Little Fish

[alwang]

Apparently Little Fish in Bella Vista was listed as one of Bon Appetit's best seafood restaurants:

http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/12..._new_fish_house

I've never been: anyone know anything about this place?

[SouthPhillyFoodie]

Apparently Little Fish in Bella Vista was listed as one of Bon Appetit's best seafood restaurants:

http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/12..._new_fish_house

I've never been: anyone know anything about this place?

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I live close to the restaurant, but haven't been there in years...but, my roommate just celebrated his birthday there and said the food was fantastic.

[Andrew Fenton]

I've never been: anyone know anything about this place?

It's pretty great. I haven't been back since that visit a year and a half ago, but that's nobody's fault but my own: by all accounts, the new(ish) owners have been putting out terrific food. And the Sunday night prix fixe is a bargain.

[zeffer81]

I was just there last week. The food was unique and quite good with a heavy focus on seasonal produce.

[Capaneus]

I've been there a few times the last couple of months. It's never been less than very good, and it occasionally is great.

One of the dishes this past Sunday was oddly underthought, though: swordfish, over white beans, topped with grapefruit; no seasoning that I could easily detect, beyond the probable salt and pepper, though I'm guessing there was something subtle. All the ingredients were very good, and well prepared - but I couldn't for the life of me find the point of combining them: I tried them together, I tried them in the various possible sequence.

Good fish.

Good beans.

Good grapefruit.

Meh.

On the other hand, the squash soup with crabmeat and bacon was a real success, and the arugula, beets, blue and oranges salad was the best rendition of this particular chestnut I've ever had.

As for "third best seafood restaurant in the land", sorry folks, but that list must be about something beyond absolute quality: I really like Littlefish, but le Bernardin doesn't even make it on the list? At a guess, they considered only new, and unusual-format, places.