If you want to nosh on a worthy international feast, check out this Rogers Park storefront decked out with a mix of maplewood and plastic chairs, Formica tables and a wall-mounted covey of bejeweled geese sculptures. It cooks up its namesake dish, tapsilog, which features dried or cured beef (tapa), a mound of rice (sinangag) and fried egg (itlog). There's also a rousing cafeteria-style buffet stocked with garlicky pork in adobo studded with black peppercorns, crispy pork egg rolls and milkfish, as well as a handful of desserts like sweet eggy custards.

Centerstage Reviewer: Michael Nagrant