The Four Seasons’ Mimo had a pretty intense changing of the guard in 2024, and we can happily report that it continues to be a solid Italian option when you’re Downtown. The inside still feels like a modern Tuscan plaza with leafy potted palms and trees, bright sunlight streaming from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and sandy stone walls. But the menu’s been completely overhauled, with some mixed success. The Italian food here is more of the coastal variety, and dishes tend to skew lighter—meaning plenty of seafood and vegetables—which isn’t a bad thing when you’re grabbing a bite before a show at the Ryman. The meal kicks off with complimentary briny olive tapenade and fluffy cubes of rosemary focaccia. From there, look for things like hamachi crudo with hazelnut, crispy corn, and lemon oil that’s light, bright, and the perfect foil to pastas like rich cacio e pepe ravioli. Other starters, like the meatballs and artichokes, trend bland and simply could use a sprinkle of salt. The best part of a dinner at Mimo is, without a doubt, the dessert: a dead-on replica of two lemons made from white chocolate and filled with a lemon confit cream and basil gel. It tastes like biting into a piece of summer: light, bright, herbaceous, and bursting with juicy citrus notes.