Best Tapas / Appetizers: Mediterraneo
More than one person has stopped in to Mediterraneo their way somewhere else and never made it to their original destination.
You sit outside watching the activity on the plaza, thinking you’ll just stay for a few minutes, and the sunsets over the beach while you snack on Spanish-style bruschetta, or perhaps some cheese and olives, or roasted dates stuffed with cheese and wrapped with prosciutto. It’s such a pleasant experience that you call a friend to share the evening as well as a few more plates of delicacies and a glass of wine or two. And that place you were originally going? Perhaps you will make it there some other evening, if you don’t stop in at Mediterraneo again when you’re on the way.
Mediterraneo: #73 Pier Avenue, HB. 310-318-2666.
Runner-up: MB Post, 1142 Manhattan Ave., MB. 310-545-5405.