FOR JOEL

After the 'Big Change', quite a few patrons have often talked about how much they miss Lavender. We miss it too. That's not to say that we don't enjoy the restaurant that has become Cafe Aeby, but Lavender was special - mignardies consisted of six, painstakingly tiny pastries, all different in taste and asthetic, the soups were served table-side, sometimes in a beaker like above and sometimes from a little iron pot with lid, champagne by the glass was offered by cart with several selections, dishes contained multiple vegetables and no vegetable was repeated even once on the menu, tables were coated with floor-length, custom-made linens, servers were dressed in suits and ties - all small touches that went such a long way. All that being said, this one is for Joel.