One reason La Reserve is so quiet is that the veteran waiters know exactly what they are doing.

Dignified and demure, La Reserve may not be everyone's idea of a rollicking night out on the town.

Dinner for two at La Reserve runs from about $100 to $125.

The feast had been made ready on the second floor at La Reserve, with whose arbor the reader is already familiar.

"The rate at La Reserve was between $70 and $75."

And rentals at La Reserve, a luxury apartment hotel downtown, are also steady.

Where to stay: La Reserve (telephone 01.00.01) is perhaps the best-known hotel in town.

We will stop at "La Reserve" and drink a glass of wine there.

Soon - tomorrow or the next day, here at "La Reserve".

La Reserve is the kind of low-profile place that doesn't make waves.