5 Corners Kitchen

This Marblehead bistro is nearly always full, and for good reason. Expertly executed small plates—where the restaurant shines—deliver a French sensibility that you don’t find many other places on the North Shore. Dive into a plate of escargots de Bourgogne, with garlic butter and grilled levain; chicken liver mousse with a Sauternes gelée; and a Hamachi tartare beneath a gem-colored layer of popping tobiko. The warm and inviting dining room is the kind of place that welcomes guests back night after night, week after week, year after year.