Four Café in Eagle Rock feels a little like walking into a pal's kitchen. (OK, if your pal had a glass dessert case and a cash register right by the kitchen door.) The vibe is friendly and relaxed and the locavore food is worth lingering over.
The neighborhood eatery does put a sliver of space between its half-dozen or so inside tables, but it feels more like communal dining. This is not the place to have a private discussion. But the wall of reclaimed wood slats, the modern paintings, polished concrete floors and gorgeous blown-glass ceiling lamps put you in the mood to share your egg salad, if not all your secrets, with your neighbor. Or you could go sit at one of the tables on the sidewalk outside.
It's nearly impossible to imagine that this space used to house a Coldwell Banker branch before chef Michelle Wilton and her husband and co-owner, artist Corey Wilton, transformed the space. Michelle Wilton has worked at Patina, L'Orangerie and Sona and her sensibilities shine in this neighborhood joint.
