Vaux began life a year ago as a fancier restaurant, and the decor shows it. The well-spaced tables are linen-napped, the banquettes plushly upholstered, and the color scheme a medley of lulling beiges. It's a room your great-aunt could appreciate. But this sedate establishment—with a menu tending toward foie gras and lobster, and entrées nearing $30—found itself planted in fallow soil on the wrong Fifth... More >>>