"La Vara is the sort of place someone might take you if they were trying to convince you to move to Cobble Hill. The Basque restaurant serves great wine and a bunch of small, beautiful plates—things like deviled eggs with green tahini, iberico ham with crispy artichokes and anchovy aioli, and slow roasted suckling pig with tximitxurri. During the warmer months, we like to sit outside, which always feels like a neighborhood block party. But the big booths in the brick-walled dining room are nice, too." - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman