Café Kevah

Description:

• One level below Nepenthe, Café Kevah offers the same celestial view at a fraction of the price, a more casual environment, and -- depending on your taste -- better food. Seating is outdoors -- a downside when the biting fog rolls in, but perfect on a clear day. You can order breakfast (served all day) or lunch from the shack of a kitchen and then grab an umbrella-shaded table. Fare here is more eclectic than Nepenthe's, with such choices as homemade granola, baby greens with broiled salmon and papaya, chicken brochettes, omelets, and new-potato hash. It ain't cheap, but innovative cuisine, the view, and a decent mocha make it worthwhile. Don't forget your coat.

• © Frommer's 2012