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by Madelyn Miller

If Olympic Pizza is the mainstream pizza, Beau Nash offers some trendy upscale choices.

I tried a smoked Salmon Pizza with Caviar and Dill ($13.75).  That sounds like a lot for a 10" pizza, but if you consider that it is bigger than four bagels with lox and cream cheese, it is a reasonable value. The thin crust was crispy but I would have liked a little more cream cheese, to meld the ingredients together. My companion enjoyed the angel hair pasta with lump crabmeat, tomato and basil pesto ($8.00 appetizer portion, $16.00 entree)

The problem at Beau Nash wasn't the food the night I dined there. Although they were only a about 2/3 full that evening, we waited over an hour for our order. I figured that Domino's could have delivered it faster. Or I could have driven up to Olympic Pizza, ordered it to go, and brought it back. This was especially frustrating in a restaurant like Beau Nash where you expect great service. Mind you, it is a nice place to wait, what with the dark woods, comfortable chairs, and great people watching opportunities. But if I hadn't been the guest of Travel Guide host Katherine Burgess, I think I would have left.

Desserts were worth waiting for, and they came surprisingly quickly. We enjoyed homemade raspberry sorbet and a hazelnut cake in a caramel sauce ($5.50 each).

This experience made me wonder if sometime expensive restaurants try to take longer so you feel like you've spent enough time there to justify the money spent.

BEAU NASH HOTEL CRESCENT COURT 400 CRESCENT COURT 871-3200

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