Working closely with local farmers, Lucia’s Wine Bar & Restaurant offers the best of each season. Dedicated cooks carefully prepare meals based on seasonal appetites and flavors. Locals adore it, and you’re as likely to see politicians like Walter Mondale dining here as nationally renown food critic Ruth Reichl.

Artful accents warm the minimalist space–huge bouquets of fresh flowers, creamy walls, gold-leaf accents. Cooking with the seasons and using local bounty, the chef features a weekly changing menu that has included earthy yellow-beet risotto and pan-seared halibut beneath lemony butter sauce.