good-wine

Common Roots is most famous for its bagels - repeatedly named the best in the Cities. Offers a seasonal menu integrating fair-trade, local, and organic options.

Café Levain just makes good, fresh French food. The atmosphere isn't as upscale as the food is - it's supposed to be a quiet neighborhood place. The French onion soup is one of the best around.

Let's clear up the name: It refers to their New York strip (which is good enough to be a namesake).

The walls of Sen Yai Sen Lek are bright and bold as the flavors of Bangkok street food. So, it’s fitting that that's what you get here.

Café Twenty Eight serves American food that uses time-tested flavors and high-quality meats. The hot local beer, Surly, is served here - since the brewery and this café share an owner.

The Birchwood Café is located in a converted creamery and grocery store, and still carries the retro ambiance. The fare is sleek and inventive for all three meals.

Broder's makes their own pasta and cooks it fresh in plain sight at their 50th and Penn restaurant.

It's a bowling alley and theater with hip food in a hip area of Uptown. There are nibbles for you as you bowl, a bar, and full dinner.

A restaurant by healthy and vegetarian-friendly chef Brenda Langton near the new Guthrie Threater. The fare is not just vegetarian - it features many delicious meat entrées too.

The Red Stag serves truly supper club ambiance, but pumped up with a LEED certified building and a fresh take on the food.