501 Main St./Rose Ave., located behind Starbucks in Pastime Plaza, facing Rose Ave., (925) 800-3090. D daily, Sat-Sun Br.
Perhaps the classiest restaurant on this busy main street, Sabio on Main--whose name means “wise” in Spanish--specializes in global tapas served with fine wines and artisan cocktails. The California-centric wine list focuses on small local producers, cult and hard-to-get wines, and out-of-the-ordinary grapes and regions, and the latest technology is used to allow keeping more than 30 wines available by the glass. Locally sourced craft beers are also available.
Seating is available at the bar (which features an arched undulating barrel-stave ceiling treatment, plus a dramatic wall of wine displaying the restaurant's extensive selection), in a bank of private booths, and at tables and chairs, plus outside dining is also an option. Menu winners from the kitchen of Francis X. Hogan include tasty, fragrant, and even pretty (it’s the green garnish) chicken meatballs; meaty Gulf shrimp with satisfyingly crispy grits squares and Maitake mushroom gravy; and grass-fed flat-iron steak served with a cute little sunny-side up quail egg, colorful and garlicky chimichurri sauce, and tasty potatoes fried in duck fat. Hope that on the menu when you visit is a delicious, warm, Sonoma goat cheese tart with colorful stone fruit from K & J in Winters and candied macadamias. We enjoyed our meal with a dry, cool, blush-pink 2016 Vin Gris of Grenache from The Steven Kent Winery.
Perhaps the classiest restaurant on this busy main street, Sabio on Main--whose name means “wise” in Spanish--specializes in global tapas served with fine wines and artisan cocktails. The California-centric wine list focuses on small local producers, cult and hard-to-get wines, and out-of-the-ordinary grapes and regions, and the latest technology is used to allow keeping more than 30 wines available by the glass. Locally sourced craft beers are also available.
Seating is available at the bar (which features an arched undulating barrel-stave ceiling treatment, plus a dramatic wall of wine displaying the restaurant's extensive selection), in a bank of private booths, and at tables and chairs, plus outside dining is also an option. Menu winners from the kitchen of Francis X. Hogan include tasty, fragrant, and even pretty (it’s the green garnish) chicken meatballs; meaty Gulf shrimp with satisfyingly crispy grits squares and Maitake mushroom gravy; and grass-fed flat-iron steak served with a cute little sunny-side up quail egg, colorful and garlicky chimichurri sauce, and tasty potatoes fried in duck fat. Hope that on the menu when you visit is a delicious, warm, Sonoma goat cheese tart with colorful stone fruit from K & J in Winters and candied macadamias. We enjoyed our meal with a dry, cool, blush-pink 2016 Vin Gris of Grenache from The Steven Kent Winery.
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| bar at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| booths at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| 2016 Vin Gris of Grenache from The Steven Kent Winery at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| salad at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| chicken meatball at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| Gulf shrimp at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| steak with quail egg at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| fruit tart at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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| Chef Francis X. Hogan at Sabio on Main in Pleasanton, California |
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