Moscow On the Hill Restaurant

A real Russian celebratory meal is easily a seven-hour affair, full of hearty drinking, heavy dining, singing, dancing, and extreme revelry of every sort; in a restaurant, it's typical for one party to remain at a table from evening's open to late night's close. If you've got the time, the will, and the stamina, that experience can be found at Moscow on the Hill: Start off with one of a dozen varieties of vodka, follow with a bowl of borscht, more vodka, sing along with the live music for a while, get some blini or pickled fish, drink some more vodka, down a creamy entree like beef stroganoff, more vodka, and then, singing, wander off to your cab. In summer, be sure to add the lovely patio to your bar-hopping rounds.