New Town Bistro and Bar
420-U Jonestown Road.
Phone: 659-8062. $$. ABC. S/NS.
New Town loves to change its menu regularly, so it's hard to pinpoint dishes that are always around. I've liked tilapia dredged in crushed cashews and rum butter, spicy-sweet ribs, and flat-iron steak with Yukon Gold mashed potatoes. Beware the "seasonal" claim, though: when I was there in August, many fruits and vegetables tasted and looked canned or frozen.
Athena Greek Tavern
680 S. Stratford Road.
Phone: 794-3069. $$. ABC. NS.
Think Greek food is all moussaka and spanakopita, souvlaki and tzatziki? Try keftedes (meatballs), skordalia (potato dip), pastitsio macaroni and cheese), galaktoboureko (milky custard pastry) and melitzanosalata (eggplant puree). Opa!
Camel City Cafe & Wine Bar
401 W. Fourth St.
Phone: 734-1797. $$$. ABC. S/NS.
New Southern doesn't mean green-bean casserole. Instead, try shrimp etouffe or lamb.
Celtic Cafe
926 S. Marshall St.
(out of five). Reviewed Nov. 27, 2008.
No, Guinness is not Celtic cuisine. Here, you'll find Scotch eggs and shepherd's pie, among more American fare. I'm a fan of the house smoked-salmon appetizer.
Milner's American Southern
630 S. Stratford Road.
Phone: 768-2221. $$$. ABC. S/NS.
Charleston-inspired upscale Southern -- crab cakes, baked pimento cheese, frogmore stew, pork tenderloin crusted with Moravian spice cookies, sweet-potato bread pudding, and on and on.
First Street Draught House
1500 W. First St.
Phone: 722-6950. $$. ABC. S/NS.
This is a true neighborhood bar, where the bartenders will offer water and the phone when your friend's car breaks down in the parking lot. The food, well, it's standard burgers, sandwiches and pizza, but there's lots and lots of beer on tap.
El Paisano
2742 Waughtown St.
Phone: 650-0400. $. NS.
Tacos, tacos, tacos, drizzled with lots of fresh salsas. And at this taqueria, you can see women behind the counter making the corn tortillas that are shortly destined for your mouth.
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