The Red Tomato and House of Lamb

This restaurant along with a funky Mexican place called El Gallito were slated for demolition but fought for heritage status since they've been around forever and are special features in the area. We haven't been to the Mexican one yet...tried to go when Richard was here but too much of a line up. The Red Tomato has an early bird special for $8.95 which is amazing. We started with salad with about 3 oz of blue cheese, then lamb shank which I could only eat half of (so we took the rest home for lunch the next day), and ice cream for dessert. Chianti in a wicker basket was $18. It's like stepping out of time...a real old time Italian restaurant complete with red checkered tablecloths. Some Americans at the next table started chatting with us. People strike up conversations everywhere around here...it's quite charming.