Home to one of the city's first rooftop bars, the eponymous restaurant from Black Sheep, the team behind now-closed restaurant Chew and perennial favorite Restaurant Orsay, has quickly become Riverside’s hottest table. Creative Southern-inspired offerings, like barbecue pork rinds with orange blossom honey and sea salt, pepper the menu. [Photo]

Husband and wife team Eddie and Irene Sweda leaned on Irene’s Venezuelan background to create the Latin American-inspired café menu. The moist, sweet namesake tres leches cake (Irene’s favorite dessert) is a must-try. Their made-from-scratch arepas can be adapted for breakfast, lunch, or dinner based on the fillings — from egg and cheese to pulled pork and black beans. [Photo]

Orders here aren't called by name — customers have to hear for their response to Maple Street's question of the month (it's currently "What's your favorite book?"). The entire menu is built around the restaurant's version of a Southern-style buttermilk biscuit, which can either be eaten as a sandwich with a piece of fried chicken, or smothered with housemade jam, jelly, apple butter or gravy. [Photo]

All the ingredients used at Terra, veteran Jacksonville restaurateur Michael Thomas' (previously of 24 Miramar, Sterling's) latest New American dining concept, come from within a 100 mile radius of the city. Some vegetables and herbs are even grown in the restaurant’s own organic garden. [Photo]

Named after the Portuguese slang term for "goodness," Ovinté's main draw is its extensive (220+) wine list. Cocktails here feature spirits from small-batch, domestic distilleries. Aside from a solid selection of aged cheeses and cured meats, playful Spanish and Italian-inspired small plates, like their off-the-menu, angel hair-filled fried wonton "spaghetti tacos," round out the menu. The 50/50 (half sirloin, half Applewood-smoked bacon) Sliders are a consistent hit. [Photo]

After gutting and expanding the former diner last year, co-owners Michael Williams, Zack Nettles, Cheryl and Neil Corrado charged local chef Kevin Duvall to create a new menu to replace the old diner-style breakfast and brunch menu. The finished product showcases creative diner fare, like bacon-blue cheese guacamole and a grilled, boozy twist on French toast with a sweet vanilla-and-bourbon-dipped batter. [Photo]

The owners of downtown Thai restaurant Indochine opened this trendy Asian fusion restaurant just a few blocks away on Adams St last September. Typical beef broth-based Vietnamese pho is joined by more adventurous versions made with oxtail and duck. The vegan pho here gets its flavor from a dashi/miso-esque mushroom bouillon soup base. [Photo]