"The chef here used to work at Atomix, and it shows. Acru’s $95 tasting menu incorporates Australian, Scandinavian, and Korean cooking styles into dishes laced with lardo, bright green chrysanthemum sauce, and the like. But the room itself bears no resemblance to a sterile fine dining restaurant—more like a 19th-century tavern. Come for a fancy date night or a spendy hang with someone who will enjoy an ice cream bar made of cereal-esque golden haytime." - willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, neha talreja, arden shore