Bon Vivant Market & Café - Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village
Kickstarted the weekend a little early. Thursday night, table outside with friends.
We didn’t get there in time for the chargrilled oysters w/olive parsley butter, lemon & parmesan. All we saw were the ginormous empty shells and our friends raving about them.
Big Bowl of Bivalves in Saffron, Tomato, Basil Broth w/Crostini
I love to dip crostini in a delicious bowl of buttery, lemony, briney shellfish broth. The mussels were too rubbery, manilla clams were tender and sweet. The crostini was perfect, soft inside, very crispy outside. Perfect for dipping and sopping. We ended up ordering a basket for the table.
Flat Iron Flank Steak w/tomato bacon confit, melted stilton cheese and baby green salad
Only a couple bites for me. Flank was cooked just right. Juices from the meat, roasted tomatoes and smokiness from the bacon made a delicious sauce. The flank held up perfectly to the strong stilton. Definitely take your Omegas after this one.
Baked Salmon w/lemon, herbs & cherry tomatoes sautéed in butter w/a baby green salad
Wish I had taken a bite of the salmon. But my crostini swished in the super lemony sauce was incredible!
Our cocktails were ok. But the Salted Carmel Cookies were crispy, chewy, sweet-salty goodness.
It was dark and my pictures don’t do it justice (couple are internet pics). But the space is great. A fireplace, dessert case, cold cut & cheese cases, whole bean coffee, and specialty items. It’s like the Silver Lake version of Jones on 3rd, but bigger and with a really cool bar.
Side bar: Servers were very cool. They steered us away from the chicken & waffles
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Bill for four w/copious amounts of alcohol & sweets $187 + tip.
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