OUTSTANDING SERVICE ! My wife and I were downtown early on Thursday to see our long term dentist in Bankers Hill. While my wife was having her teeth cleaned I quizzed Eric the front desk manager about his fav eateries. Our plan had been to have lunch at a fav cafe on Fifth Ave after our dental work was completed around midday. Eric suggested Parc Bistro-Brasserie and told me where it was. He said that all the staff had a fabulous Xmas dinner there. GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME ! When my wife came out I told her and Parc became our lunch destination. To save parking hassles on Fifth Ave we left our car in the 2 hour metered street spot on Third Ave outside Dr Chau's. It was a short 10 minute walk to Parc. The closer we got the more I felt I knew this location.....sure enough when we arrived I remembered it used to be Croce's Park West. My wife and I arrived at the hostess desk just before 12.30pm to be warmly greeted by Lee the lovely hostess. We sat at a high top table near the front window which looked out onto their outdoor patio. A food runner named Sean brought us waters, menus and Complimentary Hot Bread & Olive Tapenade. I could see looking around that a substantial re-model had taken place since the demise of Croce's Park West..we came here once with our daughter. Morgan our very charming server came by to take our lunch order. Well....the COMPLIMENTARY ARTISAN BREAD AND OLIVE TAPENADE was going down a treat....this place could be a winner ! My wife ordered the WILD MUSHROOM RAVIOLI ( Organic wild mushrooms, ricotta cheese, tarragon, cream sauce ) while I couldn't resist the STEAK FRITES ( Sliced flat iron steak, sautéed spinach, shoestring fries, peppercorn sauce ). I didn't want any alcohol at this time of the day but their craft beer list was a little average. Our lunch orders arrived together courtesy of Sean and looked totally spectacular. My wife was in raptures over her Wild Mushroom Ravioli...I had a taste and it was incredible ! My Steak Frites....steak medium rare with the sautéed spinach and peppercorn sauce...perfect texture and flavor. The shoestring fries tasted nice but I would have preferred a larger size fry. But seriously everything tasted sensational. Sean the food runner even brought us another serve of their Complimentary Artisan Bread & Olive Tapenade Sauce...to die for ! DESSERT DESSERT DESSERT..we had looked at their dessert menu online and pretty much knew what we wanted. My wife had to have the MARQUIS ( G.F Chocolate cake, Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Glaze, Chocolate Crumble ) while I ordered the CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE ( Chocolate cake, Chocolate ganache, vanilla bean gelato ). Our amazingly presented desserts arrived together courtesy of Sean the food runner. I could tell the moment my wife tasted her Marquis that it was super delicious..I had a taste and it was ! My Chocolate Lava Cake with Vanilla Bean Gelato wasn't too shabby I can tell you....house made our server Morgan told me. The Marquis is an outside item but who's complaining ! We wanted great lattes to top off our lunch and Morgan our talented server came to the rescue. Our beautifully presented Lattes made by Morgan appeared in front of us and tasted superb. This would be one of our best ever lunch experiences and we are already planning a dinner date here !