REVIEW

Food and mood sing at Three Birds

JASON BEHNKEN/STAFF

Three Birds offers tasty non-meat options such as Risotto and Three-Bean Chili (along with Short Rib Egg Rolls).

Three Birds Tavern in St. Petersburg offers good meal and a real drink ... and some great late-night fun.

DINING

Short List: Best wine bars

Cru Cellars is one of two wine bars to chose from on S. MacDill Avenue. The other is Bianchi's Enoteca.

Searching for a new place for a girls-night out or a dinner date? You don't have to be a wine connoisseur to enjoy a wine bar. Share your favorite with us.

REVIEW

Lagerheadz offers taste of Florida

JASON BEHNKEN / STAFF

Lagerheadz Bar & Grill offers such favorites as cedar-plank salmon and a steamer bucket.

A remodeled old favorite in Tarpon Springs is offering patrons a fresh take on culinary favorites in surroundings that resonate with an old Florida vibe – down to the alligators in the pond out back.

REVIEW

Paci's offers up a little slice of New York with big pizza

CLIFF McBRIDE/STAFF

Paci's offers big tastes, including a meatball parmagiana sandwich, Margherita pizza and a huge cheese pie.

Paci's big, fresh pizza taste is very New York, as in, if you don't like a huge pie with a thin crust, then you can "fuhgeddiboudit."

SHORT LIST

Gourmet mac and cheese? It's out there

STAFF

Truffle mac and cheese? That's the twist at Doormet that keeps us coming back for more.

This week, we're craving some grown-up comfort food, specifically, some good macaroni and cheese. Here's where you can get a gourmet version that doesn't come in a little blue box.