Tbilisi has been a crossroads city for two thousand years, and its food shows every layer of that history: Persian, Turkish, Russian, Caucasian, all of it distilled into a cuisine that is unmistakably Georgian. I leaned hard on Paul Rimple, an American journalist, food tour guide, and blues musician who has lived in Tbilisi for 25 years, for the picks that follow. The places named below are some of his favorites, and perfect jumping off points for exploring the city.