"If you want to take your date to Paris, we’re not going to stop you. (We may even ask to join.) But Gemma is a lot closer when you want a great neighborhood bistro, and no one will critique your French. It’s plenty nice, but not stuffy, and it serves crowd-pleasing dishes like steak frites with chimichurri and bright and spicy tagliatelle arrabbiata with pork sausage. The wine list isn’t the largest in town, but it’s a thoughtful compilation of French, Italian, and American producers, so you can sip a zippy Sancerre or a bold Primitivo that you probably won’t find at the steakhouse down the street." - kevin gray