Abode - SaMo across from the pier

The Woman and I were looking for a nice night out. The sitter was lined up, and the stars were lined up too. Using opentable.com were reserved for a 6:30 slot. Funny, two kids will do that to you. You see lots of seniors in restaurants at that hour. For good or ill, places are quiet that time of night. In the case of Abode, it was a good thing. The SaMo pier area has lots of foot-traffic already, so there were plenty of folks there before us. Quiet folks, if you get my drift. Alarmingly, the place is right by yet another frickin' Il Fornaio. One starts to worry when one sees such a thing in a place where one goes for dinner. (And yes, I love Il Fornaio plenty, but in small, business-lunch sized portions, please.)
It's down a little alley-way -- sorry, WALK-way -- and you pass the bored Tengu ("The extensive cold sake list is a must!") workers on the way (bored at that hour, anyway). Abode is a welcoming site indeed. The hostesses were cheerful, our table lovely. You can also eat outside on the nice patio -- sorry, WALKWAY.
Starters: me, mussels in a "light saffron sauce". Judging by her accent, she's English, and by light sauce, she meant "cream sauce". Effing Brits. Not on a diet, I was happy anyway. Delish! Little Mama got the cold corn and chile soup. Mmmmmm.
Mains: me, the halibut. Delish. Cooked a bit over the "medium" I was assured of, but I had no complaints. Terrific. The corn came in a nice curry sauce, and it came with fried nectarines with balsamic sauce. She, the scallops. They were perfectly nice and fine.
Dessert was the chocolate plate: chocolate five ways. Hot chocolate (which was lukewarm), bon-bons (mmmmmmmm), a chip with diced strawberries (MMMMMmmmm), mousse between wafers (mmmmm), and ice cream. All great. The only suggestions would be that they should vary the flavors of the chocolate -- add orange, or chiles, or cumin, or cinammon et cet.

So go and enjoy!