"Bestia is another spot where snagging a table requires a small prayer to the Reservation Gods, but this one doesn’t come with a mortgage payment-sized price tag attached. It’s a massive, fun Italian restaurant in the Arts District where meals are all-night affairs. You’ll spend two-and-a-half hours drinking wine and eating some of the best cured meats, pastas, and pizzas around. The menu is enormous, so if you’re here for your 40th birthday, or your 20th anniversary, tell your server that - they’ll make sure you order the right way." - brett keating