Cafe 225   

Carl Merton (and Pam, too!) has a real winner in the heart of downtown. His devotion to making 225 work is really paying off with vast improvements in his service, the Fox Room expansion, and a kitchen staff that looks like one of the hardest working bunch in town, which Karl seems to be part of 24/7. Rotating artwork adorns the walls around homey, white butcher-papered tables. Not that Carl thought of it first in town (that would be Trent of the late, lamented Avalon), but a hoist of the goblet to 225 for olive oil as the "spread" of choice for their fresh bread. Like Fugazzi's and Henry's, a can't miss place.