Newport

Cara is doing serious wine work inside a serious restaurant, and the combination of two credentialed sommeliers, a thoughtfully curated California-France list, and that Cliff Walk setting makes this one of the best wine experiences in Rhode Island. Markups lean high — this is a Forbes Five-Star hotel dining room, not a neighborhood trattoria — but if you're sitting down for a tasting menu anyway, you're already in the right headspace to order something memorable.