Frenchy's Hideout at 142 W University Ave Ste C seats 42 diners and five at the bar inside a Cali-French bistro opened in March 2025 by a Paris-born sommelier who managed Croce's Park West for 11 years. The Paris-born sous chef executes a Cali-French menu that swaps heavy cream sauces for California produce in classic bistro dishes, a transatlantic kitchen approach on the same University Ave block as La Bonne Table's European-leaning plates. The menu blends classics like beef bourguignon and duck confit with tableside flambé presentations — crepes Suzette ignited with Grand Marnier — and rotates through multi-course prix fixe wine dinners each month. Wine collectors tracking Hillcrest's tasting-room circuit head to Négociant Winery on University Ave for urban winemaking pours. The monthly winemaker dinner series pairs four-course chef tasting menus with estate pours from visiting vintners representing appellations in Bordeaux, Napa, and Santa Barbara.