"Open for: Lunch, dinner Price range: $$$ This newish wine bar invites customers in for a drink, then convinces them to stay a while with comfy seats, taper candles, and charming second-hand tableware. The well-executed menu of luxurious snacks — think chicken liver parfaits, mackerel rillettes, and fried artichokes — helps too, as do the individual servings of bitterballen, cheese sticks, and vlammetjes (mini spicy spring rolls), blessings for the solo drinker normally forced to order six or 10. Vibe check: The crowd skews towards groups of middle-aged Dutch women, but I’ve also seen grandfathers and grandchildren and at least one unnecessarily large dog, so really, anything goes." - Katharine Khamhaengwong
