Best Late Night Dining
The Kettle – If we had been giving Oscar-like statues as part of these awards, The Kettle would have a wall of them. They have won the Late Night Dining award ever since we started giving it, an unparalleled achievement. Night owls, day workers, insomniacs, and the jet lagged all know that this is the […]
Best Seafood Restaurant
Rockn’Fish – There are dozens of places that serve seafood in the South Bay – what does RocknFish have that nobody else does? The oak grill is a big part of it – you can smell the smoke wafting from a block away when the wind is just right. It’s not the only thing, though […]
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant
Open Sesame – The South Bay’s most stylish Middle Eastern restaurant introduced a new level of sophistication when they opened in 2009 – we had explored this cuisine before, but never in such variety. Locals lined up for tables filled with plates of appetizers and glasses of wine from the very good list, followed by […]
Best Dessert
Cheesecake Factory You don’t have to have visited The Cheesecake Factory to know what their specialty is – yes, they do serve cheesecake in plain, strawberry, dark or light chocolate, red velvet, key lime, tiramisu, and other flavors that have probably never occurred to you before. You might not know that they serve lots of […]