Atwood

This downtown standby draws mobs of tourists and local ladies seeking nourishment after a particularly grueling shopping session at Macy’s. For them, these updated American classics are perfect—sophisticated and unintimidating. Case in point: a winter menu that offers thyme-and-mace–roasted duck breast with mashed sweet potatoes and a dried fig gastrique; oven-roasted acorn squash over date-and-pistachio–studded couscous; and a warm apple-walnut dumpling served with vanilla bean ice cream.