Looking for St. Paul restaurants for a night out on the town? Here are some of the best restaurants in St. Paul that opened in the past year and where you can have dinner and linger into the night.

BIRCH’S LOWERTOWN

This spot in the Market House Collaborative in Lowertown went all in. First, it opened a brewpub and restaurant on the main floor with its house beer and wine and cocktails, and food coming out of the kitchen at neighboring Octo. And more recently, Barrel House, a lounge with a serious beverage program and the same menu offerings as upstairs, rolled out on the lower level. The restaurant menu offers plenty of items to share as well as those to order solo. We especially recommend the chicken karaage, double-patty burger and smashed potatoes. And if you’re ever there on a Thursday through Saturday evening when the uber fun Barrel House lounge is open, head there after for a sip and a bite while enjoying live performances from the piano bar. This is the second location for Birch’s. The first is Birch’s on the Lake in Long Lake. (289 E. Fifth St., St. Paul; 651-432-4677; birchslowertown.com)

HODGES BEND

This new spot along the Green Line is a mix of chic and cozy with cushy bright yellow booths, wood accents and chandeliers. A bite to eat here is as casual as fried chicken and burgers or gets a little fancier with crab cakes, risotto, hanger steak and the like. Craft cocktails — where tobacco bitters make their way into an old fashioned, and matcha is a mixer with gin drinks — get inventive. (2700 W. University Ave., St. Paul; 612-353-1403; hodges-bend.com)

HOLMAN’S TABLE

Holman Field airport in St. Paul has a new eatery, making it the first full-service dining spot there since a diner closed there in the last 1990s. Now, crowds are not only landing at Holman Field via planes, but driving across town in their cars for the New American menu that includes burgers, pastas, steak and seafood as well as craft cocktails. If your timing is right, you can watch planes coming down the runway from the windows at this quaint 90-seat eatery. (644 Bayfield St., St. Paul, 612-800-5298, holmanstable.com)

HYACINTH

This charming spot on Summit Hill is always packed, because the space is a quaint 38 seats and already feels like your neighborhood hangout, but the bigger reason is that Hyacinth is serving up top-notch Italian-Mediterranean fare with clever twists and turns on classic dishes. Cocktails are just as imaginative. (790 Grand Ave., St. Paul; 651-478-1822; hyacinthstpaul.com)

KEG & CASE WEST 7TH MARKET

There are plenty of places worth stopping by at this shiny-and-new food and marketplace that recently opened with two dozen vendors. But if we were to recommend an itinerary for the nightlife side of things, it would be to start at Gatza & Enhancements for a plate with memorable Basque and other cheeses that are paired with the wine, craft cocktail or mocktail you order. Then for dinner, and some heartier fare, head over to the cheffy In Bloom where all dishes are cooked from a wood-fire hearth. If you’re with a group, share the sizable porterhouse for a steak like no other. In Bloom is one of the hottest seats to nab in town, so hopefully you’ve made a reservation in advance. When it’s time for a beer, head to Clutch Brewing Co., also located in Keg & Case. (928 W. Seventh St., St Paul; kegandcase.com)

KYATCHI

When Kyatchi debuted in Minneapolis a few years back, the sushi restaurant was touted as Minnesota’s first Monterey Bay Seafood Watch-certified sustainable eatery. In the last year, a St. Paul outpost in Lowertown was added. Like the first one, the east metro location has become a hot spot for the cool kids to hang out. It’s easy to see why, as the restaurant is as casual or fancy as you want it to be. Head there for Japanese-style hot dogs, which are one of our favorite hot dogs around, or dine on sustainable sushi, noodle dishes and more. And a thing that the St. Paul Lowertown digs have that the first location doesn’t? A Japanese whisky program. (308 E. Prince St., St. Paul, 651-340-5796; kyatchi.com)

PARLOUR ST. PAUL

It’s difficult to get bored at Parlour on West Seventh near the Xcel Energy Center, that takes up four former storefronts and features multiple rooms, all with different decor, furniture and feel. Like the one in downtown Minneapolis, the St. Paul location has quickly become a destination for grabbing a Parlour Burger, one of the best burgers in the Twin Cities. There’s so much more on the “finer diner” menu worth exploring, too, such as the delicate terrine with foie gras and the deliciously crisp chicken livers. Parlour is just as well known for its craft cocktails, and the St. Paul installment doesn’t disappoint in that regard, either. (267 W. Seventh St., St. Paul; 651-207-4433; parlourbar.com)

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