Best of 2003: Best Late-Night Eats, Downtown

Sevilla Restaurant & Tapas Bar
555 Fourth Avenue, Gaslamp
www.cafesevilla.com
619-233-5979

Energized but not manic, crowded but courteous, with almost as many European as American patrons, this is a sophisticated scene for nibbling in the night. (For more serious eating, and a touch of romance in the air, settle into the dining room next door.) A reasonably priced sampler of four tasty tapas makes a great meal for two, and if you're still hungry, consider flinging yourself into a pastry-crowned bowl of luscious seafood bisque or falling on a sampler of four desserts. And the sangria is as good as sangria gets. Open daily until 12:30 a.m.