Restaurants in Dublin

Xenia Bistro's chefs slide modern American updates and fresh, seasonal ingredients into time-tested family recipes. Inspired by culinary customs of Eastern Europe, they enlist burning wood to grill their pizzas and animated golems to prepare their pasta, steaks, and seafood. Their bartending brethren station themselves behind a granite bar, where they mix specialty cocktails with an arsenal of spirits that includes premium liquors and wines from near and far.

A rich, earth-tone color palette swathes nearly every surface of the bistro's interior, from lustrous table tops to wooden pillars to antique-looking window shutters. Just beyond a full wall of windows, a roomy patio encloses diners in foliage and sunlight.

Tower Grille was created with an atmosphere that invites diners to linger over their burgers, pastas, and salads in open-air patio seating or in front of ample TVs equipped with a variety of sports packages. The comfortable atmosphere and hearty meals earned Danville Weekly's readers' choice award for best burger, take-out, and place for business lunches in 2009. The dishes of comfort food include classic deli fare such as reuben and french-dip sandwiches alongside bistro items such as penne pasta with fresh vegetables and farmers'-market-inspired salads that toss together greens and anything from marcona almonds to gold beets. Diners can also dig into pizzas topped with a choice of 19 toppings along with draft brews and specialty cocktails that chase meals down to the stomach's secure holding cell. Ten HD televisions show sports games, and live entertainment abounds, including regular live-music performances and weekly beer-pong tournaments.

Behind a façade of yellow bricks and twinkling string lights is Citrus Indian Fusion, a hub for North and South Indian dishes. Through the glass doors, aromas strike first––indication that morsels of marinated lamb, chicken, and fish are curing in a tandoor grill. Scents of ginger, garlic, and Andhra spice waft through the air, prompting guests to sop up zesty curries and their tears of joy with whole-wheat roti or warm naan.