Wilson

You wouldn't guess it, but Wilson on Washington Blvd. in Culver City is an epicurean dream with a retro flare. I've had my eye on this place (and their menu) for several months - certainly predating eatingoutla, and had a date here with Chase last night. He had browsed an online menu somewhere and was really looking forward to a sausage dish he had seen, but it wasn't on the menu when we arrived. We started with a glass of wine (I wasn't crazy about either the pinot grigio or the saviognon blanc Chase had) and paired it with a sea bass carpaccio. The sea bass was a little tougher than I would have liked, but perhaps that's just the nature of the fish. For our entrees we shared the fig & potato tortelli with brown-butter sage sauce and the Dungeness crab mac & cheese with four or five cheeses (I was a little tipsy when I ordered and this dish is not listed on the online menu). I really only wanted one tortelli because I was so in love with the mac & cheese. Chef Wilson's choice of noodle was a penne so it really didn't feel like eating mac & cheese at all. We finished off the evening with a lemon cake topped by merengue and a Wilson cocktail. The cake was a little dry for me, but the cocktail was just right! It was a mixture of tequila, blackberry lemonade, triple sec, and pineapple juice in a sugar-rimmed martini glass. The restaurant seems really small from the front with their small front patio and interior, but there are several more tables in the back. The space maintains the theme of the neighboring architecture museum and is overall a really laid back atmosphere with a great menu.

http://www.wilsonfoodandwine.com/menus.html