The Friendly Neighborhood Grill You’ve Never Heard Of…until Now
by American Way StaffWhen it comes to finding the best food a city has to offer,
there'sno better source than one of the city's own. With that in
mind, weasked several of our esteemed contributing editors to offer
us theirpicks on where you should go when you're in their neck of
the woods.
Nashville
Margot Café & Bar
1017 Woodland Street, (615) 227-4668,
www.margotcafe.com
Ilove the meat-and-three spots. Really, I do. But when all is said
anddone, the high-end French/Italian cuisine of Margot Café &
Bar -without a touch of snobby - always wins me over. With its
brick wallsand hanging copper pots, this little café makes for a
warm and invitingplace to chow an evening away. A local girl
herself, Margot McCormackwent off to New York for her culinary
training but returned home - andthe city's dining is all the better
for it.
- Jenna Schnuer
New York
Dani
333 Hudson Street, (212) 633-9333,
www.danirestaurant.com
Asan Upper East Sider, I didn't exactly have Hudson Street,
onManhattan's far West Side, on my radar. But that all changed
oneevening when a friend took me to Dani, a new Mediterranean
restaurantowned by
Don Pintabona (the longtime chef at Robert De
Niro's TribecaGrill). The intimate dining room - think warm woods,
dim lighting -complements the menu's rustic dishes (Italian fennel
sausage withbroccoli rabe or grilled quail with pomegranate
molasses). Dani is nowa permanent fixture on my radar.
- Jill Fergus
Atlanta
The Food Studio
887 West Marietta Street, (404) 815-6677,
www.thefoodstudio.com
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