Del Mar Brings Two Tales of Mediterranean Fare to Easton

Cameron Mitchell’s latest Columbus restaurant is Del Mar, a Mediterranean-focused eatery that took over the previous Bon Vie area at Easton, throughout from the fountains. They’ve transformed the area into two ranges, with a downstairs bar and eating areas, and an upstairs atrium-style eating room, bar, and rooftop patios. They kindly invited us out to strive the place!

While you enter on the primary stage, you’re greeted with the host stand and a view of the downstairs bar and eating room.

And whereas the downstairs is gorgeous, in case you’re provided the chance to sit down upstairs, we’d advocate you’re taking it. The atrium-style eating room encompasses a vaulted glass ceiling, a great deal of greenery, and a full bar.

We began with a pair of their home cocktails: the Previous Original with Buffalo Hint, a lightweight contact of coconut, orange, and fig bitters; and the Gramercy margarita with Milagro Reposado, tropical orange, peach, and poblano.

One in every of our favourite issues about Mediterranean eating places is the abundance of dips and small plates, and Del Mar begins off with a powerful choice.

We want we may have ordered a sampler of all of them, however alas, they’re served individually. We “settled” for the spicy feta…

…and the roasted pink pepper. Each very properly finished, richly seasoned. They’re served with fresh-baked pita. You can too add on chilled greens for dipping, which we extremely advocate.

Along with dips, starters, and Turkish flatbreads, the highest portion of the menu options chilly seafood like contemporary oysters, a jumbo shrimp cocktail, and so forth. We tasted the yellowfin tuna tartare, which was boldly seasoned with Calabrian chili, cucumber, an olive tapenade, and inexperienced tahini.

Fast interlude for a second spherical of drinks. Right here’s the Seashore Get together, a refreshing concoction of pineapple Aperol, lemon, strawberry, and glowing rosé.

And a “Julia’s Winery” pinot noir from Santa Maria Valley in California.

For our important dishes we tried the small model of the open fireplace roasted shellfish platter. It options South African lobster tail, scallops, prawns, clams, and mussels in a wealthy garlic lemon broth.

The lobster tail is a spotlight of the dish. Make sure you ask for further bread to take in the broth!

We additionally tried the lobster spaghetti. It’s simple however properly seasoned with candy garlic tomato sauce, parmigiano reggiano, and that frivolously fiery Calabrian chili.

Completely don’t skip out on dessert! The Turkish mocha torte is ideal for chocolate-lovers like yours actually: chocolate mousse, whipped cream, espresso crumble. Very decadent.

However even that’s outshone by the olive oil cake. It’s ridiculously moist, topped with seasonal fruit, a pine nut streusel, whipped mascarpone, and saba.