Named after how many lucky gold teeth its co-owner has, Ocho
is a small neighborhood bar where ace chefs (one from Canlis, the other
from Tilth) make excellent Spanish snacks: delicious deviled eggs
with chorizo and pickled asparagus, garlicky prawns, and a dessert
toast with chocolate and truffle oil that, in the words of food critic
Bethany Jean Clement, “goes from sweet to salty to heat in a magical
manner… you can feel the happiness happening.” (Ocho, 2325
NW Market St, 784-0699. 4 pm–2 am.)

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....