As soon as we walked in, that unmistakable sweet smell of success wafted through the room on this Restaurant Week night when Sur-Lie was seriously aglow with diners looking very pleased to be there.

We chose Sur Lie as our one pick from the restaurant week roster because most on the list had been visited frequently before; others like Lio (not on the list) I hope to return to again after a lackluster first visit. Some of the newer restaurants in town were not represented.

I’ve always liked Sur-Lie, and its prix fixe menu at $35 was a 4-course affair with lots of tantalizing dishes. From the regular menu my favorite is the sweet-pea humus, which wasn’t offered on the special prix fixe.

Center: salmon; top, clockwise: the bar, black-eyed peas, oysters, empanadas

Read more…