I have always preferred this place to the "big NoRTH" across the way from it. Bar North is open, airy and comfortable and not too noisy, even sitting pseudo inside (even the "inside" is pretty much outdoors when the weather is nice). The menu is the same at both places and BN is less pretentious while still being a nice place to be. It is just so relaxing! The food is good to boot!
Last weekend we stopped in on a "girls night" for wine and apps. We all loved the calamari salad (it sounds just like regular calamari on the menu, but comes with delicious lemon tossed greens It's a superb combo of light n heavy combined). We also had a pepperoni mushroom pizza that was baked to perfection. They used button mushrooms and I loved that! I even picked them off the pieces we didn't eat because I couldnt leave them behind! The only Thing we weren't crazy about was the asparagus bruchetta. The prosciutto was delish, but the bread and the cheese just didn't work for any of us who tried it. Still, we had a great time, excellent service and some good food and wine. I give them five stars for that!