It’s been well reviewed in a number of places already, but Rendezvous, the new restaurant by a former Blue Room chef is really just beginning to take off.
Some people concentrate on the gentrification it brings: from Burger King to high-end restaurant, even here at the far end of the square. But honestly, I was entirely focused on a diverse wine list (we had an organic red from Puglia called Il Pioniere, like nothing I’d ever had, tangy and musky at the same time) and excellent food. We had celery-root salad with pomegranate seeds, huge roasted sardines, steak with truffled parsnips, lamb tagine, and finally an almond panna cotta. It was like some kind of dream, but I know it was real: unable to finish the steak, we brought it home, and I ate it for breakfast the next day.
Secretly Ironic 