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Be sure to visit the Heights, the city's oldest planned community, where the streets are lined with ornate Victorians and Craftsman bungalows. There you can taste the New American cuisine of Lance Fegen at Glass Wall. Co-owner Shepard Ross handles the wine, offering original pairings such as a glass of 2007 Dobbes Family Estate Pinot Noir to complement the pomegranate-and-molasses-rubbed salmon.

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