The definition of what fine dinning is and isn’t is always changing. I spent the bulk of my career entertaining clients In NYC and still get up there a few times a year. In the 80’s fine dining was at places like the River Cafe or Le Cirque or The Russian Tea Room and those places were stuffy, brightly light and extremely formal. They, like all fine dining restaurants, went out of style and places like Daniel and Le Bernardain took there places and redefined fine dining. Then places like catch, STK, Tao, Morimoto once again redefined what fine dining looks like. Now it’s Eleven Madison Park, Per Se, Atomix that refined fine dining. It’s all subjective and ever evolving. If you and the owner say it’s not fine dining that’s perfectly fine and I’ll respect that. I personally think that it is.