Five stars for Danielle and team's outstanding service at Culinary Dropout. When you expect 14 and 20ish show up for a birthday party and you can still keep up with service with speed, grace, and a smile you are pretty outstanding! The food and atmosphere were spot on as well. And when you're ordering appetizers if there's a better value than there antipasto plate in the valley I'd be shocked. My new favorite place for a night out with friends.
My only comment is re the valet. The restaurant/bar is open until 1 but we were told we had better to plan to retrieve our car by 11 or it could be towed? Seemed like an odd set up and the valet staff didn't seem overly concerned about the disconnect when I asked about it. We would have stayed longer but didn't want to push it.