12th Street Bar & Grill

12th Street Bar & Grill Restaurant Review:

Park Slope has scores of family-friendly restaurants for its stroller-pushing residents, but the 12th Street Bar & Grill raises the bar with more ambitious seafood-heavy cuisine and a romantic and cozy, candlelit ambience. Start with P.E.I. mussels, Chesapeake Bay jumbo lump crab cakes set in a chipotle aïoli, or plump Blue Point oysters with a light panko crust and a horseradish cream sauce. The menu moves on to heartier fish dishes including salmon with spinach risotto and pan-seared trout with grilled peach, each served with a vegetable side. Non-seafood fans may opt for the brick-pressed chicken breast and steak frites with either sautéed spinach or truffled mac ‘n’ cheese. Specials are featured nightly, taking advantage of in-season market produce and seafood. A nice selection of wines by the glass is available.