I haven’t been to a CB for a while, but I always enjoyed the antiques, which made every restaurant different, and which gave me something to pass the time (besides the peg game) while I waited for my meal. One place had a fifties-vintage stroller just like the one I got rolled around in. The updated CB looks boring. A wall full of carefully-mounted cutting boards and sifters. Yawn.
Hey, it's “curated!” /barf
It was a nice place for a family meal when the kids were young. We always loved the decor (and the cute shop that sold nostalgic things). Sometimes, I ordered meals at CB to take to family gatherings. But, I stopped going there when the food and the service went downhill. CB seems to have misunderstood. They think the decor needed to be changed. But people loved the decor.