text: We had dinner at El Chorro as a part of their soft opening.  The restaurant looks terrific and still has the ambiance of one of the grand old dames of Phoenix restaurants.  The menu is well suited for the stature of the restaurant.  Classic meals including duck, steak, lamb chops, pork chops and fish.  The food is good but not quite at the point of being terrific or memorable.  It will continue to satisfy the long time customers of this restaurant.  If you want a good solid meal where everyone will like something El Chorro continues to fill the bill.  I hope that as they settle in to their second life that some of those nuanced flavors that Chef Kassels was famous for in Santa Fe can emerge so that El Chorro is not just brunch on Sundays and special occassions but also a wonderfully, memorable meal.