THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED RK

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED RK Restaurant Review:

The million dollar kitchen at RK is something to see. Luckily every diner in the gorgeous whitewashed dining room can view it courtesy of a state-of-the-art transparent wall that, by design, allows the chef no privacy---as good as being in the kitchen. In lieu of picture frames on the wall, random snippets of text are thrown from a hidden projector, such as: I'm not sure, but I've heard chocolate is a good substitute. These days, restaurants billing their cuisine as American are ubiquitous, but RK delivers on many of its promises offering an array of nearly irresistible sounding dishes. Three-cheese-lobster macaroni and cheese has one too many, but the pound and half of shelled Maine lobster presiding over the homemade pasta makes that trouble go away. Other indulgences include the veal porterhouse done with a béarnaise sauce; crispy red snapper served with sizable flakes of shiitake mushrooms; and suckling pig, freshly browned from the visible kitchen rotisserie. RK takes its parting shots seriously with an ample dessert menu. At times creations like the molten chocolate cake with peanut butter ice cream and caramelized bananas even outshine their entrée predecessors. Service is still finding its rhythm, but by all indications it will have plenty of time to get it right.