Straightforward salad place that seems clean and fresh and upscale (as opposed to other straightforward salad places). Chicken caesar was delish -- compares favorably with La Madeleine's, though perhaps a bit less heavy. Soup was tomato bread, which probably would have been better enjoyed without the bread, or perhaps bread on the side instead of in the soup. Will definitely be putting this on my regular lunchtime rotation.

If it weren't for Tony's, I'd have no place left to go for a quick and tasty Italian meal around my Old Lake Highlands neighborhood -- except for that other nearby Italian joint which a) shall remain nameless, and b) is highly overrated, and - in comparison to Tony's - overpriced.

On the basis of the bleu cheese teaser posted above, I ate here for lunch today. Naturally, I ordered the Blue D'Auvergne to try it out. Delicious.

Also, the venue lived up to my best expectations for a tony French joint by taking one look at my scruffy clothing (non-designer jeans and touristy NYPD t-shirt) and treating me like the second- or third-class citizen I truly am, positioning me cleverly in a far-removed corner at the French bistro equivalent of a counter. Bravo - if I were running this place I wouldn't have treated me any differently.

Aside from the seating arrangement, the service was really quite good and the waiter solicitous without being even remotely supercilious. Since the waiter forgot to enter our order for the dessert apple tart before bringing us the check (oops!) - and the tart was already in the oven (wow, that sounds so open to employment as double entendre that I'm sad to say I mean it literally) - the chef ended up handing it over to us - no charge - to take out.

Cool decor, too - complete with a faux birch forest interior and a chandelier patched together from wine bottles. (Empty ones, thankfully.)