The restaurant’s predecessors, Bedford and Stella Sola, were both high-end, chef-driven establishments backed by a lot of money, but ultimately neither connected with the neighborhood. Black & White appears to have gotten it right, offering a little something for everyone—heck, there’s even a thoughtful kids’ menu, if the babysitter’s busy—and keeping it low-key, even when serving up killer surf and turf with a nice bottle of Spanish red.