I went there last night for Valentine's Day. It was a perfect experience. Our service was impeccable. I loved the food and ambiance is California cool.
Nice selection of wines from California, we had the 2012 Zinfandel from George Thomas Estates. Excerpt from the winery website: "the 2012 Russian River Zinfandel was made from blending St. Peter's Church clone from Landy Vineyard with 100 plus year old vines from our Estate Sons and Daughters Ranch. The clusters were hand-picked, double sorted and fermented whole berry for 18 days. The wine was aged for 16 months on a mix of French and American oak barrels."
Loved this wine, 4 stars.
For Valentine's Day, we were given a complementary appetizer of beet ravioli shaped like hearts with the most lovely presentation and flavor. Amazing.
We ordered two salads, the warm mushroom and the grilled hearts of romaine. The mushrooms were perfect and the dressing on point, excellent use of radicchio.
As entrees we ordered the ricotta & chestnut ravioli and the duck and liver. The ravioli is perfectly cooked and I loved the pomegranate seeds. My boyfriend had the duck and liver and it was amazing. As sides we got the frittes and the Brussels Sprouts. The homemade ketchup for the frittes was tasty. The Brussel sprouts were delicious, not traditional and my boyfriend hates Brussel sprouts but he likes these!
Dessert we had the chocolate truffles and the homemade gelato.! Just perfection and delicious.
Upon leaving we were given great homemade muffins to take home. We ate them on our plane back to NYC.
An exceptional Valentine's Day for us! Thank you Cresta!