"Eating at Sister is a bit like visiting your eccentric aunt’s house, if her house had upholstered circular booths, bookshelves stocked with curios, and a couple trees growing in the living room. The nice-but-still-casual setting works for just about anyone, so you can feel comfortable settling into a booth with a first date or a long-term partner. Ask those awkward first questions—or the same-old pleasant small talk—with whipped feta, seared branzino, and white-sauce bucatini amatriciana with a mild poblano kick. If conversation starts to lag, you can always pull out this thought-provoking question, “How do you think they got those trees inside?”" - Kevin Gray