Learning Table Manners [restaurant review]

I’m going to start this article by stating a fact: any review of Table Manners that is written for a local audience will include a comparison with the former establishment in the location. This isn’t fair, but is inevitable. It is reflected in the emails that I have received from readers who emailed me either reporting their experiences or asking, “What’s up at that place that replaced Bouzy at Chez Melange?” The answer is changes, and plenty of them. The new owners have opted for a complete shift in style, gutting the cozy retro interior and replacing it with a stark, minimally decorated, modern space. The shift outside has been even more dramatic, with the rock wall that demarcated the boundary with the street replaced by industrial-style metal pillars and cables. If you look at pictures of the old and new place side by side, the intention seems clear: Bouzy never looked much like the Riviera Village party places two blocks south, and Table Manners replicates their look exactly. The menu follows the neighborhood pattern, sandwiches and burgers with modernized versions of finger foods and the obligatory roast chicken, steak, and fish and chips. These items are popular, which is…

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