popped into 87 west for a drink around 11. our waitress promptly greeted us with cucumber waters (fancy!) and we ordered a few glasses of wine plus a beer. prices were a little on the steep side. a few minutes later, complementary pumpkin pudding spoons came out from the kitchen. another nice touch. sadly, we didn't get to stay long since last call was about 10 minutes after we arrived.
as for the space itself, it felt cramped, instead of cozy. they're trying to pull off a high end wine bar look and feel, but the tables and chairs looked cheap. besides the furniture, the rest of the restaurant felt like it was having an identity crisis. they had a fireplace and a modern chandelier, but the back wall was covered with weird, distracting art - a bunch of huge, plastic symbols (one being a no smoking sign.) didn't seem to fit in with everything else that was going on.
i liked where 87 west was going; they just didn't make it there for me.