I recently had a nice meal at a fancy restaurant, which is a rare occurrence. The Pepper Tree Restaurant, at 888 W. Moreno Ave., offers lots of tableside preparation, including a roaring rendition of bananas foster. Their specialties are meat and seafood, but I had a tasty ratatouille. And the view looking down over downtown is equally scrumptious; peppertreecs.com. — Jennifer Mulson, The Gazette

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