Death & Taxes - upscale American? Not a fan of the food at all. Think $50 steak and pasta with the richness and palate of Carraba's fettucine alfredo - very rich, salty, fatty, filling, exactly the opposite of what I want in upscale dining. The most interesting dish I could find, and had, was pork and breaded onions. Salmon tartare with the fish drowned in sauce. This is quite similar to the other “upscale” Ashley Christensen restaurant I've been to (Poole's) and I think I'm seeing the formula. Overall did not like it, both as a matter of personal taste in the cuisine direction but also because the food was just bad. The bread was stale, parts of my dish were burnt. The service was quite good but the mediocre food made it feel like an average restaurant that watched a tv show about fine dining and copied what they saw.