This place, whose focus is seafood, looks like it might finally do the job. The creation of long-time restaurateurs Joe Segreto and Chef Anthony DiPiazza, it's a smallish antique cottage underneath the river bridge on the fringe of the Warehouse District. But it's packed every night. This place is not much Vietnamese, though. The name is a reference to the proper serving temperature of wine.
Wine is the center of the menu, in accordance with the trends.
But the food carries its weight, too. This too is a wine-centered restaurant, with a fascinating list of bottles that seem to have popped right out of the pages of the Spectator. The food started out overconceptualized, and with the same concept throughout the menu to boot. More variety in recent months has helped. This place has not come close to living up to its early p.r., but I suspect it will evolve into one of the best of this year's crop.