The Hot Five: Explore a new restaurant

THE HOT FIVE Get out this weekend and explore a new restaurant.

First-time restaurateur Jim Ringo has revived the glorious Art Deco space that was the original home of the long-gone Forum Cafeteria. The menu is a parade of contemporized American classics, served at lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.

40 S. 7th St., Mpls., 612-354-2017

The former Cafe Havana is now a laboratory for chef Landon Schoenefeld's adventurous spins on Midwestern favorites. Love the late-night (to 2 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and to midnight Sunday) hours.

119 Washington Av. N., Mpls.,

612-338-8484, www.haute-dish.com

Jim Ringo's other new venture, located next to Crave in the West End Shops development, takes on a different global cuisine each month. Right now it's Seoul, South Korea. Next up: Brussels.

5331 W. 16th St., St. Louis Park, 952-303-5574,

ringorestaurant.ringorestaurants.com

Chef Justin Grecco (of Grecco's on the St. Croix in St. Croix Falls, Wis.) has launched his first Twin Cities venture, a Tuscan-inspired restaurant emphasizing pastas and seafood and open for lunch and dinner.

1350 E. Hwy. 96, White Bear Lake, 651-414-9613, www.romananthonys.com

The original home of the Green Mill has been parsed into part pizzeria-bar and part neighborhood breakfast-lunch-dinner restaurant, under the capable direction of chef Keven Kvalsten, formerly of the Green Room in Waconia.

1342 Grand Av., St. Paul, 651-690-5901, www.twistedforkgrille.com

RICK NELSON