Radius

The Scene
Billed as a restaurant and a New York-style nightclub, one look tells you it's more early Miami Vice than Manhattan. An eerie blue light casts shadows on slick surfaces while bluish-green swirls of color dot the walls. More mood-setters: a waterfall over the entry and a sleek bar and miniscule dance floor set the mood for young Don Johnsons to be lounging at the bar with blow-dried hair and scuffed espadrilles.

The Food
Forget the traditional breadbasket and butter. The server arrives with a basket of crusty homemade breads, a carafe of grainy pesto & herb-flavored oil and a plate of shredded Aziago cheese. The small but creative menu includes Black Angus beef, Long Island duck and several interesting seafood combinations. The lobster, shrimp and lump crabmeat sauteed with artichoke hearts, chives and roasted shallots is served in a rich cream sauce over angel hair pasta, but bland lobster meat proved a bit disappointing for the $25.95 price. The Angus beef tenderloin is impeccable and impressively presented. Desserts are homemade and change weekly. If you get lucky, the fudgy chocolate apricot torte will become a constant.