Brick!

I'd heard about brick as the owners of solstice and fly (no website) decided to venture off Divis and move into the Tenderloin with a bigger place. Similar to fly and solstice, brick has its focus on both drinks and food.

While I'd heard about it, it was only recently that I'd been able to try it out. Upon walking in, you are greeted by a big rectangular bar in the middle of the restaurant. It's well worth sitting at the bar and trying one of their concoctions. They are potent and well crafted. In addition, they have a well-selected wine menu.

Their food is well prepared. We tried the calamari dish, which was grilled and had a spicy drizzle over it. We also had the hamachi sashimi. That's all I can recommend, though. The food is set up on the menu in traditional appetizer / entree style, but the concept of the place is to share. So it's sort of small/big plates? The appetizers work better in this setup, as I was not very impressed with the main dishes.