"Uma’s is an Uzbek restaurant that’s open year-round, and it's one of the livelier sit-down spots in the area. The menu features baked pastries like bichak and samsas and plenty of kabobs, salads, and soups. Their yogurt sauce has a cult following, and for good reason. It adds a special tang to any dish lucky enough to be served with it, like the scallion pancakes and our favorite, the baseball-sized manti, stuffed with either ground beef or squash. Hot outside? Don’t sleep on the creamy sesame halva ice cream. Cold outside? Hell, order it anyway." - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, neha talreja