Foreign Cinema feels like about five restaurants rolled into one. There's a series of private rooms for 12 to 100; a covered dining patio where movies are projected along the back wall; an indoor dining room with brick walls and a large fireplace; a great bar for cocktails; and an entirely separate lounge called Lazlo's. One room even doubles as an art gallery. The place could be like Disneyland if the food produced by John Clark and Gayle Pirie wasn't so good. You can get sauteed calamari with white beans, salsa verde and aioli; or the now-famous sesame fried chicken with hummus and Moroccan spiced carrots. It?s also a top stop for weekend brunch; don't pass up balsamic-glazed eggs and house-made "pop tarts."

 
Specialties: Beef carpaccio; oysters on the half shell (up to 20 varieties); house-cured sardines; sesame fried chicken; harissa-spiced pork chop; chocolate pot de creme; granitas.

Hours

Dinner 5-9:30 p.m. Sun., 6-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 6-11:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; Brunch Sat-Sun 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cuisines

• California
• Mediterranean

Features

• Online Reservation
• Credit Cards: Accepted
• Full Bar
• Outdoor Seating
• Parking: Difficult
• Parking: Valet
• Seating (220 (plus 30 on the patio))
• Reservations: Accepted