Best Bites: Tables’ Salmon with Sorrel Hollandaise

Perfect Pairing: Sushi Sasa and Moët Imperial Rosé

Best Bites: Salt Bistro’s Sweet Pea Ravioli

Light Bites: CafeBar’s Blackened Trout Salad

Road Bike Rest Stop: Lowry Beer Garden

Imperfectly Appealing

Amerigo Delicatus, Iain Chisholm’s tiny Ballpark restaurant, serves controlled chaos—and does it well.

Al Fresco Dining: Shells and Sauce

Can’t Get Enough: Pinche Tacos

Sips: Corridor 44’s Rosé Flight

Best Bites: Steuben’s Flat-Iron Steak

The Occidental Tourist

The insider’s guide to Ace Eat Serve in Uptown.

Best Bites: Barolo Grill’s Tasting Menu

Go Now: Corner House

Best Bites: Cuba Cuba’s Camarones Al Coco

Upscale Bar Snack: Punch Bowl’s Poutine

20 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS: Pickle Power: Zuké Pickled Things

Trial By Fire

At Basta, chef-owner Kelly Whitaker cooks with a wood-fired oven to coax delicate flavor out of every dish.

20 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS: Must-Eat Sweet: Twelve’s Chocolate Trio

20 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS: Best Bites: Bittersweet’s Bacon Dessert

Beer Buzz: Cedar Creek Pub

Best Bites: Charcoal’s Shrimp Bincho

Cold Night Order: Row 14’s Lamb Bolognese

Must Try: Olomomo Cinnamon-Cayenne Almonds

Best Bites: The Village Cork’s Savory Wild Rice Crepes

Best Bites: True Food Kitchen’s Winter Ingredient Salad

Best Bites: Central Bistro’s Pork Chop

Date Night

Al Lado, a six-month-old wine and tapas bar in Riverfront, has the right moves.

Best Bites: The Berkshire’s Bacon Flight

Best Bites: Bistro Vendôme’s Foie Gras Saisie

Dinner Theater

The new Squeaky Bean is a fully realized restaurant that commands your attention.