Located at the base of the historic Fine Arts Building, this classic diner has been a popular lunch spot for theater and museum employees and patrons since 1961, and more recently students at the Columbia College art school nearby. Vintage, satisfying lunch counter fare (think burgers, tuna melts and malts — nothing gourmet, but nothing overpriced either) with efficient, if not exactly warm service.
This charming little restaurant, located in the heart of Grass Valley, CA, claims to be "voted best lunch restaurant in Nevada County." We haven't eaten at many restaurants in Nevada County, but I would not challenge their claim. The food was delicious, and the service was attentive and friendly but not obtrusive.
We were there for lunch (they also serve dinner) and my husband had the Ortega Chile Hamburger and I had Grilled Turkey with melted Jack cheese on top of marinated artichoke hearts.
One day while looking for a place to eat along Haight street a shoppe suggested that my wife and I have lunch at the Squat & Gobble across the street. Eager to eat anywhere that has the word squat in the name we heeded his advice, and were glad we did!
Nepenthe literally means "the one that chases away sorrow" and it first appears in Homer's Odyssey... more loosely translated, it is the drug of forgetfulness.
However, the restaurant Nepenthe feels like entering a lair of one of Bond's arch-nemesis villains.