Folks have come here for grand meals under various flags for more than 20 years. The space is tiny, with plush decor and posh service. The food ranges from top-dollar classics to clever contemporary fare among the specials, all with first-rate vegetables.
Tables with bay views and traditional indulgences such as rack of lamb, sweetbreads, escargot and Dover sole. The menu has been updated with pastas, grilled fish, fresh herbs and half-orders, but there are rich sauces and strudels as well. Brunch on Sundays.
BYOB with no corkage fee.Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., and Sat.; 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun.
A semi-swanky place to eat Mediterranean-style and drink American-style, Alfresco features a bar by the entrance that gives way to a stainless steel, open-air kitchen. There's just something funny about having two taps and two completely different beers. Alfresco serves up Paulaner Oktoberfest a …
After a move from a smaller space, Casa Tina already it looks like it has been there forever, with a long fuchsia wall packed to capacity with old photos and funky mirrors, the opposite weathered brick wall tattooed with a Day of the Dead skeleton mariachi band painting. Doors are flung wide to …
This little tapas and wine bar was born when Casa Tina moved to larger digs. Owned by the same folks though, it offers more than two dozen wines by the glass, tapas and small plates that use local or organic ingredients, plus desserts and coffees. It recently added a brick over for organic pizzas.