High 5: BYOB restaurants

Grill Art

Is grilling really an art? In the end, doesn't it just involve tossing big hunks of meat over a flame and popping open a brew? So we thought...

Until we tried Grill Art's pork chop. What was possibly the largest pork chop in the tri-state area arrived still juicy, covered in chili rub and topped with delicious mango salsa. The side? Grilled vegetables, of course.

But without alcohol, grilling is merely cooking. We brought a bottle of Chardonnay, which the waitress took from the table to open. She returned with the open bottle and two red wine glasses, which managed to hold our white and convey it to our mouths just fine.

Grill Art charges a $1.50 fee per drinker. For those who don't drink alcohol, there's also espresso and coffee beverages, as well as Italian sodas.

Grill Art is also open for lunch, and serves big, delicious sandwiches. The long, hip dining room is generally quiet on weeknights, but bustling on weekends.

It turns out grilling is an art, one for which the chefs at Grill Art are veritable Picassos.

Drink recommendation: A crisp white, perhaps a Pinot grigio, to mate with the tastes of the grill and remind you of summer