Old-schoolers harrumphed that Dallas' landmark of fine dining would ... heck no. The French Room, which reopened in October after being shuttered for more than a year, is as formal and ornate ...

In Atlanta and throughout the country, the formal dining room is in transition ... For privacy, add French doors and barn doors, which are practical and add a stylish touch.

Formal dining rooms tend to be a completely separate room, often with pocket doors, French doors or ornate double doors, to further sequester them from the rest of the house. Casual dining rooms ...

Country French style, on the other hand, uses this same baseline, but adds in daintier elements. “I think you could take a farmhouse room and throw ... took a more formal approach to the ...

Protégé is the brainchild of two French Laundry veterans, chef Anthony Secviar and Master Sommelier Dennis Kelly. They aim to disrupt the notion that fine dining has to be drawn-out formal ...