A Cote Restaurant Review:
This stylish Cal-Med tapas restaurant located along Rockridge's gourmet ghetto features a roomy, granite-topped bar and wood-burning oven. The mostly walk-in business (reservations are granted for early or late seatings only) translates into a line of clientele milling outside the front door. Once inside, the room’s warm earth tones surround a lively crowd. Small plates include french fries,...
This place for Mediterranean food is all about small plates, cozy tables, family-style eating—and truly excellent food. The butternut-squash ravioli, wild-boar chestnut sausage, and duck confit flatbread with apples and cantelet cheese are all fine choices, and you won't find a better plate of pommes frites (french fries) anywhere. The restaurant pours more than 40 wines by the glass. Among the...
The Emerald City had a bar? Dark green scene and place to be seen. You can argue about the décor, but why bother when you can look good, eat well and play Dorothy does Dallas with a Grappa Strega in one hand and a Pappy Van Winkle’s in the other. Click your heels and order mussels with Pernod from the wood oven with a heaping plate of pommes frites.
Jack and Daphne Knowles look to chef Matthew Colgan to serve up superb rustic Mediterranean-inspired small plates at this loud, festive, and warmly lit joint. A "limited reservations" policy means there's usually a long wait during prime dining hours, but once seated, you can join locals in a nosh fest featuring the likes of croque-monsieur, pommes frites with aioli, wood-oven cooked mussels in...