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Picasso Spanish Restaurant
I'm very sad to announce that this gem of Hillcrest closed over the weekend, 2/3 April 2016. The property owner wants to expand to the South, and the management of Picasso could not get the lease renewed as was.— April 4, 2016 3:33 p.m.
Farm House Cafe
This truly wonderful restaurant served its last dinner on 28th February 2014. Olivier and Rochelle Bioteau are taking a break in France, but promise they will be back and looking for bigger premises.— March 12, 2014 4:21 p.m.
Neighborhood Restaurants
The Farm House Café is _absolutely_ my current favorite, and has been for at least a year. Last night's saumon tartare was, as they say, to die for. Thus I'm pleased that Ms. Wise singled it out for praise, although it may make reservations a little harder to come by for a while. Just one nit to pick: Chef/owner Olivier Boiteau is from the Loire region, not the southern countryside. He does not actually use very much olive oil, the signature of southern french gastronomy.— October 22, 2011 11:18 a.m.
My Place Bistro
I was almost a lunchtime regular when this very authentic bistro was opened by Charles Zadayan of French Pastry Shoppe fame. Favorites were the excellent frites mentioned by Twinkly, the fresh sardines, the fish soup, and the crème brulée. While I wasn't looking the Zadayan family sold the place -- imagine the nerve of these people! On a recent re-visit with a party of six, we were all very very impressed. The service was excellent, speedy and bi-lingual, and the menu had something for all of us. The frites are still the best in town and have shrunk almost to alumette size. The fresh sardines went away (the only place left serving them, to my knowledge, is Sea Rocket) but the fish soup and c.b. still reign. Also singled out for praise were the veal stew with wild shrooms and the trout. A request for Chardonnay brought a workmanlike bottle whose origin was no more precisely defined than "Languedoc" (a vast area of SW France noted for affordable vins de table). As it so happens, this suits us very well. Update on your headers, Reader-Food-Gurus: Outdoor seating and Reservations are both YES. Check with them about delivery (I doubt it). This small and cozy place shows some signs of struggling in the current atmosphere of credit crunch and swine flu. It deserves to thrive.— April 25, 2009 12:35 p.m.