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  1. Finding this Italian osteria means navigating an office building in Alexandria, which is either charming or a mild ordeal depending on your mood. The menu leans into unexpected combinations: a filet mignon draped in cacio e pepe raviolo and shaved black truffle is the kind of dish that sounds like a dare and reads like a flex. A Nutella pizza piled with marshmallows closes things out on similarly committed terms.



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    1009 S Eighth St, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Friday 8:30 AM–2:30 PM

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    1601 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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    620 N Church St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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    4642 Rigsby Ave, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  6. Rank 7736. Puritan & Company

    New American

    Parker House rolls with cultured butter arrive at the table early, which tells you something about where this New American restaurant's priorities lie. Will Gilson's Inman Square spot reworks New England staples with local ingredients and the occasional global detour, the kind of cooking that makes baked scrod feel like it had a bad publicist. Comfortable and neighborhood-rooted, it draws regulars who treat the bread course with appropriate seriousness.


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    1166 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  7. Rank 7736. Rice & Sambal

    Indonesian

    Indonesian BYOB on East Passyunk, where the sambal arrives in three versions and the jasmine rice is fluffy enough to make you rethink every rice you've had before it. The schedule here does a lot of the personality work: brunch on Sundays, a family-style banana-leaf spread on Saturdays, and a monthly prix fixe on weeknights that tends to linger in memory longer than the tab does. Bring a bottle.


  8. A cooking cart wheeled tableside for nearly every order is the signature move at this Italian restaurant in Vienna, where Roberto Donna has brought back guéridon service as a centerpiece rather than a novelty. The fettuccini alla parmigiana gets twisted in a parmesan wheel right in front of you, which is a lot of theater that happens to also produce very good pasta. The room is warm and neighborhood-beloved, without behaving like a neighborhood restaurant.


    Address
    144 Church St NW, Vienna, VA 22180, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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    5 Portwalk Pl, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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    314 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  11. Rank 7736. Royal Tavern

    American

    A Citywide Special and a burger, treated with the focus of a fine-dining kitchen, is Royal Tavern's whole argument. This Bella Vista bar has been doing burgers, cherry BBQ wings, house-made mortadella, and grilled cheese in a narrow, glowing room on Passyunk for as long as anyone can remember. The kind of place where you go in for one drink and linger over two courses you didn't plan on ordering.


  12. Rank 7736. Sandro’s

    Authentic Italian



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    200 E Grayson St, Unit 117, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 PM, 5 PM–8 PM

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    OpenTable
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    701 Keswick Ave, Unit 102, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Friday 1 PM–10 PM

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  15. The name nods to the signature dessert, but an Italian restaurant tucked into a Manassas strip center probably shouldn't lead with sweets. The chef works an open kitchen, sending out grilled romaine with a light Caesar dressing and biquinho peppers, housemade pasta, and a New York strip with wild mushrooms over cheesy polenta. The kind of neighborhood spot that rewards people who wander past the big-box anchors.


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    8687 Sudley Rd, Manassas, VA 20110, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  16. A Thai restaurant in a Chantilly strip mall that has been quietly building a following on the strength of its spicy salads and curries, Sense of Thai takes heat seriously. The larb gai arrives bright with lime and chile, and the noodle soups, a coconut lamb khao soi among them, are the kind of thing people drive past closer options to get. Multiple locations now, but the cooking still has a point of view.


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    25031 Riding Plz, Ste 150, Chantilly, VA 20152, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–12:30 AM

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  17. Rank 7736. Sfoglina

    Italian

    A working pasta station behind glass sets the tone at this lively Italian trattoria in Arlington, where a whimsical Sophia Loren portrait watches over the room. The name refers to the women who traditionally made fresh pasta by hand, and the menu leans into that, pulling shapes and fillings from different Italian regions. A three-pasta tasting doubles as a miniature tour of the country without the jet lag.



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    2907 Selwyn Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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    Tock
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    2341 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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    1705 Snyder Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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    301 Camp Rd, Unit 101, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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    1218 E 36th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 8 AM–11 PM

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  23. A restored vintage barn with chandeliers overhead sets the tone for this upscale casual restaurant inside the NOVA Live entertainment complex in Manassas. The menu is eclectic in the way that works, running from charred grilled octopus with romesco and chimichurri to dry-aged strip steak finished with harissa butter, and closing on espresso-stuffed beignets. Book ahead; it books out fast, and the surrounding music venue makes a natural second act.


    Address
    9935 Discovery Blvd, Manassas, VA 20109, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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    116 S Alfred St, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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    124 N Washington St, Falls Church, VA 22046, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9 PM

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    201 Camp Rd, Ste 120, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 7 AM–11 PM

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  27. Clifton is small enough that you'll probably drive past it once before finding it, which makes this warm Italian trattoria feel like a proper discovery. Focaccia with olive oil arrives first, and the menu runs from Caesar salads and calamari through baked meatballs and stuffed gnocchi to a seven-layer chocolate cake that earns its place at the end. A raw bar adds a little ambition to what is otherwise honest, home-style cooking served with genuine care.


    Address
    7145 Main St, Clifton, VA 20124, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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    7134 Main St, Clifton, VA 20124, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  29. Locals call it Tuskie's, which tells you most of what you need to know about a place this well-worn. It's a big, roomy American restaurant set inside a historic mill in downtown Leesburg, and the menu casts a wide net any night of the week. The Sunday buffet brunch is the main event: French toast, fried chicken, an omelet station, and a chafing dish of butterscotch bread pudding that the room quietly orbits.


    Address
    203 Harrison St, Leesburg, VA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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    440 E McCullough Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 7 AM–2 AM

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    1440 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  32. Rank 7736. Wren

    Japanese

    The lobby address inside The Watermark Hotel is a deliberate misdirect, because Wren is a Japanese-leaning restaurant that takes itself seriously. Sleek interiors and a lively bar ease you in, and then the kitchen starts sending out hamachi carpaccio with jalapeño-citrus soy and pork belly bao with all the right tucked-in extras. The room reads hotel-casual but the plates argue otherwise.


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    1825 Capital One Dr S Tyson, VA, United States · McLean
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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    Tock
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    6000 Spring Mountain Rd, Unit 2B, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  34. Rank 7736. YongChuan

    Sichuan


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    90 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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    2400 Bull Suite 8 St, Savannah, GA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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  36. Rank 7849. RedFarm

    Modern Chinese


    Address
    2170 Broadway, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  37. Rank 7851. 410 Diner

    American

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    1801 Newburg Rd, Louisville, KY 40205, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  40. Rank 7851. Amalfi Ristorante

    Southern Italian

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  44. Rank 7851. Bacchus

    French

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  46. Rank 7851. Bar-Bill North

    Buffalo American

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  49. Rank 7851. Bella Luna

    Italian

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  51. Rank 7851. Benny's

    Italian

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  53. A neighborhood wing-and-beer bar on Mount Washington where game day is less an event than a baseline condition. The patio fills up when the weather cooperates, and the crowd skews toward regulars who know the beer list without looking. The wings are the reason people make the trip up from other parts of Pittsburgh, and the pub menu around them is solid enough that nobody's leaving hungry.

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  60. Rank 7851. Brake Pad

    American

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    Address
    41 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  64. Rank 7851. Cactus Bellevue Square

    Southwestern Tex-Mex

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  65. Rank 7851. Cactus Kirkland

    Modern Mexican

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  66. Rank 7851. Café Alsace

    Alsatian

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  67. Rank 7851. Cafe Bernardo

    Creative American

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  69. Rank 7851. Cafe Milano

    Italian

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    Address
    711 Pearl St, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–9 PM

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    6700 Fairview Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 9 AM–3 PM

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  72. Rank 7851. Cafe Veloce

    Italian

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  73. Rank 7851. Caffe Luna

    Italian

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    136 E Hargett St, Raleigh, NC 27601, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  76. The brick building alone tells you Ybor City's story, and Carmine's Italian restaurant leans into all of it: cigar-factory heritage, a rowdy bar, vintage décor, and the particular hum of a room that has seen several generations of regulars. Longtime locals who never bother with a menu mix with first-timers trying to figure out the neighborhood. Come hungry for red-sauce Italian and comfortable with a little noise.

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    1802 E 7th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 10 AM–11 PM

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  80. Rank 7851. Clever Koi - Phoenix

    Neo Pan-Asian

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    967 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–10 PM

  84. Rank 7851. Collins Quarter

    Australian

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