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The Triangle's best restaurants

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The wine selection is extensive and thoughtfully chosen to match the menu's varied flavors. Desserts, from baba au rhum to exotic fruit sorbet sampler, are as distinctive and expertly prepared as the rest of the meal. In short, the new Fins is a keeper.

Bin 54

1201-M Raleigh Road, in Glen Lennox Shopping Center, Chapel Hill, 969-1155, www.bin54restaurant.com

Cuisine: Steakhouse

Bloomsbury Bistro

509-101 W. Whitaker Mill Road, at Five Points, Raleigh, 834-9011, www.bloomsburybistro.com

Cuisine: Contemporary

Bonne Soirée

431-10 W. Franklin St., in The Courtyard, Chapel Hill, 928-8388

Cuisine: French

Elaine's on Franklin

454 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 960-2770, www.elainesonfranklin.com

Cuisine: Contemporary

Enoteca Vin

410 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh

834-3070

Cuisine: Contemporary with a European accent, wine bar

Fairview Dining Room

3001 Cameron Blvd., in the Washington Duke Inn, Durham, 490-0999, www.washingtondukeinn.com

Cuisine: Contemporary

Four Square

2701 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, 401-9877, www.foursquarerestaurant.com

Cuisine: Contemporary

Frazier's

2418 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, 828-6699, www.fraziersbistro.com

Cuisine: Contemporary

Jibarra

7420 Six Forks Road, in Peachtree Market, Raleigh, 844-6330, www.jibarra.net

Cuisine: Mexican fine dining

Lantern

423 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 969-8846, www.lanternrestaurant.com

Cuisine: Pan-Asian

Magnolia Grill

1002 Ninth St., Durham, 286-3609, www.magnoliagrill.net

Cuisine: Contemporary with a Southern accent

Maximillians

8314 Chapel Hill Road, Cary, 465-2455, ww.maximilliansgrill.com

Cuisine: Contemporary, fusion

Nana's

2514 University Drive, Durham, 493-8545, www.nanasdurham.com

Cuisine: contemporary Mediterranean

Red Palace

Beacon Plaza, 3945 New Bern Ave., Raleigh, 231-3788, http://redpalacenc.com/

Cuisine: Chinese

Saffron

4121 Davis Drive, in McCrimmon Corners shopping center, Morrisville, 469-5774, www.saffronnc.com

Cuisine: Indian

Second Empire

330 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, 829-3663, www.second-empire.com/secondempire

Cuisine: Contemporary

Vin Rouge

2010 Hillsborough Road, Durham, 416-0406, www.vinrougerestaurant.com

Cuisine: French

Vivace

4209 Lassiter Mill Road, in The Alexan, Raleigh, 787-7747, www.vivaceraleigh.com

Cuisine: Italian

Jujube

1201-L Raleigh Road, in Glen Lennox Shopping Center, Chapel Hill, 960-0555, www.jujuberestaurant.com

Cuisine: Asian

BEST BARGAINS

Allen & Son

6203 Millhouse Road, Chapel Hill, 942-7576

Cuisine: Barbecue

Dain's Place

754 Ninth St., Durham, 416-8800, www.dainsplace.net

Cuisine: Burgers, sandwiches, pub fare

London Fish & Chips

6446 Tryon Road, in Wellington Park, Cary, 859-8888, www.londonfishandchips-nc.com

Cuisine: English fish and chips

Los Comales

2103 N. Roxboro Road, Durham, 220-1614

Cuisine: taqueria

Neomonde

3817 Beryl Road, Raleigh; 10235 Chapel Hill Road, Morrisville, 828-1628 (Raleigh); 466-8100 (Morrisville), www.neomonde.com

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

TOP NEWCOMERS

Herons

100 Woodland Pond, in The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary, 447-4200, www.heronsrestaurant.com

Cuisine: contemporary

J. Betski's

10-120 W. Franklin St., Raleigh, 833-7999, www.jbetskis.com

Cuisine: German, Polish

Panciuto

110 S. Churton St., Hillsborough, 732-6261, www.panciuto.com

Cuisine: Italian

Piedmont

401 Foster St., Durham, 683-1213, www.piedmontrestaurant.com

Cuisine: French, Italian

Rue Cler

401 E. Chapel Hill St., Durham, 682-8844, www.ruecler-durham.com

Cuisine: French


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