Last Resort Grill

File Under: Something Different, Vegetarian-Friendly, Bars. Features: Take-Out, Outside Seating, Checks/CC. Hours: Lunch & Dinner, 7 days. Sunday Brunch. The Look: Casual fine dining in a downtown space with exposed brick and murals on the walls. Menu: Marries downhome Southern cooking with European haute cuisine and then adds some Southwestern accents. The salmon and grits, roasted duck pasta, fennel chicken salad, fried green tomato sandwich, basil crab omelette and French toast stuffed with ricotta are a small sampling of the nouvelle Southern offerings. Drinks: 200+ wines, with 40 available by the glass. The list of 10 "All-American Martinis" includes the U.S. Mint, Georgia Peach, Nutella-tini and Clayton Street Cosmopolitan.

$$$ ($13—$17)