Hot off the presses, this release from the kids who rep the public relations for Five Restaurant & Street Lounge:

David Parson Capaccioli is the new Exec Head Chef and Mary Beth Mueller is the new GM.

Capaccioli is a former instructor at the Art Institute of Minneapolis Culinary Arts School, was once Executive Chef at Cafe Un Deaux Trois and is a "close associate of Vincent Francoual".

Mueller has been a manager at JD Hoyt's, Dixie's Calhoun, and the St. Paul Grill.

Apparently Five "will be re-emerging as the restaurant to discover great finger food" and "savor comforting bistro fare". They will also be "adding a baby grand piano for live 'lounge tinklings' Thursday through Saturday".

So is that it? Is that the best Plan B for a cutting edge restaurant? Bring in the B-Squad and a piano for "lounge tinklings"? Trust me, I know that restaurants need to make money to survive. But if you're going to dumb it down to be more palatable to the masses and the investors, I think you have to let the name die. It never was their restaurant, it was Woodman's.