Lindey's

It’s always a good time of year to eat at Lindey’s, an upscale bistro in charming German Village. In summer, everyone wants a table on the large leafy patio (it’s first come, first served), and during the winter, the cobblestone streets, copper bar, tin-tiled ceiling, and red-leather banquettes are the perfect setting for dinner with your parents before seeing The Nutcracker. Servers still wear ties and the menu is pure ‘90s bistro: French onion soup, beef tournedos, and angel hair pasta with shrimp in a spicy Cajun sauce. Take a picture outside the historic front entrance on the corner of Beck and Mohawk—the valet guys won’t judge.