At the end of the year, LIVE reviewer Karen Nitkin and I always write wrap ups of the year in restaurants. This year Karen did what I thought was an interesting concept, the places that had the best service. I liked it because the cheap eats kinds of places she reviews don't always focus on service.

I wrote a more general wrap up of the local restaurant scene, which appeared in the paper this morning.

Still, both of us were looking just at restaurants we had been to (or in my case, written about in Table Talk) in 2007. If you have anything to add about what you thought were the highlights of the year, please post below.

By the way, Darlene wins the e-prize for guessing the recipient of the Weirdest Name Award. Way to go, Darlene!

(Barbara Haddock Taylor/Sun photographer)