A friend and I had dinner here last night at this formerly favorite restaurant. We started with the mussels which were delicious although the portion seemed much smaller than it used to be and the broth was now a sauce and there wasn't a lot of that. I ordered the sand dabs. Now I had had them many times before at Bink's and they were always wonderful. When they were delivered to me they looked very dark. The first bite tasted absolutely burnt. I tried one more and yes it was burnt. Looking at it it was blackened, really burnt around the edges and even the slivered almonds on top were burnt. I called the waitress over and she was very nice and took it back. Next out comes a completely dry piece of fish with no butter sauce. I call the waitress again and takes it back to speak to the chef. Now the manager, Brad Gaulke, comes to our table to talk to me. He proceeds to tell me fish was not burnt but seared and this is how they always have prepared it. When I tell him it tasted burnt and it know what burned food tastes like he raises his voice and tells me not to be condescending. He was very rude, yelling at me. I ended up ordering the gnocchi. At the end of the evening he didn't charge me for the 2 sand dab orders. Thanks! And comped my dessert which was a mediocre blueberry tart that seemed to be reheated. I will NEVER go back to this location. I love Bink's Midtown and will go there. It's completely different. Our waitress here was wonderful. I felt bad for her. She needs to go work somewhere else.