Bari Ristorante E Enoteca

Bari specializes in southern Eastern Italian cuisine aka seafood. I have been here several times. The foods have been a consistent phenomenon! I am not sure if they did something different to their mussels this time But I wasn't a fan! Their expresso martinihas chocolate  liqueur and their earl gray old fashion is fantastic!

One of the fine restaurants in the Memphis area. We had a prior reservation on Friday night, and we were there on time. It was casual and informal. The interior was sleek and modern looking with an implicit old charm. The service was a bit slow. There were other big groups in other tables. We started with some semolina crusted fried seafood bowl as appetizer. There was calamari, anchovies, and something else too ( but no shrimp) - everything was well seasoned, and all coated with semolina dust and deep fried with some lemony after taste. It was superb. We had some Italian club soda and a non alcoholic drink named honey! This was fabulous and was paired great that fried goody. I would highly recommend. Moving on, in the main course my friend got orzo and I got some Atlantic prawns in a garlicky- wine reduction broth. That was super aromatic and tasty. They have excellent wine collection too- make sure to ask for recommendation for the best pairing. Next was dessert, and this was the highlight of the entire dinner time. I got an affogato and my friend ordered some chocolate ganache topped chocolate hazelnut cake. That was terrific with some best dark chocolate in it. The affogato was great too. House made vanilla gelato was decent and the espresso coffee was fine too. Overall our experience was absolutely great and I highly recommend the place.

I brought some out of town friends here who were visiting for a conference. I had never been here, which would normally be a bad idea. I have found a new favorite restaurant in Memphis. I think we all loved the mussels and the cheeses, but I also loved the fava beans and the scallops were amazing! Everyone left happy. I will be back!