Otta Zapotocky
Tinto Bar De Tapas at 1581 Bayview will be transformed for the winter season of 2016-17 into an Alpine Chalet-style restaurant with hearty European dishes. Beer and wine will match the hungry-man cold-weather menu. Rich fondue, traditional melted cheese raclette, bone in pork shoulder schnitzel, rabbit stew, duck confit, short-rib goulash and local sausages with home-made sauerkraut and other authentic Alpine food will sharpen winter appetites October through February. Even the name will change. During the snowy season the restaurant will be known as Val d’Isere, after the celebrated ski resort in southern France.
CHANGE WITH THE SEASON
Owner Otta Zapotocky has decided to have his restaurant on the east side of Bayview change with the seasons. In the Spring, it will be Tinto Bar De Tapas again. As Val d’Isere however, the spot will lack nothing to create a warm chalet environment, including mulled wine for any who wish to sit outside with heaters. Zapotocky, well known as a sommelier and founder of the popular L’Avenue Bistro on the west side of Bayview, guarantees his cooking as well. Of his fondue he promises that it will be “a very honest dish”. Says he: “Mine will taste like cheese not like flour and water.” Good to hear on a cold day. The transition will begin over Thanksgiving weekend when Tinto Bar will close Sunday, October 9 and re-open as Val d’Isere on Friday, October 14.
