The Palace Restaurant

Detail: A chef’s reputation includes the places he or she has been before. The Palace’s new staff includes Executive Chef and New York native Jose Salazar as well as Sumer Genetti (from Pho Paris and Chalk). Chef Salazar has had a wide range of influences on his cooking, which includes dishes such as a grilled organic salmon with green and white asparagus, potato gnocchi and hollandaise mousseline. Summer’s reputation as the most inventive pastry chef in town follows her to her new gig. Check out offerings like her Milk Chocolate-Sesame Mousse with dark chocolate sorbet and soy caramel sauce. The historic building and class A service are perfect for special night out. For less formal occasions the bar and bar menu provides a way to feel moneyed without spending much of it. Entrees: $15-$55.