Anyway, the meal cost us close to $600 (before tip), mostly due to the two bottles of wine we ordered, one of them being a Dom Perignon and the other an excellent bottle of Chianti. Never did anything like that before or since but since I don't often have a wallet stuffed with $100 bills, I figured we'd do something a little different before blowing the rest of it on the blackjack tables.
Must say the meal was excellent all around but not necessarily better than other "expensive" meals we've had at places like Capital Grille, Peter Luger's Steakhouse and Legal Seafoods. There are definitely diminishing returns once you get to the $50/entree price point.
BTW, didn't do too badly at the blackjack tables either - for first and only time, I played blackjack with $100 chips and held my own for the most part. We managed to take about half our winnings home with us that trip.
Do you remember when there was only one or two locations - I think the main one was in Charles Square? You would wait at community tables on the second floor and watch a giant chalkboard. As fresh fish/seafood came in, a waitress would write it on the board; as Legal ran out of that item, a waitress would scratch it off and those who had been waiting on it would moan.
At the same time, in the late 1970s, there was a place called No Name Seafood, down in an industrial area off one of the piers. There was no sign; the door was a beaten and rusted metal door, one of many in a large, unlit potholed parking lot.
When you opened that one special door, you were in a large, loud room comparable to Legal Seafood.
It was decorated with real Picasso paintings. And was worth it for the experience.
I liked everything but the fois gras.