Ms. Lloyd said the survey had suggested that people wanted more "grown-up restaurants, suitable for business lunches" and that "undergraduates wanted a funkier restaurant."

There is no pretension here: you're eating in a modern but funky Greek restaurant, one that is beyond informal.

Hungry nonetheless, they found that a funky restaurant suggested on Daryl and Paul's to-do list was closed, alas.

Then, in the second year, he opened Amazonia, a funky Brazilian restaurant on Montauk Highway in Southampton.

A down-home breakfast spot is the Good Egg Cafe (705 Congress Street; 207-773-0801), a funky little restaurant with bright murals and wall hangings.

For me the greatest pleasure of being this newspaper's restaurant critic last year was being able to advise readers how to eat affordably at our finest, funkiest restaurants.

O Map This funky little restaurant plucks out fabulous chicken dishes (predominantly Indian) and is ideal for meeting and greeting other travellers.

The eclectic sense of style of the proprietor, Rosemary Jamison, permeates this funky restaurant both inside and out.

Mr. Robins, ensconced in a slightly funky restaurant and cooking for a downtown audience, never pulls his punches.

He serves his elegant food in a small and slightly funky restaurant dominated by the bar (Reichl).