Top Floor

In spite of itself, quirky Top Flr is a restaurant that’s apparently been a long time coming for the neighborhood. Located on Myrtle Street in DaVinci’s old digs, the restaurant boasts a small crowd wanting to belly up to one of the teeny tiny tables and dig in to some of chef Mike Schorn’s well-made dishes even on weeknights. The menu runs the gamut from thin-crust pizzas served on high-rise wooden trays (the margherita is loaded with mozzarella and nice, plump green and ripe tomatoes) to Lebanese cous cous (which tastes like its flavor came from a ready-boil bag and a bouillon cube). Owners Darren Carr and Jeff Myers are usually on the premises (Carr is formerly of Carroll Street Cafe; Myers is a local club DJ) and are smart enough to have hired pastry chef Taria Camerino, who also works at Dish and was the brains (and hands) behind short-lived Sweet Revolution in Little Five Points. She creates a late-night chocolate menu that you might miss -- the kitchen runs out fast.

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