Dining Guide

This downtown charmer from top Sacramento restaurateur Randall Selland features hundreds of shutters imported from Hungary, billowing falls of fabric and an air of lightness, which makes a sleek setting for the equally sophisticated menu of small plates and entrées to share. The inventive New American dishes on a seasonally varied menu include highlights like the steak tartare, which is lightly tossed in a French-style mustard dressing and served with garlic popovers; fried half chicken with house-made Tabasco sauce, crispy herbs and pickled peppers; cedar-roasted raclette cheese with prosciutto, grapefruit jelly and baguette. Don’t overlook the bar with its fresh cocktails and its rotating variety of raw-bar items.