (1593-1594)
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So the evening is proceeding quite swimmingly Friday night. We’re ensconced on the second floor of Gordon Ramsay Steak, watching Ramsay work the crowd like a master, chatting everyone up, posing for pictures and stopping by every table — basically charming the pants off the lassies while impressing the lads about what a down-to-earth bloke he is.
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ELV is just kidding about the wine bottle above — although the gracious neighboring table allowed us both a few sips and a picture of it. But it was an appropriately magnificent wine to kick off the magnificent transformation of the space below into the destination restaurant it is sure to become.