RW: 701

With the exception of the juvenile bartender, I enjoyed 2/3 of my courses at Restaurant Week at 701.  I had the chestnut and mushroom soup, which was a great, flavor-filled starter, and then moved on to the red snapper with saffron risotto, peeky toe crab (though not much of that), and lemon.  The dessert was eh: a lemon poppy seed cake, though the marsala ice cream was delectable...I would have preferred a plate of that. The cake tasted like it had been sitting out all day. Eh. Anyway, I am looking forward to Charlie Palmer's on Saturday. It will be a treat, and I'll need a good workout before that!