"Loring Place is what you’d get if a Chili’s or TGIF grew up, decided to move to the West Village and eat more vegetables. The menu has things like crispy celery root, pizza with sugar snap peas, and asparagus caesar salad. This place is a little more upscale (and not completely vegetarian), although it isn’t fancy in a sports coat-and-tie kind of way, and it’s good for a night out with some friends, family, or friends of the family." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, kenny yang