The motif is musical, with framed sheet music, album covers and artists' portraits decorating the walls, but the restaurant's distinctive interior architecture is unchanged - an atmospheric old-school piano bar adjoining two side-by-side dining rooms paneled in dark wood with storefront windows and tin ceilings. There are 17 entrees, plus salads and sandwiches, but the stars of the show are the 43 small-plate dishes called bites. Nearly all are designed for easy sharing, and with most in the inexpensive range. Entrees include a choice of starch and vegetable, and they're a bargain by almost any standard. Only steaks and lamb chops are higher. The Monday- and Tuesday-night lobster specials pack the place, so go early. The menu includes sushi, plus many other items such as pasta and chicken. There are nightly fish specials and about 50 beers and 46 wines, half by the glass. --Sylvia Rector

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