"Verdict: The team behind Cervo’s has a new wood-paneled Basque tavern, with neon lights snaking around the ceiling to remind you that you’re within sprinting distance of Dimes Square. Eel Bar is a cool place to drink a filthy martini and pop some deviled eggs impaled on toothpicks. It feels more like a bar than a restaurant, but we still suggest you get a few things to snack on. The shrimp with tomato sauce, for example, or the burger smothered in roquefort that, unsurprisingly, tastes mostly like roqeufort." - bryan kim