"When a restaurant is as popular as Bar Sinizki, we typically don’t advise heading there for last-minute, drop-in dinners. This European bistro in Atwater Village is an exception. The moody cafe is walk-in-only, so whether you’re there with a date to eat brown butter pierogis or hoping to sit alone at the bar with a book and a burger, everybody puts their name on the sign-in sheet out front. There will almost certainly be a wait during peak hours, but look for the two-top tables on the sidewalk. That’s where you can drink wine and hang out until your name is called." - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder, cathy park