Wild Garlic Grill

Wild Garlic Grill uses a New American frame for seafood, layering fish and shellfish with assertive sauces, garlic, herbs, and seasonal accompaniments. The Skyline Drive dining room gives the cooking a polished foothills setting, but the plates retain a generous, direct character. It is a useful choice when seafood diners want breadth beyond an oyster bar.

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A Paris trained chef gives this foothills grill its French foundation, then layers in California produce and Southwestern ingredients. Seafood with beurre blanc shows the kitchen's classical side, while seasonal vegetables and bold aromatics keep plates from feeling rigid. The result is generous, polished cooking that borrows French technique without confining dinner to a strictly traditional bistro script.

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