Alo Restaurant

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Sea urchin

Photo: Courtesy Alo Restaurant

Extravagant tasting menus had long been out of fashion in the city when chef Patrick Kriss and general manager Amanda Bradley opened this third-floor fine-dining room in late 2015. But Alo brought the style back single-handedly. The exquisite, world-class dishes, no less than the warm, utterly unpretentious hospitality with which they’re served, make this a miraculous dining experience—a night out so casually dazzling that even the bread and butter tends to leave you wonderstruck. Its reputation makes it difficult to secure a table on short notice, but here’s some advice: The walk-ins-only bar serves food à la carte of the same splendid caliber, while bar manager John Bunner makes the finest martinis in town. Swing by, and indulge.