Fourteen seats at the counter, nine tables in the low light, and one oak fire that decides the menu. Everything you eat has been in the flames, the smoke, or both.
No fees · No cover charge · We answer the phone
We built the room around the hearth, not the other way around. The counter is nose-to-nose with the fire — you'll watch your fish turn. Behind it, the dining room stays dim and hushed, the kind of dark that makes a table for two feel like a secret.
Fourteen seats nose-to-nose with the oak fire. Watch your branzino turn, argue about the next course, steal a look at the chef's hands. The best table in the house — first come, first booked.
Four hundred low-intervention bottles from small growers, half by the glass. Our sommelier will point you in a direction and then shut up — that's the whole job, done well.
A glass room off the back for 12 to 18. Private dinners, whole-hog feasts, one very long table. Ask about the spring calendar — it fills by December.
9:30 sharp. The kitchen slows, the fire gets low, the room gets loud. Come for the quiet early, or stay for the noise late — both are reasons we know people for.
Book right here — no third-party fees, no cover charge, no "we don't have anything." We confirm every table by text within the hour, and we answer the phone.
Your table is held. We'll text a confirmation to your number within the hour — and if anything changes, we'll call.
Kitchen closes 30 minutes before. Last seating 9:30 — 10:30 on Friday & Saturday. Today's row is marked below.
Two blocks from the river. Street parking after 6; the lot on Ankeny is free. Streetcar N line stops at the corner.
Counter seats are first-come for walk-ins before 6:00, booked after. Dogs welcome on the sidewalk. Tipping is appreciated, never a percentage machine.
"The most exciting table in the city right now."
"Fire used with real intent. This is cooking with a pulse."
"The counter feels like the front row of a very good show."