Where To Eat On The Mendocino Coast Of California:

Stevenswood's restaurant rates high as a local dining destination. Award-winning chef Ira Mittleman conjures up culinary treats. At dinner the local steelhead arrives in an aquavit-cured gravlax tart, nestled on caramelized onion rings alongside wafer-sliced cucumber discs. A Mozzarella-prosciutto roulade joins heirloom tomatoes in a balsamic reduction for another taste-tingling first course. Bouillabaisse features a brimming soup bowl of scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams, and lobster claw in a Pernod-infused tomato fumй. The osso bucco of lamb order brings a huge crusty shank with rosemary-scented bread pudding and oven-roasted vegetables."

"The desserts dazzle. Be sure and try Ira's world famous KeyLime Pie. A martini glass brims with zabaglione and summer berries and a lemon tuille shatters with each biteful. And if you have a passion for home-made ice cream and sorbet, out comes a platter-size serving with six scoops of intense flavors-strawberry, plaintain, black walnut, espresso, fig/blueberry, and mint granite. California wines by the glass and the bottle compose a fine spectrum. The award winning wine list offers a perfect pairing to the selection of fine foods."
 lacquered Alaskan halibut with an Asian noodle cake and a memorable duck prepared two ways with Black Mission fig glaze. (800) 421-2810. www.stevenswood.com.