Bar Bistro

Bar Bistro is the best place in town for creative New American dishes and cocktails that also happen to be really affordable. The menu changes often, but you’ll find cool, innovative stuff like elk sliders with pimento cheese and lingonberry jam on pretzel buns, or a super-saffrony Portuguese stew with sea scallops, sausage, and mussels. It definitely works for date night, although we love to sit at the bar to watch deep-cut house music videos while we quiz the bartender on their rare liquor collection. Speaking of, the rotating cocktail menu is great, too—we like the Red Cloud with whiskey, chartreuse, smoke, and wojapi, a berry compote from Plains Indian cuisine.