"Ba Bar is an excellent Vietnamese spot that doesn’t take reservations. So if you had the choice between dinner (where your table competition is eight families of four, a handful of first dates, and an entire office building’s Happy Hour) or lunch, when you will be seated instantly—you get where we’re going with this. Eat a big bowl of steamy phở or vermicelli, and then make the transition to a handful of macarons." - Aimee Rizzo