At a sushi bar it would be unusual enough to find a meal built around sea urchin (or uni), but to find one at a neighborhood Italian restaurant like Il Carpaccio is a total revelation. On Wednesday, March 26th, its five-course sea urchin (or in this case, ricci di mare) dinner will include dishes like Mediterranean sea bass with sea urchin and green onions, fennel soup
with garlic crostini and sea urchin and risotto with clams and sea
urchin, each served with a wine to match. The sea urchin will be freshly gathered from local waters and rushed to the restaurant by diver Pete Halmay, who'll be on hand all evening to speak about his trade (from 5 PM on; $70 per person; 310-573-1411).