Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza

Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza Rating: 1/2Location: 3333 S. Bristol St., Costa Mesa; (714) 352-2525; www.charliepalmer.com /bloomingdale/home.html.Ambience: Spacious, luxe restaurant from New York chef Charlie Palmer. The crowd is upscale and sedate.Service: Professional and personable, particularly good wine service.Price: Dinner appetizers, $10 to $24; main courses, $26 to $36; vegetables, $7 to $10; desserts, $10.Best dishes: Foie gras torchon, crisp pork belly with melon, prime flat iron steak, vanilla- braised pineapple.Wine list: Excellent, wide-ranging list at very fair prices. Corkage fee, $25. Two-bottle maximum. No corkage fee all day Monday.Best table: A corner banquette.Special features: Next Vintage Wine Shop offers wine list bottles to take home at retail prices ($25 off wine list prices).Details: Open for lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m daily and for dinner from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Lounge is open daily from 11:45 a.m. to midnight. Full bar. Lot parking; valet Friday and Saturday dinner only, $7.To see a photo gallery go to latimes.com/food.Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality. ****: Outstanding on every level. ***: Excellent. **: Very good. *: Good. No star: Poor to satisfactory.