This charmer'from husband-and-wife team, Bill and Sarah Niles, may look'straight out of a trendy,'urban neighborhood, but instead calls Livermore home. The rustic interior'with big arched windows and plenty of succulents screams "hipster hotspot." However,'few big-city restaurants can offer such an enthusiastic, passionate staff and friendly local crowd. Sip on a St. James Sour and tuck into appealing'bites like'fig toast with a drizzle of olive oil and salt; delicately fried yellow squash and green tomatoes over toasted pumpkin seeds and basil a'oli; or cod over tender flageolet beans'with roasted nardello peppers and'a cherry tomato relish. Finish with malted milk ice cream topped with flaky sea salt, honeycomb sugar candy and'savory olive oil.
