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  1. Rank 1601. Teton Thai Village

    Authentic Thai


  2. The order at this old-school Italian beef counter is "beef, hot, dipped," and you say it fast because there's a line and nobody here has time for your uncertainty. Johnnie's has been slinging thin-shaved, garlicked beef soaked in its own jus, piled into a roll with spicy giardiniera, since before most of its regulars were born. You eat over the hood of your car in the parking lot, which is not a quirk but the entire point.



  3. Address
    3309 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  4. The bar is packed before most tables are seated, which tells you something about how this place operates. Cucina Morini is a Sicilian-leaning Italian restaurant where the menu sprawls in the best way, pastas are made in house and offered in half portions so ordering more feels principled rather than excessive. The chef's James Beard semifinalist nod tracks; the food is careful without announcing itself.


    Address
    901 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  5. Address
    101 E Pennington St, Tucson, AZ, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  6. Rank 1609. Piero's

    Old-School Italian

    Piero's is an old-school Italian dining room just off the Strip, with oversized leather booths, candlelight, and the lingering suggestion that someone at the next table is discussing something other than linguine. The bar is moody enough that the FBI reportedly once staked it out, which tells you how long the martinis have been this good. Expect a jacket-and-dinner-plans crowd, and a Garbage Caesar that sounds like an insult and isn't.


  7. Rank 1610. Jianna

    Italian

    Upstairs on Main Street, this downtown Italian restaurant fills up fast enough that the full-service bar exists partly as a pressure valve for the reservationless. The menu runs a clean Italian line from handmade pasta through to secondi, with the wine list holding its own alongside both. A James Beard semifinalist nod for beverage service in 2026 says something about where the priorities land.


    Address
    600 S Main St, Ste 200, Greenville, SC 29601, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  8. Address
    1617 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77006, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  9. Syrian home cooking, not the takeout shorthand version, is the whole point at this elegant sit-down restaurant tucked into a condo complex on Key Highway. The chef grew up in Syria and cooks accordingly, which means dishes built on layers of sweet, sour, warm spice, and brightness that most menus flatten into one note. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List in 2024, and the room earns the attention.


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    751 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–11 PM

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  10. Address
    2955 E Manoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

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  11. Rank 1616. Milton’s

    Inventive Italian-American

    Milton's is an Italian-American restaurant up a flight of stairs from Local Foods in Rice Village, which means you earn your lasagna a little. That lasagna is built from 100 layers, then sliced and seared so the edges crisp, a lot of engineering for something your grandmother did with a casserole dish. The tiramisu arrives tall enough to need a plan, and the chef is a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Texas.


  12. Rank 1617. Dunsmoor

    Southern

    Two wood-burning ovens run the show at this Glassell Park Southern restaurant, and nearly everything on the menu passes through them at some point. Oysters, cornbread, pork chops, braised greens that bubble by the coals all night. Long communal tables and wax candles fill the main room; counter seats face the kitchen. A quieter wine bar in the back serves a shorter menu for anyone who wants the vibe at half the volume.


    Address
    3501 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90065, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  13. Wood-paneled walls and brass fixtures in Las Vegas's Chinatown, well off the Strip's theatrical gravitational pull. Partage is a modern French tasting restaurant where the chef's intentions are on the plate and the room quietly asks you to pay attention. The menu has loosened from pure tasting format to include à la carte, which locals have taken as an invitation to become regulars. A 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef Southwest.


    Address
    3839 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89102, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–9 PM

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  14. Address
    1902 Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215, United States
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    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–3 PM

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  15. Address
    267 S Avenida del Convento, Unit 11, Tucson, AZ, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–8:30 PM

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  16. Rank 1624. Costiera

    Mediterranean

    The crudos come dressed with things like dill yogurt and salsa verde, which tells you this isn't a standard Italian-American red-sauce room. Costiera is a Mediterranean-leaning dinner spot in Baltimore drawing from mid-Atlantic seafood and pasta in about equal measure. The menu moves between bright and heavy depending on your mood, and the kitchen seems genuinely interested in the combinations rather than just the credentials.


  17. Rank 1625. Table X

    New American

    A converted factory with a French potager garden out back sets the stage for a tasting-menu restaurant where the kitchen ferments, pickles, and ages its way through the seasons. The team runs both a traditional and a vegetarian multi-course menu, with bread serious enough to anchor its own wholesale bakery. The chef earned a James Beard semifinalist nod in 2025, which tracks for a place this quietly self-sufficient.


  18. Rank 1626. Sailor

    French

    The line wrapping around the Fort Greene corner is not a glitch; it's just how things work at April Bloomfield's neighborhood seafood bistro, where eggs with celery salt and a roast chicken somehow outshine the obvious Instagram moment. The skylit room is bright and unhurried, the menu turns with the seasons, and lunch earns its own following with a burger that regulars treat as a state secret.


    Address
    228 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  19. Address
    148 Civitas St, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    1714 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90047, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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    13106 Buckeye Rd, Cleveland, OH 44120, United States
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    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM

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  22. Address
    13220 Shaker Sq, Cleveland, OH 44120, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  23. Address
    2150 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29201, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  24. Address
    128 E Wilson St, Madison, WI 53703, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 4:30 PM–9 PM

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  25. Rank 1639. Squable

    European

    The French cheeseburger blanketed in raclette has its own reputation in this city, which tells you something about the mood at this Heights neighborhood restaurant. European-inspired comfort food anchors the menu, which shifts with the seasons, running from chicken liver pate and crudo through to roast chicken and pasta. The chef landed a James Beard semifinalist nod in 2024, and the Houston Chronicle put Squable at number two on its top 100 list.


    Address
    632 W 19th St, Houston, TX 77008, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  26. Address
    3502 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  27. Address
    1500 Kearns Blvd, Park City, UT 84060, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  28. Rank 1642. Hakkasan

    Cantonese

    Hakkasan is a five-story Cantonese restaurant and nightclub in the MGM Grand, so dinner and the dance floor share a building and a dress code. A set menu keeps the bill friendlier than most Strip showpieces, and the dim sum arrives in colors that photograph better than they have any right to. The peking duck comes with caviar, which tells you how the evening is meant to end: upstairs, with a DJ and a bottle.


  29. Rank 1642. Marea

    Coastal Italian

    The honey onyx bar is the same one New York regulars know, transplanted to Beverly Hills and looking very much at home on Camden Drive. This is fine dining, coastal Italian, and the room is styled like a billionaire's yacht without any apparent irony. Homemade pasta is the reason to linger, particularly the fusilli with the red wine-braised octopus that made the Manhattan original famous. The crowd skips dessert at their own peril.


  30. Rank 1642. Markette

    Caribbean European

    Mirrored walls and moody recessed lighting give this Chelsea restaurant a stage-set quality, and the kitchen leans into it. The menu is short and personal, pulling Caribbean roots through a European frame: salt cod fritters with habanero aioli, braised oxtail under cheddar polenta. A strawberry cheesecake arrives as a Swiss roll, which is either surprising or obvious once you've had it. The cocktail bar runs all night.


    Address
    326 7th Ave, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  31. A worker-owned cooperative in Mt. Vernon where refugees cook from their own culinary traditions, Mera Kitchen Collective serves Middle Eastern, African, and Latin food in a bright, casual room with plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. It started as pop-ups before finding a permanent home, and the menu still has that improvisational spirit. A local mural covers the outdoor dining wall, which is either charming or on the nose, depending on your tolerance for intentional cheerfulness.


    Address
    1301 N Calvert St, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  32. A neighborhood house on the Eastside that seats you like a dinner guest, not a diner. Bintü Atelier serves West African cooking with a Gullah Geechee thread running through it, okra and local fish sharing the menu with shito crab rice and groundnut stew. The menu is short enough that tables tend to order most of it and share. It's BYOB for anything alcoholic, but fresh soursop and passionfruit juice soften the blow. Named a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast.


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    8D Line St Charleston, SC, United States · Charleston
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  33. A chicken rice shop on Airport Boulevard where the whole birds go through a poaching-to-ice-bath-to-hang-dry process that makes the skin pull taut and the meat collapse at the knife. The cooking traces back to Chinese immigrants who brought their techniques to Thailand and rewired them with bolder flavors. The chef landed on the 2025 New York Times Restaurant List and is a 2026 James Beard semifinalist. Seven house sauces come with; order all of them.



  34. Address
    231 S Edison St, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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  35. Rank 1650. Spinasse

    Northern Italian

    Handmade tajarin, dressed with nothing but butter and sage, has made this Capitol Hill trattoria a quiet institution. The kitchen pulls from Italy's Piedmont region, so the menu runs rich and restrained in equal measure. The room is candlelit and close, the kind of place where a weeknight dinner somehow turns into a long one. The sibling bar next door, Artusi, handles digestifs and desserts if you're not ready to leave, which you won't be.


    Address
    1531 14th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  36. The squid ink spaghetti is black enough to make you self-conscious about your teeth, which tells you something about the vibe here. BoccaLupo is a casual, bustling neighborhood Italian-American spot in Edgewood where the chef takes the food seriously but the room doesn't take itself seriously at all. Southern fried chicken parm, focaccia brushed with honey, quirky cocktails: the menu reads like someone cooked exactly what they wanted and it all happened to work.


    Address
    753 Edgewood Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–9:15 PM

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  37. Rank 1652. Pastaria

    Italian


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    7734 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO, United States · Saint Louis
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3:30 PM

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  38. Address
    10 N Hotel St, Honolulu, HI 96817, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  39. Rank 1654. Dalida

    Eastern Mediterranean

    The pita here gets rolled and hearth-baked to order, and it arrives so pillowy and toasty that whatever else you planned to eat almost feels beside the point. This is a lively Mediterranean restaurant in the Presidio, drawing from the Istanbul playbook, with a menu built for sharing, from flaky borek to short rib kebabs. The room fills with people who came for a quiet neighborhood dinner and stayed for another round of spreads.


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    101 Montgomery St, Ste 100, San Francisco, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  40. Rank 1656. Handle

    Creative American

    Tightly packed tables and a menu that shifts with the seasons set the tone at this creative American restaurant in Park City. The mood runs loud and convivial, the kind of place that works equally well for a group après-ski and a date night, which probably explains why it's almost always full. Comfort food gets a thoughtful rework here, and the chef landed a James Beard semifinalist nod. The Michelin Guide has it listed too.


    Address
    136 Heber Ave, Ste 107, Park City, UT 84060, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  41. Address
    801 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3:30 PM, 4:30 PM–11 PM

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  42. Nite Yun's counter-service spot in the Ferry Building pulls Cambodian cooking toward its quieter, more restorative registers, a different pitch than the bold flavors she built her reputation on in Oakland. The menu moves between soothing and electric without announcing which is which. A James Beard semifinalist and named to the New York Times' 25 best in the city, it's a small room doing serious work on a short menu.


  43. Rank 1660. Camaraderie

    American-French

    The salt-baked celery root arrives looking like a small geological event, which sets the tone for this French-influenced New American restaurant where technique is the point but the vibe stays loose. Chef Shawn Gawle, a James Beard semifinalist, built the menu around sharing, with tarte flambée, heirloom tomato pie, and carrot cavatelli doing the heavy lifting. Dressy enough to feel like an occasion, relaxed enough that nobody's whispering.


    Address
    608 W 11th St, Houston, TX 77008, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  44. Address
    165 W 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  45. Address
    1711 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  46. Rank 1664. Leo’s

    Northern Thai

    Bird's-eye chiles, not hatch, set the tone at this Southeast Asian restaurant inside a former furniture workshop. Zak Pelaccio, who made his name with Malaysian cooking at Fatty Crab in New York, opened the place with a young chef running the kitchen who handles spice with confidence. The pork belly steak draped in prik phao paste and Thai basil keeps people coming back, and the crab steamed custard sells out most nights. On the New York Times Restaurant List for 2026.


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    1200 Hickox St, Santa Fe, NM 87505, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  47. The Chinoiserie wallpaper alone could anchor a design magazine spread, but this is a Chinese American restaurant where the food keeps pace with the room. The chef started with pop-ups exploring identity and landed somewhere more interesting than a thesis: Korean corn cheese egg rolls, dan dan noodles with wagyu guisada. A James Beard semifinalist, and the Victorian veranda fills up fast on sunny afternoons.


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    602 Ave A, San Antonio, TX 78215, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  48. Address
    1906 S Haskell Ave, Dallas, TX 75223, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  49. Address
    271 Center St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–9 PM

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    Tock
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  50. Address
    1602 E Houston St, Ste 106, San Antonio, TX 78202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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    Tock
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  51. Address
    1605 Latimer St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States
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    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  52. Rank 1670. Tonino

    Italian

    Twenty-eight seats in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood that has somehow gotten by without Italian restaurants until now. Tonino is a pasta-and-pizza spot where the chef's whole philosophy seems to be finding a handful of good ingredients and then leaving them mostly alone. The tiramisù has built a devoted following. A James Beard semifinalist and on the New York Times' 25 best in Boston, it reads like someone's favorite neighborhood secret that stopped being secret.


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    669A Centre St, Boston, MA, United States · Jamaica Plain
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  53. Jicama ribs that read as meat are the talking point at this Vietnamese sit-down in Saint Paul, where chef Eric Pham opened his first restaurant as a tribute to his mother, a longtime figure at the family's Minneapolis institution Quang. Most plates land at $21 or under, and the menu runs from bún chay to a crispy chicken sandwich without any of it feeling like a compromise. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List in 2026.


  54. Rank 1672. My Little Chamomile

    Mediterranean Turkish

    Tucked into a cobblestone Georgetown alley, this Turkish and Mediterranean dining room draws from homestyle cooking, particularly the "From Mom's Kitchen" section of the menu. The sesame-and-nigella-seeded bread goes with everything, and the rice-stuffed artichoke, a recreation of an Aegean dish the chef grew up eating, earned a Washingtonian dish of the year. The chef was a 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic.


  55. Rank 1673. Lucina Eatery & Bar

    Pan-Latin Mexican


  56. Rank 1674. Kaia

    Coastal Greek


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    370 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  57. Rank 1675. Homer

    Wood-Fired Mediterranean

    The pitas come out of the wood oven almost too hot to handle, still puffed from the heat, and they anchor a menu built around big Mediterranean flavors in a neighborhood restaurant that also runs a soft-serve window because why not. The chef knows the local dogs by name, which tells you something about the room. Lamb ribs and meatballs fill out the regular order for anyone who can't decide, which is most people.


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    3013 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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    4724 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  59. A former auto garage with a butcher-paper cocktail menu still hanging above the makeshift kitchen, Liquid Diet is a creative cocktail bar where the bartenders juice and blend everyday ingredients into drinks that read like a dare. Bell pepper martinis, key lime sippers, banana bread cocktails with cookie shards frozen into chiseled ice cubes. Esquire named it one of the best bars in America, and curious tourists and pub crawlers seem to be putting that to the test nightly.



  60. Address
    1304 Second St NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  61. Rank 1679. Alebrije

    Mexican

    The darkly tinted windows and near-invisible signage in an East Nashville strip mall suggest you might have the wrong address, but push through. This casual Mexican restaurant built its following as a pandemic pop-up and landed here with a menu centered on masa, nixtamalized and ground in-house, turning up as tortillas, sopes, and tostadas. The New York Times named the asparagus tostada one of the best restaurant dishes eaten across the country in 2025. No liquor license, but the taco shop next door sells beer.


  62. The buffalo wings here have a two-day head start on you: brined overnight, chilled, then fried and sauced to order with Frank's and butter. This is the food operation inside the U Street bar Sport & Social, run by Scott Drewno, the chef behind Anju. The wings earned a spot on the Washingtonian's favorite dishes of the year, and after one order you'll understand the fuss, even if ordering anything else feels beside the point.


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    1314 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  63. Address
    3823 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  64. The complimentary chips here come from heirloom corn, and the salsas that arrive with them set the tone for the whole meal: this is a Tex-Mex restaurant where the sauces are the point. The kitchen runs mole the way a French house runs stocks, with a dark, cinnamon-and-chocolate version draped over a spice-rubbed Cornish hen that arrives alongside basmati rice, because why not. Tres leches gets the same treatment, poured tableside.


  65. The Band Box is the food hall tucked behind the right-field fence at First Horizon Park, where you eat a hot dog and keep one eye on the Nashville Sounds. Thursday home games bring guest chefs doing their own takes on concession-stand grub, which beats the usual nachos under a heat lamp. Casual and ballpark-priced, with the crowd in team jerseys and a little more sauce on them than they planned.



  66. Address
    3650 Waiʻalae Ave, Ste 120, Honolulu, HI, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  67. Rank 1685. Barra Santos

    Portuguese

    A no-reservations Portuguese spot in Cypress Park where the counter seats facing the open kitchen fill up fast and everyone else negotiates the small room. The menu leans on family recipes and sharing plates, with salt cod fritters and charred cabbage over white beans doing a lot of the heavy lifting. A James Beard semifinalist in multiple years, including Best New Restaurant, which tracks for a place this small running this confidently.


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    1215 Cypress Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90065, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  68. Address
    299 Main St, Biddeford, ME 04005, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–8 PM

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  69. Rank 1686. Madrina

    Italian


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    101 W Lockwood Ave, Saint Louis, MO, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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    1153 Center Dr, Park City, UT 84098, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  71. Rank 1689. Un Bien

    Caribbean

    The Caribbean Roast sandwich at this casual counter shop has a dramatic backstory involving a lawsuit over the marinade recipe, which is exactly the kind of lore that follows a legendary pork shoulder around. The roll is from Macrina Bakery, the aioli is garlicky, the onions are caramelized into something slippery and sweet, and the slow-roasted pork does most of the talking. Seattle is not a sandwich town, but Un Bien keeps making the case that it could be.


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    6226 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  72. Rank 1690. Fritai

    Haitian

    Pulled pork pressed between two fried plantains, dressed with mango sauce and pikliz, is a reasonable introduction to what this Treme restaurant is doing with Haitian cooking. Fritai is a bright, welcoming room where the Caribbean flavors run vivid and the bar leans on clairin, the Haitian cane spirit that most New Orleans cocktail menus haven't caught up to yet. A James Beard semifinalist two years running.


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    1535 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  73. A European restaurant tucked into the Melrose District's Wagon Wheel building, where the back patio's twinkle lights and two-top tables make the whole thing feel like a date you actually planned. The menu changes with the seasons and you can do a five-course tasting or just pull a bottle from the adjoining wine shop and order à la carte. A James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Southwest.


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    702 W Montecito Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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    Tock
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  74. Garlic naan pulled straight from a clay oven is the baseline here, and it only gets more interesting from there. Zareen's is a casual South Asian counter-service spot where street food classics share the menu with a chapli kebab burger on a pillowy bun and paneer tikka masala wrapped burrito-style. The masala fries alone are a strong argument for the side dish. A James Beard semifinalist, it draws a steady lunch crowd of people who know exactly what they're ordering.


  75. Matt Groening is a regular, and his illustrations hang on the wall alongside the framed press clippings, which tells you something about the Jitlada experience. This Southern Thai restaurant occupies a well-worn strip mall on Sunset, but the menu runs to hundreds of dishes, split between familiar Thai standards and a deep catalog of southern specialties that most LA Thai spots don't touch. A James Beard nominee, and the kind of place regulars will talk your ear off about.


    Address
    5233 1/2 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  76. Address
    311 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ 85701, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  77. Rank 1695. Credence

    Contemporary American

    Live fire anchors the open kitchen at this spacious Contemporary American restaurant, where Levi Goode channels five generations of Texas roots into a menu that swings from seafood towers to whole duck. The monkey bread served alongside the deviled crab is the kind of detail that makes a dish unforgettable. Ranch-inspired without being the least bit kitschy, it's the sort of place Houston does better than it gets credit for.


    Address
    9757 Katy Fwy, #170, Houston, TX 77024, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  78. Rank 1696. Beteseb

    Ethiopian

    A sunny Ethiopian cafe in Silver Spring where you pick your injera before anything else, choosing between imported (extra tangy) and local, both soft enough to do the job properly. The menu is vibrant and the cooking runs from a bubbling chickpea stew to crispy beef tibs to collards that hold their own. Show up early and order the wheat flatbread fried in butter and drizzled with honey. A James Beard semifinalist chef runs the kitchen.



  79. Address
    1424 Lower Main St, Wailuku, HI 96793, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  80. Rank 1698. Walrus Rodeo

    Modern Italian

    The team behind Boia De runs this wood-fired New American spot a few doors down, with no gas stove in sight. What's surprising is that vegetables do most of the heavy lifting: the lasagna sheets are made from mustard greens, and the menu treats produce with the same care you'd expect from a proper steakhouse. Pizza and some meat round things out, but the room is casual enough that kids and couples share tables without anyone feeling out of place.


    Address
    5143 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10:30 PM

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    Resy
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  81. Address
    370 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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