San Antonio

(From January 2012)

Just what many have always wanted: a menu studded with dishes small enough that three or four make a meal. That oft-changing menu may include a dish of assorted olives with Marcona almonds, butter-poached shrimp with Thai curry, a single seared diver scallop with uni butter, or tea-smoked duck with a sauce of hoisin and sriracha, a combination as exotic and excellent as it sounds. Flit from one taste to another as you probe the menu—rarely will you be disappointed by the creative, sometimes even sly offerings. The dark dining room and minimal decor are hardly cheerful, but obliging and responsive servers set an upbeat tone. Bar.

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(From June 2011) This venerable north-east-sider offers plenty of specialties in the French idiom, but at the moment, the prix fixe dinners stand out for both value and accomplishment. Among the offerings are appetizers of smoked salmon (served with capers, toast, and crackers) and silky truffled pâté, itself worth a visit. Both the beef Wellington and the rack of lamb proved to be tender, flavorful standouts, especially if you skip the mint jelly with the latter and ask for the port sauce in-stead. Crumpets, with its big, high-ceilinged dining room looking out over a bosky glade, is enjoying a high point. If you haven’t been in several years, this would be the time to try it again. Bar.

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