"Bar Vlaha’s dining room looks like if a Shaker opened a restaurant in a Greek farming village. Large wooden six-tops take up much of the sparsely decorated dining room, which is ideal for a place dedicated to great food best experienced with as many hungry friends as possible. Inspired by the Vlach cuisine of northern Greece, a perfect brunch order here includes the trio of dips (tzatziki, whipped spicy feta, and melitzanosalata), the hearty tost with wild mushrooms, crispy patates, fried saganaki cheese, and the impossibly airy tsoureki bread french toast. And just when you think you’ve seen every possible variation on an espresso martini, you’ll be served one in a traditional briki." - lala thaddeus