[Food] Restaurant 2024 thread

Machiavelli said:

Went to Palmito last night, and can understand why it's being raved about. I won't go quite that far though.
The food is great, but the place is a bit cramped and uncomfortable: tables not really big enough to hold plates, glasses, and the small plates that arrive at well-paced intervals; tables crammed very close to one another. The drink offering is OK, there's a few interesting wines on the list, a nice cocktail, but a few disappointments too.
To the food then, which is tapas, Latin American style:
topopos (tortilla chop style) with a salsa rojo -- really good
papads with mango and mint -- good but £4.50 warrants a bigger portion
stuffed padron peppers -- pretty good
grilled sweetcorn w/ chipotle mayo -- excellent
oyster mushroom tostada -- OK
crispy haddock tacos -- oh, yes
middle white tacos with cheddar -- ditto
crispy potato with spinach salsa -- pretty good
Ended up turning down the dessert, and walked along the road to Fourth & Church. This stretch is stuffed full with restaurants, most of which had one table filled if that. It was a Thursday night, people are saving up for Christmas, and it's the week before pay day, but I wouldn't fancy the chances of many of these joints in the new year. The busy exceptions were Palmito, Wild Flor and Fourth & Church, which are some of the jewels in the city's restaurant scene.
We had space, several further glasses of better wine there, some cheese, good service and company. I'd still rather spend time at 4&C than anywhere else in B&H.

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BrightonCottager said:

We've not tried Palmito yet, but have been going to 4&C for years and know one of the owners. We try to avoid it on a Friday and Saturday evening though as the 2 hour time slot caused us a problem on MrsBC's birthday one year.

Which reminds me...what's the best restaurant open on a Monday?

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