Bistro By The Sea

It's always a question of ever-vigilant clock-watching, when you make a date for dinner before a theater performance: When is the waitress coming back to take our orders? Why is it taking so long for our entrées? Where's our check? But at BISTRO BY THE SEA, a three-minute walk down a lovely garden path from Theatre by the Sea's performance space, they have it down. The servers, the kitchen, even the diners — they all keep it moving. And whether you're there for just a burger or a bowl of chowder, or you've decided to plunge into a steak or seafood dinner, the food is carefully prepared and generously offered, with a nod to local appetites for Italian-American dishes, veal and eggplant parmesan among them. The usual suspects of cheesecake and chocolate lava cake are filled out by the Key lime pie, homemade and justly tart. It's a win/win at this bistro: good food, good timing. | 364 Cards Pond Road, Wakefield | 401.789.3030 | theatrebythesea.com