"After years in the doubles category, John Shields and Karen Urie Shields have earned three stars at their fine-dining restaurant which was inspired by the five years they spent cooking together in Virginia farm country after they left Charlie Trotter’s, where they first met. The tasting menu incorporates seasonal Midwestern ingredients, plus meat and produce that have been pickled and cured to extend their usefulness. The basement brasserie, the Loyalist, serves one of the best burgers in town." - Ashok Selvam