"Getting a reservation at the Westside’s Bacchanalia isn’t the unattainable feat it used to be three decades ago. Yet, their $110 prix fixe menu and stylish industrial space still make it a winning fancy occasion meal. Signatures like their hush-puppy-adjacent crab fritter and perfectly spongey soufflé cake are so close to our hearts we actually wear photos of each in lockets. And the New American restaurant’s staff remind you of overly hospitable Airbnb hosts, chatting you through their long beverage “journal” and even sending you home with whole loaves of whatever’s left from their daily bakes." - demarco williams, nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard
