"At Ilis, every server is also a cook, and the hyper-local ingredients are often hand-foraged. Equal parts fine dining and Ph.D thesis, the Greenpoint restaurant is like a nerdy dinner party hosted in a candlelit warehouse. Meals start at five courses, with offerings that include smoked eel meant to be eaten like corn on the cob, and a whole trout with miso butter baked in birch bark. The food as seasonal as it gets, and the employees will gladly answer any questions, such as “Can I eat the flower that I just used as a paintbrush?” (The answer is yes.)" - bryan kim, neha talreja, hannah albertine, molly fitzpatrick