Ideal Bite

...to Jason Travi's new restaurant we go. Take a sleigh ride (or, you know, a cab) to Riva – cousin of the aptly named Fraîche - for casual-chic (read: date-y) Mediterranean-Italian apps, entrées, and desserts. Hit the pizza bar for some vino and the surprisingly not-too-heavy Patata Semplice (thin-crust potato pizza with crème fraîche and rosemary) with potatoes from Weiser Farms, or nosh the roasted beets (with aged goat cheese and pistachios) from McGrath Family Farm. The market-fresh fare's made with mostly organic ingredients, zapping transport emissions and pesticides too. Wash it down with the biting Star Anise Blackberry Pink Peppercorn Gin - one of its seasonal, housemade cocktails. Just make sure your horse, er, friend knows the way home.