Rafaela
A restaurant where you can bring your own wine without a corking fee ?
Yes it does exist (in PB at least).
Rafaela (5119 Cass St) lets you do just that, and incidentally also serves Italian food. The word has spread quickly since as you approach the restaurant you can spot flocks of locals walking down the street with numerous wine bottles. The restaurant consists of a regular beach house and the adjacent patio (part of it covered) all lit up with Christmas lights (as they like to do all year-round in Southern California). It is a bit like having dinner in your own backyward, with your own wine, only you don't have to cook.
The food is average, but everything mentioned above more than compensate for this. Plus it is quite cheap, and two out of three nights we went there we got free dessert (one time lemon pound cake, the next time lemon cheesecake) for no particular reason. The rapsberry salad and the chicken tequila fettucine are the best dishes we have tried so far.
Yes it does exist (in PB at least).
Rafaela (5119 Cass St) lets you do just that, and incidentally also serves Italian food. The word has spread quickly since as you approach the restaurant you can spot flocks of locals walking down the street with numerous wine bottles. The restaurant consists of a regular beach house and the adjacent patio (part of it covered) all lit up with Christmas lights (as they like to do all year-round in Southern California). It is a bit like having dinner in your own backyward, with your own wine, only you don't have to cook.
The food is average, but everything mentioned above more than compensate for this. Plus it is quite cheap, and two out of three nights we went there we got free dessert (one time lemon pound cake, the next time lemon cheesecake) for no particular reason. The rapsberry salad and the chicken tequila fettucine are the best dishes we have tried so far.
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