stuff@nightSunday School: Watch out, Saturday — there’s a new restaurant night in town
Posted Oct. 17, 2007
by Louisa Kasdon
The Rendezvous' Steve Johnson explains that he first decided to offer his three-course $38 Sunday prix fixe "as a marketing thing, a way to let people know that we were open seven nights a week - and make a gesture of hospitality for our neighbors, letting them know they could still eat here, even if they couldn't get a table on Saturday night." Johnson says the "deal works both ways: it allows the chef to have a little more fun, more latitude in the menu, to try out a new dish, or cook bluefish instead of striped bass." Sunday, he adds, is now his favorite night to work, and he's always there to meet and greet. "It's a gentler vibe, a different crowd, full of neighborhood people and people who do fun things on a Sunday afternoon, see a movie, take a walk, and artsy types who've just been to a play, a gallery opening." Johnson also offers this entire menu a la carte on Sundays as well, so “if people only want a steak-frites and a glass of wine then that’s fine with us, too”.
