(From November 2011)
Urban Fare adds welcome variety to the food available downtown, catering to both the business lunch crowd and the wee-hours survivors of nearby party places. Try to ignore the industrial furnishings and depressing decor and focus on food that would be more at home in Santa Monica than in this recycled ex–pizza parlor on a South Texas side street. Dishes are all over the map, from a chicken-vegetable soup and a spicy Thai chicken wrap to a “Montreal Style” roast beef sandwich and a teriyaki beef rice bowl. We wish the proprietors enough success that they can afford to make the environment worthy of their kitchen. Beer & wine.