Hours: Lunch daily, weekend brunch, dinner Thursday and Friday nights only
Price: $$
Chic, relaxed fine dining at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; modern cuisine with a local emphasis, artful presentation. Style Weekly Restaurant of the Year.
Price: $$
The comfortable new bar at the Virginia Museum is the perfect place for an aperitif before or after a eyeful of rare Tiffany glass or paintings from the early American masters. Style Weekly’s 2011 Restaurant of the Year. But the bar hours could be better. 200 N. Boulevard, 340-1580. vmfa.state.va.us.