While completing a spirits course at Southern Wine & Spirits Spirit Academy, I was introduced to Lockdown.

There’s more than a little bit of whimsy on the pastry menus at moto and iNG, Homaro Cantu’s double whammy of envelope-pushing molecular gastronomy.

A new menu is on deck at Roots Handmade Pizza, and it’s chock full of cheesy, spicy, doughy warmth. Guest chefs, gluten-free pizza, “foldover” sandwiches, and desserts comprise the decadent new offerings, filling up the Quad City-inspired pizzeria’s comfort food quota for the season. You don’t come to a pizzeria to eat light.