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  1. Rank 11267. Zom Tum

    Thai

    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.



  2. Address
    2715 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11:30 PM

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  3. Rank 11267. Zydeco

    Cajun & Creole


    Address
    919 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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  4. Address
    110 E Rte 66, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 8 AM–6 PM

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  5. Rank 11806. Fig Tree

    French-Italian


    Address
    1601 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  6. Rank 11806. Peppervine

    Contemporary American


    Address
    4620 Piedmont Row Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  7. Rank 11806. Steak 48

    Steakhouse


    Address
    4425 Sharon Rd, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  8. Rank 11809. Vida Cantina

    Modern Mexican


    Address
    2456 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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  9. Rank 11810. Prima

    Italian Steakhouse


    Address
    10 City Sq, Boston, MA, United States · Charlestown
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    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday Noon–1 AM

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  10. Rank 11811. Paragary's

    Californian Bistro


    Address
    1401 28th St, Sacramento, CA 95816, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  11. Address
    312 Pearl Pkwy, Bldg 2, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  12. Rank 11813. Saltie Girl

    New England Spanish Seafood

    A raw bar and seafood bistro in Back Bay where the tinned fish wall alone could occupy you for an embarrassing amount of time before you've even looked at the menu. The kitchen's approach to classics has range, from lobster rolls to raw preparations to globally inflected dishes. Caviar service is on the menu and taken seriously enough that Boston Magazine noticed. The room runs indulgent without trying to make a statement about it.


    Address
    279 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA 02116, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  13. Rank 11813. Sea Level

    Seafood


    Address
    129 E 5th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  14. Address
    1365 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 2 PM, in 53 min

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM

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  15. Address
    1241 Millwork Ave, Omaha, NE 68102, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  16. Address
    2625 N Main St, Elkhorn, NE 68022, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  17. 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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  18. Address
    2916 N 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19132, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–6 PM

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  19. Address
    7 Bakery Ln, Middlebury, VT 05753, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 2 PM, in 53 min

    Friday 7:30 AM–2 PM

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  20. 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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  21. Address
    169 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  22. Rank 11815. She Wolf Bakery

    Old-School Bakery



  23. Address
    238 Eisenhower Dr, Savannah, GA 31406, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–5 PM

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  24. 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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  25. Rank 11835. Angeline's

    Italian


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

    Closes soon, 2 PM, in 53 min

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

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  26. 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.



  27. Address
    130 W Bland St, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  28. Rank 11835. 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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  29. Rank 11835. Row 34

    Seafood


    Address
    300 District Ave, Burlington, MA 01803, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  30. Address
    715 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  31. Rank 11835. 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
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  32. Rank 11835. 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
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  33. Rank 11844. Edge Steakhouse

    Steakhouse


    Address
    3000 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  34. Rank 11844. Farmhaus

    Seasonal Bistro


    Address
    3257 Ivanhoe Ave, St. Louis, MO, United States · Saint Louis
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11:59 PM

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  35. Rank 11844. Morimoto

    Japanese


  36. Rank 11844. Sidney Street Cafe

    Contemporary American Bistro



  37. Address
    200 Water St, Excelsior, MN 55331, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  38. 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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  39. Rank 11855. Bricco

    Italian


  40. Rank 11855. Contessa

    Italian


    Address
    1 Newbury St, Boston, MA, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  41. 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
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8:30 PM

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  42. Rank 11855. 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.


  43. Rank 11855. Orange Sky

    Seafood

    Floor-to-ceiling windows on the 15th floor of Talking Stick Resort frame 360-degree views of the Salt River valley, best caught as the McDowell Mountains go gold at dusk. This is a splurge-night-out seafood and steakhouse, the kind where you arrive early to claim a spot on the deck and watch hawks work the thermals. The lounge lets you keep the view without committing to the full tab.


    Address
    9800 Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  44. Address
    3175 India St, San Diego, CA 92103, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  46. Address
    317 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  47. Rank 11863. Boudro's

    Cajun & Creole


    Address
    421 E Commerce St, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

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  48. Address
    1810 NW Military Hwy, Ste B, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  50. Address
    3455 S University Blvd, Englewood, CO 80113, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11:59 PM

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  51. Rank 11867. 1928 Beacon Hill

    Seasonal American


  52. 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
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  53. Rank 11871. Kobalt Bar

    Cocktail Bar

    Karaoke spills out of this LGBTQ+ bar at Park Central before you even reach the door. Inside, Kobalt runs on the pleasant fiction that everyone already knows each other, with drag shows, RuPaul's watch parties, and trivia filling the calendar alongside the sing-alongs. Show tunes, '80s ballads, and early-aughts pop keep the room generous and loud. Cocktails hover around eleven dollars, which makes it easy to stay for one more song, then another.



  54. 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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  55. 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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  56. Red-lit and tucked into a corner of Bishop Arts that requires a little intention to find, LadyLove is a lounge and dance bar that somehow calibrated the music at exactly the volume where you can still finish a sentence. The crowd skews queer and curious, the patio turns strangers into regulars, and the house cocktails lean tart and a little spicy. DJ nights run on Saturdays.


    Address
    310 W Seventh St, Dallas, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  57. Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse inside the Four Seasons Downtown plays against the Manhattan steakhouse template, swapping dark wood and power-broker gravity for modern art and a lounge soundtrack that makes the room feel closer to a dinner party than a boardroom. The menu runs USDA prime, Wagyu, and grass-fed Angus alongside Maine lobster and sashimi, which is either a refreshing detour or a distraction, depending on your theology.



  58. 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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  59. Dungeon masters run scheduled D&D nights here, but the tabletop games, rotating support groups, and writers' meetups make this cozy Tempe coffee shop feel more like a community center that happens to pull excellent espresso. The decor leans Oz, the music leans groovy, and the crowd leans toward people who are relieved to have found it. Phoenix New Times named it the best LGBTQ game night in the valley.


  60. Rank 11878. Carry On

    Cocktail Bar

    The cabin is dressed in burnt orange and warm walnut, the windows show a looping blue-yonder reel, and a flight attendant is rolling the beverage cart your way. Carry On is an immersive cocktail lounge built around the first-class, Mad Men-era flight fantasy, preflight announcements and all. Reservations drop weekly and go fast, so plan accordingly. The Spirited Awards named it a Top 10 U.S. Nominee for Best New Cocktail Bar.



  61. Address
    1201 Shawan Rd, Hunt Valley, MD, United States · Cockeysville
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  62. 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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  63. Rank 11882. 1 Nocello

    Italian

    A small, family-run Italian trattoria a short walk from Carnegie Hall, where regulars get greeted by name and the menu shifts daily around house-made pastas and fresh grilled fish. The room has the kind of unhurried, personal energy that midtown Manhattan mostly stopped producing a generation ago. Prices stay reasonable, the service is warm without being performative, and some of the clientele treat it as an annual pilgrimage.

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  64. Rank 11882. 112 Eatery

    Italian

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  65. Rank 11882. 1870 Restaurant and Bar

    American Steakhouse

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  66. Rank 11882. 20 Brix

    American

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    Address
    101 Main St, Milford, OH 45150, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 11 AM–5 PM

  67. Rank 11882. 230 Forest Avenue

    Californian

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  68. Rank 11882. 54 Mint

    Italian

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    Address
    16 Mint Plz, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

  69. Rank 11882. 555 East

    Steakhouse

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  70. A neighborhood bar and grill housed in a refurbished firehouse in St. Paul's West Seventh corridor, which gives the room more bones than most places trying to cultivate a "local watering hole" feeling. The menu runs American comfort, with a French onion steak sandwich doing a lot of the heavy lifting alongside a burger that locals seem to take personally. The bar handles cocktails, mocktails, and coffee drinks without making you feel like you have to pick a lane.

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  71. Jean-Georges Vongerichten's farm-to-table restaurant sits inside the ABC Carpet & Home store in the Flatiron, which is either charming or a bit much depending on your tolerance for browsing reclaimed furniture before dinner. The menu is strictly seasonal and organic, rotating through whole wheat pizzas, house-made pastas, and whatever the market decided that week. Brunch draws a crowd that takes their doughnuts very seriously.


    Address
    35 E 18th St, New York, NY 10003, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 4:30 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 3 PM–4:30 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
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  72. Rank 11882. Acapulco Restaurant

    Salvadoran Spanish

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  75. Rank 11882. Aguardente

    Contemporary Latin American

    Industrial bones warmed up with wood and bright Latin American art set the tone at this Fox Point restaurant, where the menu roams from Guatemalan to Portuguese without much apology for the mileage. The bar runs lively, the small plates change with the seasons, and the paella arrives with enough shrimp, mussels, clams, squid, and chouriço to make ordering anything else feel like a mistake you'd regret quietly.

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