THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Saute Restaurant & Bar

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Saute Restaurant & Bar Restaurant Review:

In tough times or boom years, the restaurants that flourish are those that can serve a variety of purposes, from after-work hangout to big-date venue. Sauté is one of these, a classy chameleon with a relaxed-yet-polished vibe and food that ventures from pizza and wings to elegant fine-dining creations. While the former are very good --- those wings are house-smoked --- we like the lower price-point items most for helping subsidize the more soigné selections. The light fare list, which includes Parmesan fried oysters and a roasted beet salad with strawberries, is temptingly eclectic, and the contemporary dishes, from cocoa espresso rubbed New York strip loin with roasted carrots and parsnip purée to a pumpkin ravioli with duck confit, are uniformly well prepared. The bar and dining room are handsome in a cool, sexy, masculine way --- “Mad Men” gone modern.