If your mother had access to the best farm-fresh produce, naturally raised meat and artisan cheeses, she could produce dishes like the ones Mother's Bistro and Bar's chef/owner Lisa Schroeder does (sadly, most moms back in the day had access only to the best that suburban Safeways could offer). Mother's Bistro and Bar does comfort food for the slow-food set with dishes like a macaroni and cheese of the week that's as great for grownups as it is for kids, delicate pierogis and soulful chopped liver. The dining room is flooded with light and draped in pale greens and yellows, making it the cheeriest place this side of, well, your mother's kitchen. And when Schroeder emerges to make the rounds in the dining room, it couldn't feel more like home. (MW)
WWeek 2015