Eats and Drinks
Best New Restaurant
Salt
Let's define terms. What we're praising Salt for is having a vision and sticking to it. We can tell that well-traveled chef/co-owner Jason Ambrose has been thinking about what he wanted his restaurant to be: a place where people feel good being out with each other, where the food gives pleasure and flavor without calling too much attention to itself. We appreciate having the door held open for us when we walk up, we love the spicy wines they've been serving in their opening summer season, and we've had lots of fun playing with the expressive menu--a sugarcane-skewered pork loin and a brimming bowlful of lamb stroganoff leap to mind. We'll like Salt even better in a few years, when the excitement and attention wear off and it becomes the ideal neighborhood tavern it was designed to be.
Other Awards for Best New Restaurant:
Mekong Delta, 9/16/2009
Woodberry Kitchen, 9/17/2008
Rocket to Venus, 9/19/2007
Pazo, 9/21/2005
Soo’s Kimchee House, 9/22/2004
Kali's Court Mezze, 9/17/2003
Chameleon Café, 9/18/2002
Blue Agave Restaurante y Tequileria, 9/19/2001
The Bicycle, 9/13/2000
Atlantic, 9/15/1999
Holy Frijoles, 9/18/1996
