"As Service Bar hits its first birthday, the chatter about Middle West Spirits’ restaurant arm has yet to die down. With a sense of humor and serious know-how, chef Avishar Barua easily cooks up some of the most creative and well-executed food in the city giving ingredient upgrades to takeout lowbrow dishes, like his spin on a Big Mac with bone marrow and a smoked bacon-enriched patty, or the cheesy brisket crunch with oak-smoked beef and fried roti. Don’t miss the cocktails too, mixed up from the stunning, huge, salvaged 19th-century back bar." - Beth Stallings