I went back to Grace after a year last week and a lot more than the menu had changed. I was meeting my friend's bf for the first time and I wanted the venue to be great. It turned out to be the most tedious evening ever. The difficulty in getting a table should have been an indication - I was told that I could get a table at 7:30pm and they need to turn it around at 9:30pm. I understand that restaurants need to make money but being this up front about it makes one feel very unwelcome. Once we arrived, we were seated between two crowded tables and barely had any elbow room. No sooner had we been seated the host came by to ask us for our wine order and kept coming back every five minutes till we finally ordered. We felt rushed and bullied. Once we started ordering we realized the menu had completely and all the comfort food Grace is known such as the corn chowder with crab fitters for was MIA. When I asked about it I was snarkily told off. What was even more surprising was that half the stuff on the current menu was not available either and they had substitutes that didn't sound great. I ordered the lobster and at $39 it was the most expensive dish on the menu. It tasted ok but the portion was small and the lobster was definitely overdone.
Grace's key differentiator was the warmth in it's food an ambience. Unfortunately it no longer has that on it's menu or in the host. Time to move on - adieu Grace.