Chef Jack Jones and the martini-savvy bartenders at this Boystown hotspot keep on improving: The menu includes regularly-rotated specials as well as newly added simpler fare like half-pound burgers for $6.95. Better still, a recent lift brings a redesigned interior full of moody greens and blues.

The intimate bar on the left can serve as a pre-dinner cocktail spot, or plant yourself at one of its window-front tables and order food from the bartender. The perfect $9 martinis run a wide spectrum of flavors: Door County Cherry, Key Lime, Pomegranate or Chocolate, to name just a few.

Entrees hit the $20 mark, including seafood (like Ahi tuna served with wasabi mashed potatoes) and New York grilled strip steak. The starters may fulfill the beginning, middle and end to your dinner, though: wild mushroom and truffle ravioli, fresh grilled calamari, and a classic caesar salad served beautifully with anchovies (or without, if that's not your thing), tomatoes and a big slice of parmesan. Locals love the weekend brunch as well, with choices like crab cakes eggs benedict with asparagus, homemade sweet orange-vanilla thick cut French toast, and a slew of gourmet omelets, all incomplete without that mango or pear mimosa from the bar.

Centerstage Reviewer: Heather Blaha