White Star is bright and open and airy, the food comes out quick at every booth in the food court, and I haven’t found anything to complain about after quite a few visits. One thing I really like about the place is you can always go to Gov’t Taco for a Mexican Coke while you’re waiting for something from any of the other shops. The tacos at Gov’t Taco are inventive, but not priced outside the market, and they do a good job with their different styles of elote roasted corn.
Dat’z Italian’s wood fired pizza has a bready, thick crust but that is completely balanced by how heavily they stack the toppings on the pizza. They have two sizes and two sauces, white and red, to choose from and some really interesting specialty pizzas as well.
And maybe the sleeper in this group is Fete au Fete. Both the muffaletta and the Gumbo YaYa are top of the line.
Chow Yum Phat and Yuzu are both really good as well. I’ve done a piece already on the bao and ramen and dumplings at Chow Yum Phat, and Yuzu looks like they are starting to get it together after a bare bones sort of trial period where all they had was build-your-own poke bowls. The menu looks better and I intend to check it out soon.
