Restaurant-starved Elkins Parkers have cheered the arrival of this promising Mediterranean-inspired BYOB overlooking the Creekside Co-op from two veterans of the Commissary and Starr Catering. Consistent lapses in execution, though, dimmed my early meals at this potentially game-changing bistro. At a return visit in November, the appeal of its casual but sophisticated room was still obvious. Unfortunately, so was a kitchen still struggling to deliver. I saw small instances of progress from my first visit (a tender and tasty lamb shoulder, far less use of chickpeas as filler.) But a $42.50 tasting menu was a mess (the second course arrived while I was still eating the first!). And too many dishes - an exploded ravioli stuffed with stringy lamb, a rubbery scallop, a "golden" beet soup the color of split peas, a flavorless lingcod - showed a kitchen still far overmatched by its own ambitions. Reviewed May 11. Revisited in November.