1782 Fourth St.
Berkeley, CA
510-525-1440
Warm, golden walls, rich-red booths and barstools and a shiny stainless bar make Café Rouge a stylish Fourth Street hangout where meat is the trademark. Snack on salads or appetizers like a butter lettuce salad with mushrooms, peas and radishes or the house-made charcuterie. Some will rather dive right into fettuccini with purple asparagus, prosciutto, Meyer lemon and cream; Niman Ranch steak or squab. Flights of scotch and desserts, both simple and elaborate, also tempt. Lunch daily. Dinner Tue.–Sun.