We had dinner last night at a small bistro near Jack London Square. The place is at Broadway @ third near the produce wharehouses. It is styled as a french bistro with very nice, subdued decor, pleasant and relaxed with a low noise level. The service was very attentive without being intrusive (very difficult especially as our waiter apologized for being short staffed that evening) The menu is typical california/french with some interesting combinations. For starters I had the crab cakes with greens, aoli, and pear-pineapple salsa and my wife had mushroom soup. The soup tasted strongly and pleasanntly of mushroom (no cambells cream o' mush here), and the crabcakes were mostly crab with very little filler. For entrees, we had filet mignon of lamb and rib-eye with stilton and pistacioes. Both very tender with excellent sauces that complemented the meats rather than overpowering them. Dessert was a pecan tart with white pepper ice-cream and a chocolate torte with a mocha sauce. the torte was incredibley rich and moist, while the pepper ice cream (very light pepper flavor, I would have wanted it a bit stronger) was a nice combination with the tart. Overall, an excellent find well worth returning to.
San Francisco Bay Area, CA