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  1. Rank 6533. Teranga

    Senegalese


  2. Rank 6533. Tev's Kitchen

    Caribbean

    The menu changes six days a week and gets posted to social media, so regulars follow Tevin Love's feeds the way other people follow sports scores. This Vermont Square soul food and Caribbean spot grew from home-cooked meals sold out of Love's house, and the dining room still carries that energy. Oxtails, jerk chicken wings, and macaroni and cheese anchor the rotation, but the jerk salmon and lamb chops, when they appear, tend to disappear fast.



  3. Address
    1427 Noriega St, San Francisco, CA 94122, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–7 PM

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  4. Address
    1223 Grand W Blvd, Ste B101, Katy, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  5. Rank 6533. Thanh Son Tofu

    Vietnamese

    A tofu production company that sprouted a deli counter, Thanh Son is the rare spot where the house-made soy milk and fresh tofu, sold by the pound, upstage everything else on offer. The banh mi are built to order on house-baked bread, and the glass case of che, Vietnamese sweet dessert, stacks up a rainbow of tapioca, jellies, and beans in combinations that take a minute to decode. Bring restraint, or at least a spoon.



  6. A mirrored, handsome room on a corner that used to be a franchise Mexican spot, now serving wagyu French dip and whole lobster repositioned in the shell for easier eating. It's a polished, scene-y restaurant from Catch Hospitality, which means it looks great and reservations can be a project. Taylor Swift has been spotted here, which tells you roughly what kind of evening to dress for.


  7. A Sunset Strip breakfast diner where the pancakes run about twelve inches across and the menu lists twenty variations, which means the only real decision is how much butter you want on your Oreo stack. The crowd on weekend mornings makes the sidewalk look like a casting call, but the line moves. A casual, cash-friendly spot that takes pancakes more seriously than most places take anything.


  8. Rank 6533. The Grill

    American

    The Grill is a sit-down American restaurant at the Wharf, the sort of place you pick when the show at the Anthem starts soon and nobody can agree on dinner. The menu is steaks, salads, mac and cheese, and lobster rolls, a dressed-up cousin of the roadside chain. There's a wine wall with faux wood pillars, and the servers wear formal attire, which feels generous for a burger.




  9. The name suggests a taco-and-enchilada situation, and then the menu shows up with tenderloin cooked in bone marrow and enchiladas stuffed with Maine lobster. This is a Brickell Key restaurant that treats Mexican food as a reason to order the steak, including a 33-ounce Wagyu tomahawk built for a table of negotiators. The tequila and mezcal list is long, and the margaritas lean on it. Dress like the check will be large.


    Address
    601 Brickell Key Dr, Miami, FL 33131, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday Noon–Midnight

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  10. The Parlour is a casual Fremont East breakfast-and-coffee spot where the espresso martini and the spiced chai coffee cocktail sit comfortably beside the sugary lattes. There's a syphon coffee rig that brews your cup tableside, in case you wanted your caffeine to feel like a chemistry demo. The dining room is a happy pile of mismatched chairs and tchotchkes, with a deep vegan menu and burgers under $10 on weekend evenings.



  11. Rank 6533. The Roost

    Italian-American

    The Roost is a Capitol Hill food hall where you order from your phone and the food finds you, which spares everyone the usual tray-and-buzzer shuffle. Under one roof you get Cameo Coffee, Hi-Fi Taco, and a craft beer bar pouring Bluejacket brews. There's also Caruso's Grocery, a sit-down red sauce joint with faded red booths and chicken Parmigiana, doing a convincing impression of a place your grandfather had a table at.



  12. A post-fire renovation gave this Abbot Kinney neighborhood restaurant a fresher face, but the kitchen's restless energy is the same. Chef Casey Lane shops the farmers market in the morning and writes the menu by evening, so the charcoal-kissed dishes you order barely existed as an idea at breakfast. Pasta, whole fish, and whatever looked good at the stalls that day fill a room that Venice locals treat as a standing appointment.


    Address
    1633 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  13. Rank 6533. Tim Ho Wan

    Cantonese

    This is a dim sum restaurant in Katy Asian Town, part of the chain that earned the "world's least expensive Michelin-starred restaurant" nickname back in Hong Kong. The baked char siu buns, sweet and crackly on top, are what the room orders first. The dining room is big and booth-lined, with a bar off to the side that gives it a faint sports-bar energy. Nobody dresses up for this, and the check stays modest.


    Address
    23330 Grand Cir Blvd, Ste 180, Katy, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  14. Rank 6533. Tim Ho Wan

    Cantonese



  15. Address
    4350 E Sunset Rd, Henderson, NV 89014, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–8:30 PM

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  16. Rank 6533. Toyose

    Korean


    Address
    3814 Noriega St, San Francisco, CA 94122, United States
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–2 AM

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  17. True Food Kitchen is a bright, casual daytime-to-dinner spot in Downtown Summerlin where the menu has a ready answer for every dietary restriction at the table. That makes it the group-chat compromise that actually gets approved. Expect yoga leggings still in circulation, a lineup of bowls, salads, and sourdough pizza, and fried chicken that skips the gluten and the deep fryer. The flourless chocolate cake closes things out.


  18. Tú Lan is a no-frills Vietnamese counter-service spot on Mid-Market that has been feeding the neighborhood for what feels like forever. Lunchtime means office workers grabbing takeout while a few people eat at the back tables. The imperial rolls arrive loud and crackling, and the pho, rice plates, and vermicelli bowls are sized for a second meal. You leave with leftovers and change from a twenty.



  19. Address
    56 Nugent St, Southampton, NY 11968, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  20. Address
    4000 Canyons Resort Dr, Park City, UT, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–5 PM

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  21. Rank 6533. Vaca DTLA

    Spanish

    Vaca is a polished Spanish restaurant by the FIGat7th mall, an Orange County import that landed where the consultants and the company cards are. Tapas like gambas al ajillo and croquetas start around $20, ribeyes and paellas run much larger, and the steaks climb past $100. It suits a client dinner, a power lunch, or a parent you'd like to impress. Wear the good blazer, and let the expense report take the hit.



  22. Rank 6533. Victory Tap

    Italian-American


  23. Vino & Vinyl is a wine bar in Sugar Land's Town Center that also happens to be a record shop, so you can flip through used LPs while someone pours you a glass. The menu runs to charcuterie boards, flatbreads, and heartier plates like steak tacos and braised short ribs. Happy hour is generous with its days, covering all of Tuesday plus late afternoons later in the week, which suits the unhurried, turntable-adjacent pace.


  24. Warung Indo is a casual strip-mall Indonesian spot in Sugar Land, one of only two in the Houston area, which explains why homesick Indonesians treat it like a embassy with better lunch hours. The menu runs through the national greatest hits, nasi campur and nasi goreng among them, plus a turmeric-gold chicken soup for bad days. Order the pandan-and-coconut cendol to drink, and bring cash-register-line patience.



  25. Lobster rolls come two ways here, cold New England-style or warm with butter, which tells you most of what you need to know about West Side Oyster Club. It's a casual seafood spot on Ocean Avenue doing clam chowder bread bowls, fried oysters, shrimp tacos, and po'boys in a room dressed in rustic wood and white tile, the whole thing quietly pretending the Pacific isn't right outside.


    Address
    1355 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  26. Address
    150 NW Oregon Ave, Bend, OR, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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    Tock
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  27. Rank 6533. Wo Hop

    Chinese


    Address
    17 Mott St, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 10:30 AM–10 PM

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    500 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  29. Yi Cha means "second round" in Korean, which tells you the plan: show up already fed and keep going. It's a Korean gastropub on North Figueroa, doing pub food with a Korean American accent, like nachos piled with ginger-braised pork and chicken wings in gochujang Buffalo sauce. The cocktails run toward lychee and soju, and the bubbling gamjatang is a fine reason to ignore your original dinner plans.


    Address
    5715 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90042, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  30. Address
    88 Elizabeth St, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 7 AM–4 PM

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  31. Rank 6533. Yoli

    Modern Korean


    Address
    1133 NW Wall St, #100, Bend, OR, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 4:30 PM–8:30 PM

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  32. A former bike shop on York Boulevard that now runs eggs and cocktails out of the same kitchen, Zero Fox is a family-owned all-day cafe and bar doing brunch in the morning and burgers after the sun dips. The menu shifts by the hour: chilaquiles and hot honey chicken and waffles give way to nachos and wings, with aguas frescas on one end and a chile-rimmed Foxirita on the other.


  33. Zom Tum is a casual Thai and Laotian spot on Capitol Hill, set in the old Joselito space, with a papaya salad station right at the door so you meet the main attraction before you meet a host. The name is a playful spin on "som tom." Curries come from a longtime D.C. Thai restaurateur, and a bar pours craft Thai beers and whisky. Daily happy hour covers spring rolls, wontons, and wine, an unusual trio.



  34. Address
    2715 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, United States · Manhattan
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    Open now, until 11:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11:30 PM

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  35. Rank 6533. Zydeco

    Cajun & Creole


    Address
    919 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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  36. Address
    110 E Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
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    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 8 AM–6 PM

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  37. Rank 6852. Fig Tree

    French-Italian


    Address
    1601 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  38. Rank 6852. Peppervine

    Contemporary American


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    4620 Piedmont Row Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  39. Rank 6854. Vida Cantina

    Modern Mexican


    Address
    2456 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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  40. Address
    312 Pearl Pkwy, Bldg 2, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  41. Address
    2625 N Main St, Elkhorn, NE 68022, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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    1241 Millwork Ave, Omaha, NE 68102, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  43. Address
    111 W Shawnee Rd, Baroda, MI 49101, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  44. Address
    277 Sheridan Rd, Racine, WI 53403, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  45. Address
    926 S Presa St, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  46. Rank 6868. Angeline's

    Italian


    Address
    303 S Church St, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM, 10 PM–11 PM

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  47. Mustard-yellow banquettes under crystal chandeliers set the mood at this New American dinner spot on a quiet Vienna block. Servers know regulars by name and steer newcomers toward plates styled close enough to still-life paintings to make you feel briefly cultured. The kitchen does comforting and polished at once, which is a harder trick than the candlelight makes it look. Locals apparently treat it as a reliable date-night insurance policy, and the odds do seem to favor them.



  48. Address
    130 W Bland St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  49. Rank 6868. Rooster's

    Southern


    Address
    6601 Carnegie Blvd, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  50. Address
    715 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  51. Rank 6868. TRIO GRILL

    American

    Live piano music sets the pace at this American dinner spot in Falls Church, where the room runs toward white tablecloths and a slower, unhurried evening. The menu leans into steakhouse-adjacent comfort, think filet with Chianti jus and dayboat scallops on sweet corn, with a bourbon peach cobbler to close. Service is the kind that notices when your glass is low, which in Northern Virginia counts as a personality trait.


    Address
    8100 Lee Hwy, Falls Church, VA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  52. Rank 6868. Vermilion

    Modern American

    Candlelit brick rooms inside a historic King Street townhouse set the tone: this is a modern American dinner spot that takes farm-to-table seriously without dressing it up in ceremony. The kitchen leans into simplicity, letting a slow-cooked beef rib in blackberry glaze or Amish chicken with saffron aioli carry the room without architectural plating or a lengthy tasting menu to justify the tab.


    Address
    1120 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  53. Rank 6876. Morimoto

    Japanese



  54. Address
    200 Water St, Excelsior, MN 55331, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  55. Address
    88 S Sixth St, Minneapolis, MN, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–11 AM, 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  56. Rank 6884. Bricco

    Italian


  57. Rank 6884. Contessa

    Italian


    Address
    1 Newbury St, Boston, MA, United States
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  58. A glass-walled brewpub in Sorrento Valley where the outdoor bar is engineered for staying longer than you planned. The menu roams farther than most brewery kitchens dare, from potato pierogi to tikka masala chicken pot pie, with wood-fired pizzas holding down the middle ground. The natural light is generous, the house beers are the through line, and an upstairs private room handles groups without folding anyone into a corner.


    Address
    9920 Pacific Heights Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8:30 PM

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  59. Rank 6884. Mr. H

    Modern Chinese

    A golden dragon centerpiece anchors the dining room at this upscale Chinese restaurant in the Seaport, where the lighting is dramatic enough to make you feel like the evening has stakes. The menu leans into creative dim sum, lacquered duck, and fresh seafood, with cocktails chosen to keep pace. It runs late, which earns it points in a neighborhood that often doesn't.



  60. Address
    3175 India St, San Diego, CA 92103, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  61. Address
    8822 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  62. Address
    317 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  63. Rank 6891. Boudro's

    Cajun & Creole


    Address
    421 E Commerce St, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

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  64. Address
    3455 S University Blvd, Englewood, CO 80113, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11:59 PM

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  65. Rank 6893. 1928 Beacon Hill

    Seasonal American


  66. Las Almas Rotas is a Dallas agave bar that stocks small-batch mezcal, bacanora, and raicilla instead of celebrity tequila, which means the flights can include pechuga mezcal, distilled with raw poultry, and bottles that fit no known category. It was a James Beard Outstanding Bar Program semifinalist. Margaritas and palomas let the spirits do the talking, and carne asada tacos and pozole rojo keep the evening from getting too educational.


    Address
    3615 Parry Ave, Dallas, TX 75226, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  67. Address
    10323 Ferguson Rd, Dallas, TX 75228, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3:30 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3:30 PM

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  68. Address
    334 W Jefferson St, Dallas, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 10 AM–4 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  69. Address
    323 NE 13th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  70. Address
    2100 N Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM, 11 AM–Midnight

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