Fodor's Expert Review Mercury Cafe

Tripling as a health-food restaurant with sublime tofu fettuccine, a fringe theater, and a rock club in a downtown neighborhood, the Mercury Cafe specializes in acoustic sets, progressive, and newer wave music. Weekly swing dance lessons upstairs and poetry readings in a side room add to the appeal. The eatery also prides itself on its self-reliance on solar and wind energy and neighborhood tree and urban garden programs.