Despite new restaurants popping up every year, we need more, OK? First, we need an Indian restaurant that isn’t in the mall. Somehow chicken marsala just doesn’t taste the same when it’s right across from Orange Julius in a mall food court. With all of these rivers around us in the Valley and Eau Claire specifically, how do we not have waterfront dining in downtown Eau Claire? A bit embarrassing, really. And lastly, when classy folks are out at the wee hours of the night and want a nice late-night place to eat (’til 2 am), it’s just not there. Not everyone wants a burrito or a pizza at midnight, OK?! –Briana Novacek