Francesca's at Sunset

Description:

• A menu created by Chef Mark Miller of the famous Coyote Café, an excellent wine list (about 150 bottles, including some 30 by the glass), fine service, and idyllic Hill Country views from a romantic terrace -- what's not to like about Francesca's at Sunset? Starters on the seasonally changing menu might include a jumbo crab cake on spicy slaw or quail on corn basil grits. For entrees, you might find loin of antelope rubbed with mole and served with blue corn griddlecakes, or free-range chicken spiced with pasilla chiles sided by a piquant squash stew. I haven't tasted anything here that was too hot to handle, but if you're spice intolerant, it might be best to ask about the heat of whatever you're contemplating ordering. Of course, you can always placate your palate with excellent house-made sorbets or a Jack Daniels pecan tart.

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010