Ice Cream Bar explored, Limon Rotisserie visited and much more: In Today's ...

You’ll still see some of Limon’s friendly faces and some of the same dishes, such as the always spectacular ceviche with shrimp, snapper, sweet potato and fat kernels of Peruvian corn ($9.95), but the presentations have been scaled back a bit, along with the prices … [I]t’s easy to see why this restaurant seems to have found a new energy. While the food isn’t quite up to par yet, it’s good enough to keep us happy, especially after one or two of those Pisco Sours.

While Tarla relies on more mainstream Greek and Mediterranean dishes for the bulk of its menu, the real reason to go is for the Turkish specialties. The owners, husband-and-wife team Yusuf Topal and Breanna Salvatore Topal, are from Turkey, and their traditional recipes get a spark of modern imagination from chef Gerardo Castro … His fine-dining training shows in often inventive presentations, bringing a bit more jazz to simpler ideas like spiced meatballs marching along a curving swath of ochre-colored tomato sauce ($10).

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