I remember Mr. Montero at one of the small oval tables near the front and a parrot, Pancho, squawking in his cage above the spot where the curving bar met the wall.

The narrow Cruise Room, an Art Deco marvel with a long curving bar, is a fine place for a drink.

Opposite is a curving bar with cobalt-blue lights hanging overhead.

You can examine the fish display, next to a curving mosaic bar, but it's helpful to pay attention to the decorous waiters, who describe the fish, which are listed by their Greek names.

I stared glumly into the mirror behind the curving bar.

Presently I spotted the tight, shiny dress some twenty degrees farther along the curving bar than it had been.

Sit at the curving bar, next to a man in a suit and ponytail, blaring into his cellular phone, and watch a young couple negotiate their ironclad stroller through the scattered tables.

The cheery open dining room is colorful, with its curving bar painted green and white, carved green-and-purple waves rolling along the walls, displays of pastel-colored bottles and South American artifacts, and bright paper lanterns.

Salsa and merengue wash over the square, open dining room, where bright paper lanterns cover bare bulbs, the curving bar is painted green and white like bobbing ocean caps, and a carved green-and-purple wave rolls along three walls, never breaking.