Don’t let the multicolored chalkboard menu or the solar-powered toy pigs decorating the dining room fool you: This order-at-the-counter café may specialize in salads, sandwiches, and what are simply called “bowls” in a fun, casual atmosphere, but chef and owner Luis Sanchez is serious about the food. La Sarita, a sandwich of house-roasted pork shoulder served with fried sweet potatoes and pickled red onions, gets its heat from an aioli made with aji amarillo, a pepper from Sanchez’s native Peru. Dinner offerings might include entrées like malbec-braised short ribs on polenta or pan-seared Atlantic salmon with maple-miso marinade and edamame puree. Desserts include alfajores, delicate shortbread cookies filled with salted caramel. A Foodies in Training menu offers elevated child-friendly options. Live music performances and trivia and salsa dancing events are scheduled regularly.