"This is an uptown social crowd," she says, brushing back a shock of shiny black hair.

For years, there was little interest from the uptown crowd.

Well, the uptown crowd was going to have something interesting to report after this meal.

Red lights still dotted the occasional window but the establishments appeared to cater to the uptown crowd.

Touches like these are clearly meant to appeal to an uptown crowd.

There were men in sport coats and ties, "because the uptown crowd thought that was casual," she said.

For my next meal, I invited an uptown crowd, lawyers who live nearby.

This, the Pressmans interpret as opportunity rather than any lack of appeal to the uptown crowd.

The truth was, the uptown crowd had always been her crowd.

We're even attracting an uptown crowd now.