AXE - Venice, CA

when was the last time u had neo-american cuisine worth re-visiting? is non-steakhouse steak worth going back for?  or that cider porkchop with potato gratin?  sea bass with saffron aeoli?  snapper with thai mango salsa?  minus the ambiance and sans the wine list, my asian palate seems too hard to satiate when it comes to new american cuisine.