Tierra Sur at Herzog Wine Cellars – Restaurant

A kosher dining room inside a working winery in Oxnard, where the wine is made on site and the pairings are the point. The kitchen cooks Mediterranean-leaning California: grilled fish over purée with broccolini, a twelve-ounce ribeye, lamb bacon, the brisket burger, warm bread with olive oil, chocolate soufflé to close. Service draws steady praise for its polish and for guiding tables through the list. It is expensive and diners say so plainly — a splurge, and treated as one. Open only a few evenings a week, so plan around it.

Cuisine: Restaurant