Used to be an aboslute favorite patio dining place. Took the boyfriend there last week only to learn that the lower part of the patio is now apps and drinks only and to order dinner you are asked if you want to "move up" Huh? Yep. You have to actually leave one table to go up about three stairs and sit in the main patio area. Ridiculous.
Service was incredibly and inexplicably slow. As in about 1/2 hour to even get a glass of wine let alone an app. The app was fine, drinks fine but the whole thing was unsettling. The owner who bought the place a while ago, came by to explain the new approach to the patio but seriously, this isn't Around the Corner, dude. (He also owns that place) THree Birds is a fine dining restaurant....or was. Most disappointing and not on the top of my list anymore. Heard the same from the table next to us.
They will also be changing the name of the restaurant in Sept and are asking patrons for suggestions for a new name. Tacky. Probably a good thing tho. Thee THree Birds brand won't be tainted by whatever they are trying to do with the seating.
Moving up indded.