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This low-key café serving expert coffee by Ninth Street Espresso transforms into a classic French seafood bar in the evening, with great cocktails and a two-for-on on oysters during happy hour. Prima offers comfortable communal seating, with tall, spindly chairs set around eight marble-topped tables. French chef David Malbequi excels at simply cooked fish, along with a small menu of dishes like steamed mussels in a broth of cream and roughly chopped parsley, or poached octopus salad in a spiced vinaigrette. For dessert, go with his rendition of the classic mille feuille, crisp pastry and cold vanilla-scented cream.
Last week, I reviewed Prima and mentioned what the restaurant does especially well, which is cooking fish so the skin is crisp and the meat just barely cooked through. It's a simple, beautiful thing. ... More »
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There's a particular kind of food lover whose love is pure but strange to us. Pork chops and T-bones have no power over him—he only has eyes for the sea. Often, this man has spent the sweetest days of his life near the water. As he gets older and... More »
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