Housed in a charming 1911 Craftsman bungalow, Flagstaff’s longest-running high-end restaurant has two indoor fireplaces for warmth and romance during colder months, as well as a meticulously landscaped patio for al fresco dining in the summer. A modern American comfort food menu includes brunch items like Korean beef lettuce wraps and bananas Foster French toast, while dinner selections include phyllo-wrapped baked Brie with orange-cardamom honey and achiote-smoked pork osso bucco with Tillamook green chile polenta. End the night on a dramatic note with limoncello cheesecake and flambéed strawberry-Cognac sauce.

Named for a term referring to the system for measuring sugar content in grapes, Brix offers a compelling global wine list and a handful of agreeable locations for drinking it: a snug bar, an intimate table, or the flower-filled patio. Besides being a wine geek, owner Paul Moir was an early proponent of the farm-to-table movement, sourcing many ingredients from local farmers, ranchers, and food artisans. The meat and cheese board, featuring premium cheeses and housemade charcuterie, is the best in town, while the seasonally changing menu currently features elk tartare, olive wood-smoked potato gnocchi, roasted duck breast with huckleberries, and spring herb risotto with English peas and fennel pollen. (An expansion and recently installed wood-burning oven will prompt an extensive menu change sometime this summer.)

Since opening in 2009, Derrick Widmark’s tiny burger joint has been racking up “best burger” awards. The restaurant’s namesake is Diablo Trust, a conservation collaborative established by two local ranching families who sell their grass-fed beef to Widmark. He cooks each lean, charbroiled patty to a juicy medium-rare (unless the customer insists otherwise) and tucks it into an English muffin branded with a “DB.” The menu offers 11 burger combos (don’t miss the “Señor Smoke” topped with ancho grilled onions, grilled avocado, bacon, cilantro, and sriracha mayo), plus the option to build your own burger from an array of fun ingredients, including beets, chimichurri, and coffee barbecue sauce. Add excellent Belgian-style fries to your order and grab a seat on the patio, the better to ogle the pop surrealism-inspired mural painted by local artist Joe Sorren.

Some of the city’s most innovative contemporary American food comes from this cheery white and blue space. It boasts a tiny dining room and two eating counters, one of them overlooking the equally diminutive exhibition kitchen where the magic happens. Executive chef Christian Lowe often riffs on the Appalachian cuisine of her childhood, turning out creamy mascarpone-enriched grits with dandelion greens and a crumbly torchon of confit rabbit and foie gras, served with brittle sourdough cracker, tangy house-made relish, and carrot gel. Diners who don’t want to splurge on the venison chop or five-spice duck can content themselves with Shift’s excellent burger and famously pickled French fries. Don’t miss pastry chef and owner Dara Wong’s outstanding desserts, including wildly imaginative, goat cheese-dusted sorbets in flavors such as tarragon and raspberry-tamarind.

This cozy second-story wine bar, its huge picture window overlooking San Francisco Street, is one of the best places in Flagstaff to chill over a glass of wine, a nosh, and a board game. FLG’s global wine selection approaches 500 labels (browse the bottles displayed along the wall) and 30 wines by the glass, but cocktails and bottled beers — including an impressive collection of Belgian ales — are available as well. The food menu offers a build-your-own meat and cheese board; a rotating selection of oysters on the half shell; and creative nibbles such as ricotta gnudi, Swedish meatballs, and Korean steak panini. Save room for dreamy ice cream spiked with Pedro Ximenez sherry.

Although this family-run Mexican restaurant, painted bright red and decorated with Day of the Dead-themed art, is open for lunch and dinner, it’s famous for its hearty, all-day breakfasts. Take note of the restaurant’s slogan — “the house that chilaquiles built” — and order accordingly because the chilaquiles are terrific. So is J.B.’s Volcano, a jacked-up version of the dish that includes scrambled eggs, pork green chile, chorizo, and sour cream. Enchiladas, tamales, and burritos are just as tasty (consider Jerry’s El Mujeriego, combining enchiladas and fried eggs), but regular breakfast fare, including buckwheat pancakes and banana split waffles, are here for the asking. Expect a short wait on the weekends but know that you will NOT leave hungry.

Caleb Schiff went to NAU to be a geologist, but after biking through Italy one summer, he came back to Flag, found a tiny, wedge-shaped space on Flagstaff’s Southside and started turning out excellent pizza from his Italian-manufactured wood-burning oven. Nothing about these Neapolitan-style pies is average — not the chewy fermented crust or the off-beat toppings (case in point: the “SS-145,” topped with gorgonzola, charred kale, almonds and lemon juice). Start with warm Calabrian-spiced olives and end with excellent housemade gelato. There’s a good Italian wine list too. (If you can’t wait until dinner for pizza, drop by Dark Sky Brewing, where Schiff’s pizzas, prepared with different toppings, are offered at lunch. Bonus: there’s beer at that location.)

Newly renovated, the dimly lit dining rooms at T-Box are sleek and atmospheric, perfect for date nights; but this is Flagstaff, after all, and customers are welcome to show up in jeans, and they often do. No amount of denim can quash the sophisticated vibe, supported by a wine list made for wonks and an updated contemporary American menu that leans toward elegant comfort food. Standout dishes include the foie gras torchon with beignet and apricot-pistachio chutney; braised pork belly with blue corn sopapilla and red chimichurri; and Iberico pork chop. Pro tip: Drop by the Annex next door (part of the T-Box empire) for a pre- or post-prandial cocktail.