Timo Restaurant & Bar

• Cuisine(s): American, Contemporary, Greek, Mediterranean
  Hours: Daily 11:30am-2pm, Sun-Thu 6pm-10:30pm, Fri-Sat 6pm-11pm
  Price: $$$
  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
• Attire: Casual
  Features: Catering, Delivery, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Smoking, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
  Alcohol: Full bar
• Reservations: Accepted, Recommended
  Parking: Lot Available, Valet

Description

Owners Tim Andriola and Rodrigo Martinez are, respectively, chef and general manager, and both are talented at what they do. This place is consistent -- consistently fine. The casually upscale 120-seat room is defined by warm, contemporary urban design elements and, like the cuisine, conveys an accessible coupling of homespun and high-end. Andriola's cooking is less about wow than Tao: It adheres to a belief in the simple, natural, and honest. Among many winners are sweetbreads with applewood-smoked bacon in a honey-balsamic gastrique; a salad of fried oysters atop frizzy frisée leaves, white beans, and bits of smoky pancetta; tagliatelle, mushrooms, and pulled morsels of unimaginably moist chicken in fontina cream sauce speckled with black truffles; and wispy-crusted pizzas that come to the table steamy-hot from the hearth. Solid service, a great selection of wines and cheeses, and white chocolate soufflé with Chambord sauce are more reasons why Timó, like its soufflé, always rises to the occasion.