Restaurant obsessives want to know what's new, what's hot, which favorite chef just launched a sophomore effort, etc., and more often than not, tipsters, readers, friends and family of Eater have one question: Where should I eat right now? Never has that question been more appropriate — the tail end of 2011 saw an unprecedented flurry of restaurant openings, re-openings, and comebacks 'round these parts.

So, joining the late-December addition of Oven & Shaker, Boke Bowl, Noisette, Mi Mero Mole, Mextiza, and Tanuki, we add LucLac Vietnamese Kitchen, Interurban, Double Dragon, and Kim Boyce's Bakeshop to the hot hot heat.