"Crystal Jade, owned by the private equity arm of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, closed on June 30; representatives from the company indicate a change in course for its restaurant holdings, shifting from an ornate and ridiculously expensive model — Crystal Jade’s Embarcadero restaurant cost $14 million to build — to a smaller-format, casual format. On the food side, however, there is plenty of potential for improvement — Crystal Jade was widely panned by critics for its average food and extremeley high prices, including now-retired SF Chronicle critic Michael’ Bauer’s comparison of his dinner to a proctology exam." - Ellen Fort
