If you guess that the new downtown restaurant Table 7 Bistro is related to the two District 7 Grills, you guessed right. Husband-and-wife team Babak and Shelley Elham own all three places. “Our new place is not as casual as the other two places,” says Shelley. “It’s a little more upscale, but that’s because we’re attached to the Club Quarters hotel. We function as their in-house restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
Anthony Bolt is the executive chef in charge of the menu here. He is a graduate of our very own Art Institute and has cut his teeth at the Daily Review and Shade. Not a bad start to his career. He reports that Table 7 will have a full-service bar in a few weeks, and that the extensive menu includes fish, steak and pasta in the $15 to $20 range. The Press visited opening week and discovered one of the best muffalettas outside of New Orleans.
This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2008.