Restaurants in Gilbert

Detours Tavern’s team of chefs introduce fresh, healthy ingredients into a menu of wholesome, upscale American food. Their flatbread pizzas and third-pound burgers star foods such as homemade meatballs, hand-pulled mozzarella cheese, antibiotic- and hormone-free meats, and naturally sweetened housemade vinaigrettes. Servers whisk platefuls of food into the elegantly appointed dining room where reflective wooden floors, exposed-brick walls, and a cheery yellow bar lend to a natural, homey environment. Outside, the open-air patio’s dog-friendly policy gives pooches a chance to accompany their owners and spares owners from having to dress their pet up in a tuxedo, call him Greg throughout dinner, and hope no one notices.

When the Draft House On The Reef says it’s known for chicken wings, it’s not a hollow boast. Each week the cooks coat up to 800 pounds of the savory favorites in flavors such as parmesan, jalapeño , or honey. During football season they serve more than one ton per week. To augment the pub’s menu they sling simple yet satisfying bar eats that include potato skins or pulled-pork sandwiches with pickles and onions, and bartenders slide a wide array of libations down the enormous central bar. From time to time the bar hosts pool and dart tournaments, livening up the atmosphere more effectively than bringing a T-shirt cannon to your parole hearing.

Inside Allison’s Texas BBQ, a symphony of tantalizing smells dances in the air, rising from plates of tender meat that’s generously slathered in housemade sauces. Diners can tear into chopped brisket or pulled-pork sandwiches, demolish slabs of ribs with sides of beans or potatoes, and finish their meals with a slice of pecan pie. Allison’s Texas BBQ also sells brisket, chicken, and pulled pork by the pound, so you can build the meaty wedding cake of your dreams.

There are no marketing gimmicks or cutesy names for menu items at Sevens’ Bistro. When preparing for their August 2012 opening, the owners kept their sole focus on delivering simple, mouthwatering American fare, and it paid off. Though modern light fixtures, tiled accent walls, and a neon-blue bar transform the dining space into a chic hangout, the spicy beef sliders and caprese grilled-cheese sandwiches deliver accessible takes on comfort classics. An Ahab-like obsession with hunting down fresh ingredients leads to plates of ginger-glazed miso salmon and bowls of creamy tomato bisque. Not content to remain a happening lunch- and nightspot, Sevens’ Bistro serves breakfasts of custom omelets and four variations on eggs benedict, including a meat lovers’ version layered with prosciutto and jalapeño bacon.

Live blues music fills Ventura Grill each Friday as servers wind their way through tables, toting fresh pastas, half-pound char burgers nestled on pretzel or brioche buns, and sweet and savory raspberry-goat-cheese spring salads. Lighting up the walls, more than 20 high-definition TVs broadcast live sporting events and slow-motion replays of themselves stealing beer from the bar after hours. Away from the cheering fans, diners on the outdoor patio dig into imported Italian sorbets served in coconut shells or hulled pineapples while clandestinely cramming chocolate-mousse cakes into their wallets to enjoy later