45 Bistro

45 Bistro Review

No one should mistake this for a nondescript hotel restaurant, just because it is located within the Marshall House. The contemporary artwork and stellar bar with its ornate glass ceiling give you the first clues that this is a separate entity; the menu posted outside will beckon you to come in. Chef Patrick Best, whose middle name should be "perfection," is an artist as well. Watch him as he cooks; he is as intense as if he were finishing a painting. His masterpieces include grilled hearts of romaine with homemade croutons and dressing that can go up against the world's best Caesar salads; duck with roasted parsnips, apples, cured bacon, and blackberry glaze that is a perfect cool-weather main course; and figgy bread pudding with coconut ice cream and marsala caramel, which is hard to top.