By Polly Campbell • pcampbell@enquirer.com • September 9, 2010
Jean-Robert’s Table
Jean-Robert de Cavel promised his new restaurant would be casual, a place people could drop in, relax and eat delicious food, without feeling stifled or uncomfortable. He’s kept his promise with Jean-Robert’s Table, which opened Downtown in August.
For one thing, it couldn’t possibly feel hushed and haute with this many customers. The atmosphere is charming and quirky, with exposed brick walls and a center section of bar-height tables, decorated with graphic prints of people and birds and very sparkly, mismatched chandeliers.
But when it comes to food and service, de Cavel doesn’t really do casual. Oh, there are casual gestures: scallops topped with a haystack of fried onion rings; a Hangtown omelet with oysters and bacon that would not have fit in at de Cavel’s former restaurant, Jean-Robert at Pigall’s; there’s even a burger, and Burger beer in a can to go with it.
But mostly he does what comes naturally to him: refined, seasonal food in a French tradition with a modern sensibility, and with service to match. Best of all, it’s casually priced, with entrées at $13, $15, $18 and none over $27. So Jean-Robert’s Table is not only a hot ticket and a delicious meal, it’s a good value as well.
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Jean-Robert’s Table
Where: 713 Vine St., Downtown
When: 5:30-10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5:30-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Will be open for lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. starting in late September.
The scene: Bustling but gracious. People casually but well-dressed.
Reservations: Taken
Prices: Appetizers $10-$17; entrées $13-$27; dessert $7-$8
Vegetarian choices: No appetizer except salad; always a vegetarian entrée,
Miscellaneous: Valet parking, Most of dining room accessible to disabled.
Phone: 513-621-4777
Website: www.jrtable.com
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