You can throw back some sangria and tapas at the darling little bar, and the small dining room features heavy, traditional Spanish fare and paella in huge portions. When Donna Lennard and Alberto Avalle converted their antique store into a restaurant, they added a kitchen but kept the antiques. The menu, a lusty collage of Mediterranean influences, changes constantly, with such delicacies as grilled pheasant breast, and skewers of grilled scallops, chanterelles and pig cheeks. Dishes are served in small portions on charming Moroccan earthenware. Most of the food on Luhan's Mediterranean-influenced menu is crusted, rubbed, marinated, frizzled and chargrilled.
Diners sit in view of colorful wall hangings on exposed brick as well as the industrious kitchen.
The prix fixe menu offers a range of skillfully prepared specialties ranging from the familiar to the exotic. Luis A. Bollo's Nouvelle Catalan food is so dazzling that you can overlook the longeurs between courses and water refills, and almost overlook the awful mural at the end of the room. Go, eat and close your eyes. Relax and read the paper. The cosmopolitan dining room has Byzantine touches as well as vintage Greek family photos and nautical accents.