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  1. Rank 13931. RPM Italian

    Italian




  2. Address
    2726 Sutton Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63143, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

    Online
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  3. Address
    223 N Water St, Unit 100, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
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  4. Address
    785 N Jefferson St, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  5. Address
    416 Preble St, South Portland, ME 04106, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 1 PM, in 41 min

    Friday 7 AM–1 PM

    Online
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  6. The awards



  7. Rank 13931. Sichuan Kitchen

    Authentic Sichuan







  8. The awards



  9. The awards



  10. Address
    135 Walton St, Portland, ME 04103, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

    Online
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  11. Address
    18 Thames St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

    Online
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  12. Address
    567 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 8 AM–3 PM

    Online
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  13. Address
    102 Main St, Gorham, ME 04038, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

    Online
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  15. Address
    742 Congress St, Portland, ME 04102, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 1 PM, in 41 min

    Friday 8 AM–1 PM

    Online
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  16. Address
    122 Anderson St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 1 PM, in 41 min

    Friday 7 AM–1 PM

    Online
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  17. Address
    1758 N Water St, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
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  18. Address
    1419 Carroll St, St. Louis, MO, United States · Saint Louis
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
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  19. Address
    104 Exchange St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

    Online
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  20. Address
    644 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–1 AM

    Online
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    Address
    750 S 7th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  23. Address
    S42 W31320 Hwy. 83, Genesee Depot, WI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  24. Address
    21 Wells Rd, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
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  25. Address
    724 N Milwaukee St, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  26. Rank 13931. Tim Ho Wan

    Chinese


  27. Rank 13931. TIPO

    Creative Italian


    Address
    182 Ocean Ave, Portland, ME 04103, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
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  28. Address
    3770 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
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  29. Address
    3600 Watson Rd, St. Louis, MO, United States · Saint Louis
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
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  30. Address
    314 W Main St, Waukesha, WI 53186, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  31. Address
    246 Danforth St, Portland, ME 04102, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3 PM

    Online
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  32. Address
    600 N Broadway Milwaukee, WI, United States · Milwaukee
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
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  33. Address
    1916 Park Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63104, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–6 PM

    Online
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  36. Rank 13931. Wilson County Barbecue

    Whole-Hog Barbecue


    Address
    82 Hanover St, Unit 8, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

    Online
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  37. Address
    636 S Sixth St, Milwaukee, WI, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

    Online
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  38. Rank 14164. Chapli & Chips

    Middle Eastern



  39. Address
    135-24 40th Rd, Flushing, NY 11354, United States · Queens
    Hours

    Open now, until 6:30 PM

    Friday 9 AM–6:30 PM

    Online
    Website
  40. Rank 14164. Forever Jerk

    Caribbean





  41. Chole bhature is the main event at this strip-mall street food spot in Franklin Park, where golden rounds of fried bread the size of cantaloupes arrive alongside bowls of dark, heavily spiced chana masala. The New Jersey Indian community found this place fast, and tables are rarely empty. The kitchen also runs a long roster of Delhi chaat and a Mumbai sideline that includes a samosa served on a bun, which is exactly what it sounds like. The New York Times put it on its 2025 Restaurant List.



  42. Address
    147 Cumberland Ave, Portland, ME 04101, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 11 AM–4 PM

    Online
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  43. Rank 14170. Pilgrim’s Inn

    Seasonal Tavern

    Cortney Burns, who made her name at Bar Tartine in San Francisco, runs this restaurant and tavern on Deer Isle by rotating a different chef-in-residence through the kitchen each month. The result shifts constantly, though the tavern menu holds steadier. It landed on the New York Times Restaurant List for 2025. The crowd driving up from the mainland for whatever's on that week tends to take the whole thing very seriously, as they should.


  44. Ketchup cans serve as wine buckets, which tells you most of what you need to know about this no-frills seasonal New England restaurant on Midcoast Maine. The chef came up through Jean-Georges and the Fat Duck, then traded all that for foraging his own mushrooms and smoking his own haddock. The New York Times put it on their 2025 Restaurant List, which is an odd fate for somewhere this deliberately unshowy, but here we are.


    Address
    488 Main St, Rockland, ME 04841, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  45. Rank 14170. Turkey Legg Man

    Kansas City Barbecue

    The pitmaster works the smoker outside and greets the sidewalk with a Polish sausage in his tongs and "We ain't playing, Jack." This small barbecue spot with food-truck roots in northwest Kansas City keeps the turkey leg as its centerpiece, dark meat staying moist under taut, browned skin. The turkey leg stuffed with mac and cheese makes the menu very on-brand. The New York Times put it on their 2025 Restaurant List, which feels about right for a place this committed to one idea.


    Address
    1916 Quindaro Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66104, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–7:35 PM

    Online
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  46. Rank 14175. The Old Monk

    Fish & Chips

    Pendant lights salvaged from a European monastery hang over the bar, which tells you everything about how seriously this place takes atmosphere. An old-school beer bar and pub on Henderson Avenue, The Old Monk pours drafts from around the world alongside a rotating cast of locals, with fish and chips that regulars treat as a birthright. Weekday happy hour runs until seven and has a reputation for extending the evening considerably past anyone's original plan.



  47. Rank 14177. Bar Colette

    Cocktail Bar

    Some of the cocktails here took days to develop, which you can either find charming or slightly alarming depending on your relationship with drinks. Bar Colette is a reservation-only cocktail bar in Uptown Dallas where reinterpreted classics share the menu with exotic spirits, global wines, and sashimi. A James Beard nominee for Best New Bar, it draws the kind of crowd that dresses like they Googled the place first, which, honestly, they probably did.


    Address
    3699 McKinney Ave, Unit 306, Dallas, TX 75204, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
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  48. The acoustically treated walls mean the sound hits you right no matter where you sit, which matters when the names on stage have included Esperanza Spalding and Bill Frisell. Dazzle is Denver's long-running jazz club, the kind that draws serious talent week after week and keeps the bar busy with martinis and a four-cheese mac that regulars order without looking up. DownBeat placed it among the top 100 jazz clubs in the world.



  49. Address
    1959 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–Midnight

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
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  50. Address
    9850 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX 75238, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 7 AM–10 PM

    Online
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  51. The draw at this Thai bar and mookata spot is the tabletop grill sunk into a pot of bubbling broth, where you cook your own meal at the table. It lives on the patio behind Lom Wong, small and casual, with craft cocktails doing serious work alongside the smoke. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List, which is a lot of attention for a patio bar where dinner is technically a DIY project.


    Address
    218 E Portland St, Unit B, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:30 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  52. Rank 14183. The Grapevine Bar

    Cajun & Creole

    A sign above the bathroom explicitly bans cocaine, which tells you most of what you need to know about The Grapevine's charms. This sprawling neighborhood bar and kitchen moved from its beloved pink adobe on Maple Avenue a couple years back, and the regulars followed, along with most of the staff. Strong drinks, plenty of outdoor space, boudin balls from the new kitchen, basketball on screens, and karaoke when the mood strikes.


  53. Rank 14184. Erba

    Italian






  54. Address
    1154 Peavy Rd, Dallas, TX 75218, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

    Online
    Website
  55. Rank 14188. Katy Trail Ice House

    Texas Beer Bar

    A sprawling patio bar right off the Katy Trail, the kind of place cyclists arrive at with good intentions and leave an hour later than planned. Nearly thirty Texas beers on draft and a solid lineup of Texas whiskeys keep things local, while the kitchen handles dark-beer venison chili for anyone who needs ballast. The patio is large and loud in the best communal way. Exactly what Dallas was missing before it existed.


    Address
    3127 Routh St, Dallas, TX 75201, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

    Online
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  56. Address
    1920 N Coit Rd, Unit 250, Richardson, TX 75080, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
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  57. Address
    3100 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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  58. Address
    7355 Ralston Rd, Unit H, Arvada, CO 80002, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

    Online
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  59. Address
    3157 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO 80211, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

    Online
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  60. Address
    2822 N Henderson Ave, Dallas, TX 75206, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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  61. Fufu made from scratch and shito, the shrimp pepper sauce that shows up on nearly every table, are the signals that this is something Seattle doesn't have much of: a proper West African restaurant serving Ghanaian and Liberian cooking. The minimalist First Hill room fills fast with regulars who already know the goat peanut soup and newcomers working their way through peri peri wings and fried plantains for the first time.


  62. Rank 14197. BaekGa

    Korean


  63. Rank 14197. La Forêt

    French


    Address
    38 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80209, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

    Online
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  64. The house margarita comes classic or customized with a rotating cast of infusions, watermelon and mezcal being a popular pairing. This Jalisco Mexican restaurant on Main Street splits its attention evenly between the kitchen and the bar, with a cocktail program run by a veteran Valley bartender. The food leans into both traditional plates and the occasional fusion detour, and the whole thing has a chic, polished room that feels a little more considered than your average neighborhood spot.


    Address
    1526 E Main St, Mesa, AZ 85203, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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