Year in Reviews

In lieu of a review this week, Bauer dropped his top 10 new restaurants of 2013, and the list is a solid mix of the expected (Coqueta, The Cavalier, Tosca Cafe) and the more unusual (Farmshop, Chalkboard, Akiko's). One surprising inclusion: Saison, whose food Bauer loved but whose service he ripped. "At first, I tried to take the easy way out and not consider Saison for this list...Yet in the end, I couldn't ignore it." In a blog post, he discussed a few more near-misses like Trick Dog, Bull Valley Roadhouse, and The Palace. [Chron]