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Sketch Reopens In San Francisco

Sketch Ice Cream just reopened in Berkeley after a three-year hiatus, and the soft-serve ice creams are as good as ever. Eric Shelton and Ruthie Planas-Shelton have added a line of miniature pastries, which evidence the same fine-bore concentration. 

Masaki

Dinner at this new upscale Japanese restaurant is a splurge, but one well worth for the adventurous flavor trip that ensues. To have a taste without breaking the bank, go for lunch, which launches this week. See our previous coverage.

Chef Carrie Mashaney Achieves Small-Town Dreams

Make a biscuit recipe from Carrie Mashaney.

La Slowteria

This "slow-food" focused Mexican spot is now open in Carroll Gardens. Get a look at the menu of dishes such as watermelon, cucumber and hibscus flower salad and duck stew with hominy.

Aita

A solid Italian restaurant is a given in certain parts of Brooklyn these days. This new Clinton Hill spot hits all the points: charming decor, tree-lined corner, tasteful food. The spaghetti with clams is quite good, but the tomato bruschetta is better still--and best right now.

David's Brisket House

When faced with the difficult choice of whether to order hot pastrami, corned beef or brisket at this Bedford-Stuyvesant institution, the answer is clear: Order all three.

Tomoe Sushi

O Café

This sustainably minded Brazilian café offers some of our favorite snacks to pair with coffee: Balthazar scones, cheddar-and-cucumber sandwiches on Nordic rye bread and its own freshly baked pao de queijo. Skip your standard cup of joe for a latte bahia--a slightly sweet blend of steamed milk, espresso and rich dark chocolate.

Rosamunde Sausage Grill

Popover Café

Popovers rarely make the menu despite the breadth of brunch spots in New York City. Head to this classic Upper West Side establishment, not for ambiance, but for baskets of steaming popovers--their eggy innards begging for a pat of butter or excellent strawberry preserves.

Colonial Wine Bar's Extensive Wine List - L.A.

Drinking at Colonial Wine Bar

Le Grenier

This new H St. bistro serves wholly French dishes, including a hanger steak in shallot-red wine sauce, and beef stew with apricots and hazelnuts. Start with onion soup or duck pâté.

The Little Rascal

This café and bar is now open in Nolita with a Mediterranean menu of dishes such as cacik (yogurt, Persian cucumbers, dill, dried mint and lemon) and house-made Turkish pickles.

Tropicalia

This new 14th St. dance hall is mixing potent caipirinhas to complement the Brazilian dance nights.

Fried Grape Salad Receipe By Max & Eli Sussman

Fried Grape Salad with Hazelnuts and Blue Cheese

Bar Tartine

The Abbot's Cellar

Upcider

Doughnut Dolly

Larchmont Larder

This Larchmont Village deli and restaurant has shut down.

Yuca's

Larder At The Tavern

Sea Harbour

Attari Sandwich Shop

Fat Spoon

Impeccably fried pork cutlets and Japanese-inflected Italian pasta dishes are the two dining domains at this Downtown restaurant. The kitchen tackles both with aplomb, and the fryer work employed on the tonkatsu is especially skillful: The panko crust is one of the lightest and crunchiest around.

Salatino's

Rosamunde