So in mid-January, the restaurant shut down for a much-needed
"refresh," a procedure with far more promising results than the average
opera board member will ever achieve. Over the past 10 days, the
workers have ripped out the old tiles in the entryway and replaced them
with slate, repainted the walls taupe, installed a new counter for the Greens to Go takeout business, and other cosmetic necessities.
Today is the big reveal: Greens to Go is open at its normal time of 8 a.m. The restaurant reopens for lunch at 11:45 and dinner
at 5:30. One thing that will not change is chef Annie Somerville,
who has been at the restaurant for 28 years (in chef years, again,
practically immortal); and since she revises the menu weekly, she
doesn't plan any major revamping to either the cafe or prix-fixe meals. If you go, let me know what you thought.
