The gourmet cheeses here taste every bit as good as they look. Buy a wedge or two, or enjoy one of Beecher's take-out dishes (the macaroni and cheese is, not surprisingly, terrific stuff).

This charming café lives up to its name  there are generous amounts of blue cheese and green onions in the Blue Onion's mac & cheese. If you can sort out these two strong flavors, you'll love it.

Café Venus offers a small menu of savory goodies. Its pizzas, sandwiches and salads are all tasty, but the "Mars Mac-n-Cheese" stands head-and-shoulders above all.

Crave is as good as its word. This small, airy cafe serves up everything from baked beans and curried lamb to shiitake mac 'n' cheese.

The kitchen, under the direction of executive chef Nick Musser, still turns out things like Velveeta-enriched macaroni and cheese, meatloaf and pot pie, a bill of fare described as "aroused Americana."

Luxurious, decadent and ultra-tasty nouvelle Southern delights await you here, and scores of local mac 'n' cheese aficionados hail the Kingfish version as best they've tried.

A fun, intimate courtyard in back is surrounded by green trees and other funky knickknacks. We like the thin-crust sausage pesto pizza and the mac 'n' cheese, and the fruit-filled sangria is something else.

Here, you'll find the classic cocktails and the comfort food your grandparents enjoyed before the age of fad diets and bodily self-loathing. The macaroni and cheese is excellent.