excellentfoodbut the price is more than a bit rich. menu features new style american cuisine and traditional chop house. it is worth a visit just to see what the fuss is all about but bring $$$. the restaurant tends to be very noisy when it is crowded. located at the basketball hall of fame, there is often live music outside in the summer. bar is very popular with the money set and was usually packed before the economy went south. the disgraced former ceo of massmutual insurance, bob o'connor, (by way of aig no less) used to hold court here with sue albano, a local opportunist who started out at mm as a file clerk and ended up running the company with bob. more recently mayor susan "i am not a home wrecker" dawson of agawam (age 44) got beat up by the wife (age 61) of her honor's boyfriend (age 55). a busboy who tried to break up the beat down was put in a choke hold by the aggrieved wife. keep an eye out for angry longmeadow matrons.