€€€€ • Soul food • Menlo Park
Flea Street Cafe is really one of the finest restaurants in the Bay Area, Not only are all their dishes delicious, but it’s like artistry on the plate. I’ve never seen such a beautiful presentation of oysters on the plate. In a typical restaurant you get six oysters, snd two little cups is sauce, maybe some horseradish and a vinaigrette. At Flea Street, the oysters are presented on little polished rocks and each oyster is colorfully decorated with olive oil and colorful sauce. And they are delicious and super fresh highestp quality oysters. The cornbread was delicious with also artistic presentation butter that looked like flowers on the plate. The farmer’s salad was delicious along with the smoked trout and the zucchini risotto. And the entrees of short ribs and black cod (also called sable) were just the finest quality, super delicious, and satisfying. Portion sizes are perfect. As Anthony Bourdaine said in one of his books, the mark of a great restaurant is not how you feel while eating the meal, but how good you feel after the meal. And we felt great after this meal at Flea Street Cafe. Oh, and the two Pinot wines by the glass were also excellent.
