Falansai

Chef Eric Tran's Vietnamese-Mexican restaurant, one of the city's best-loved, has relocated to this corner of Norman Avenue, just past old warehouses and vintage clothing shops. The cooking remixes the two cuisines with seasonal ingredients, and the room has the easy energy of a neighborhood dinner spot.

The dac biet tasting menu is the way to go — a run through the kitchen's best dishes, from Vietnamese tamales with papaya-vermicelli salad to honey-glazed pork shoulder — and it's known as a good value. Bar seats are held for walk-ins; pair dinner with a bottle of natural wine.