"After a three-and-a-half-year hiatus, Norman Van Aken’s eponymous restaurant is back in a new space with a new look but, thankfully, with its original Latin-Caribbean DNA still intact. Van Aken and chef Carlos Robles Molina’s degustation menu is a seasonal tour de force marrying flavors of the New World with those from the East – think Florida swordfish wrapped in Okinawan sweet potato or maple- and coffee-rubbed bison tenderloin served with a plum gastrique, navy bean refrito, bone marrow butter and smoked puffed sorghum. The five-course meal costs $170 with $65 and $95 wine pairing options." - Faiyaz Kara
