Place des Fêtes

A Clinton Hill wine bar from the team behind Oxalis that cooks like a restaurant twice its size. Tweed banquettes, an open kitchen and a bar anchor a cozy room that fills fast; the wines are natural and lean Spanish, from small producers.

Treat it as à la carte fine dining in small plates. The menu changes often, but there is usually a tartare, and the sardine toast over smoked butter and the mussels in a chilled sepia-ink sauce tend to stick around. Watch the specials, and order more than you think — the plates are small.