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The Best Places to Eat and Do in the United States

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  1. This is a Brazilian churrascaria in the Gaslamp Quarter, the all-you-can-eat kind where meat arrives on skewers and gets sliced at your table until you surrender. It's been a fixture here forever, and after a fire during Comic-Con shut it down for two years, it has reopened over mesquite charcoal. Pace yourself at the salad bar, wear pants with give, and bring someone who can keep up with the pork ribs.


    Address
    939 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  2. Rank 5458. River Club

    Modern Middle Eastern Cocktail Bar


    Address
    3000 K St NW, Washington, DC 20007, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  3. A wood-fire grill is the kitchen's only heat source at this New American dinner spot on Church Ave, which means nearly everything carries a thread of smoke. The chef Vinnie Cimino draws loosely from the Istrian Peninsula, an ancestral touchstone for many Ohioans, and the seasonal menu shifts accordingly. Grab a communal table near the garage door, which swings open in warmer months. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List.


    Address
    2912 Church Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  4. Address
    2839 W 44th Ave, Denver, CO 80211, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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  5. Sugarfish is the sushi spot where you stop making decisions, since the Trust Me omakase sends out a set procession and the kitchen does the thinking. It's a casual, mid-priced room in Little Italy, with a sushi counter in the back and tables filling the rest. The rice is loosely packed and still warm, and the Los Angeles original's following means a line is a plausible plan.


  6. Rank 5458. Super Kyuramen

    Ramen Shop

    The two-story honeycomb dining cubes and a lantern-lit alleyway of themed rooms give this Chinatown ramen and izakaya spot the feel of a Tokyo side street you stumbled onto by accident. Ramen bowls anchor the menu, but the kitchen also sends out dumplings, takoyaki, bao buns, and yakitori alongside sake, Japanese beer, and a full bar. It's a lot of fun for a Tuesday.


  7. Swells is a sourdough bakery on India Street in Little Italy, where a window into the dough room lets you watch strangers' future toast get kneaded. It's a takeout counter, so no seating and no dress code beyond shoes. The loaves ferment for a day and a half or longer, and the sourdough cookies exist for anyone who finds bread too responsible. They still work the farmers markets where this all began.


  8. The al pastor here is sliced while partially frozen so every cut hits the trompo at the same thickness, the tips charring and crisping while the center stays fat-slicked and juicy. It's a strip-mall taquería from the team behind Elemi, and the tortillas never sit more than a few hours off the comal. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List, which is a lot of attention for a place that opened quietly and just makes very good tacos.


  9. This is a Spanish restaurant inside the Westfield UTC mall, which is a sentence that sounds like a dare until the paella arrives. It's a sit-down, mid-priced spot built around shareable rice, with a crisp socarrat bottom for those who fight over the burnt parts. Jamón gets sliced by hand at the table, the wine list leans heavily Catalan, and a family-run Barcelona operation is somehow doing this between a department store and a Cheesecake Factory.



  10. Address
    2013 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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    SevenRooms
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  11. A boardwalk over Waller Creek, three new bridges, and 13 acres of bike and pedestrian paths threading from Fourth Street down to Lady Bird Lake: The Confluence is the second phase of a long-running project to stitch a green corridor through downtown Austin. It replaced a stretch of concrete with actual breathing room, which in this city counts as a civic event. Bring a bike or just walk it; either way, Lady Bird Lake is the payoff.





  12. A Southern California pastrami institution, been around forever, finally opened its first outpost outside the state on Rainbow Boulevard, drive-thru included. The move took six years from announcement to first sandwich, which is either very Vegas or very deli. Pastrami dips are the draw, though the pastrami chili cheese fries have their own following. A casual counter spot where nobody is pretending it's anything other than a great pastrami sandwich.





  13. Throne Room is a medieval-themed cocktail bar in South Park, tucked behind a chain-mail curtain at the back of Kindred, which is the sort of sentence that used to require a very specific kind of birthday party. There's an indoor waterfall, a menu that arrives as a scroll, and Dungeons and Dragons-inspired drinks, plus tapas to keep the quest going. Reserve ahead, since dragons are apparently not required to wait.


  14. Rank 5458. Tin Tin

    French Cuban

    A Cuban-French bistro tucked into Little Havana, Tin Tin landed on the New York Times Restaurant List for 2026. The team comes out of a family Cuban sandwich shop nearby, which makes the leap to ropa vieja tortellini and yellowtail crudo in coconut leche de tigre feel both surprising and somehow inevitable. The room sits well outside the Brickell velvet-rope circuit, and the food makes that feel like the whole point.


    Address
    2555 SW 8th St, Ste 101, Miami, FL 33135, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  15. Rank 5458. Titusz

    European

    Named for the chef's great-grandfather and shaped by her Hungarian grandmother's kitchen, Titusz is a Central European restaurant in Lawrenceville that makes paprika and smoked sausage feel like spring. The room runs to gold letter-pressed menus and vases stuffed with wildflowers, which tells you something about the sensibility. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List. Come for the lángos, a deep-fried potato flatbread piled with tangy spreadable cheese and lemony herbs.


  16. Rank 5458. Toga

    Yakitori



  17. Address
    1670 Champa St, Denver, CO 80202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–2 AM

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  18. The mesquite grill and blue corn tortillas are the whole thesis here. This LA taco stand made a splashy Vegas debut after its owner shared a Super Bowl halftime stage with Bad Bunny, which is one way to announce yourself. Chicken thighs, skirt steak, marinated pork, and house chorizo are the proteins, with vegan options alongside. It's a counter spot inside a casino food hall, so dress accordingly and keep expectations pleasantly low on the ambiance front.


    Address
    6915 S Durango Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89113, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  19. Rank 5458. Yu by Sijie

    Chinese

    The glossy-skinned Peking duck arrives whole, gets carved tableside, and sets the tone for everything else at this Chinese restaurant tucked into Tivoli Village. Dim sum, wok-fired beef, chile-oil fish, and silky noodles follow in a dining room that leans unapologetically palatial. The kind of place where the weekend crowd shows up with a plan and still ends up ordering more than expected.


  20. The poached chicken arrives slippery and silky, its fat shocked into a jelly under the skin, but the fragrant rice cooked in chicken broth is what keeps Singaporeans texting each other excitedly. This is a no-frills chicken rice shop on Ninth Avenue doing a very specific thing very carefully, rooted in a family recipe that traces back to a legendary Singapore original. The New York Times named it among the 100 best restaurants in the city.


  21. Rank 5651. MIDA

    Italian


    Address
    65 Lewis St, East Boston, MA 02128, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  22. Rank 5651. MIDA

    Italian


    Address
    1391 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02215, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  23. Rank 5651. MIDA

    Italian



  24. Address
    20 Linden St, Geneva, NY 14456, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:45 PM

    Friday 5:45 PM–8:15 PM

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  25. Address
    29 E Main St, Bozeman, MT 59715, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM, 3 PM–5 PM

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  26. Address
    322 N Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT 59802, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–11 PM

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  27. Rank 5654. Tarts de Feybesse

    French Bakery


  28. Rank 5654. The Koji Club

    Sake Cocktail Bar

    The Koji Club is a sake bar of about sixteen seats in the Allston Speedway, where the bottle storage doubles as a coat rack and a rice cooker sits behind the bar like it pays rent. The staff will walk the sake-curious through the list, so no one gets quizzed. The snack of choice is a bowl of rice with furikake, miso, and pickles. It's dim and cozy, and it's on the Esquire list of best bars in America.


    Address
    525 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  29. Address
    1500 E Black Desert Dr, Ivins, UT, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  30. Address
    406 E Highway 246, Buellton, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9 PM

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  31. Address
    202 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  32. Address
    1702 First Ave N, Fargo, ND, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  33. Address
    1702 First Ave N, Fargo, ND, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  34. The flower-ringed patio on University Avenue is not accidental: this is Rose Pizzeria, and it commits to the bit. Thin, crispy pies here borrow from every regional tradition and answer to none of them, landing somewhere between Neapolitan char and California confidence. The Caesar with miso and Calabrian chiles is the kind of side dish that makes you forget you ordered pizza. A spot on 50 Top Pizza USA keeps the room lively most nights.


    Address
    1960 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  35. Address
    426 N Winter St, Midway, KY 40347, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–9 PM

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  36. Address
    364 Main St, Park City, UT 84060, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  37. Address
    300 E Travis St, San Antonio, TX 78205, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 7 AM–Midnight

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  38. Address
    2309 First Ave N, Ste 201, Birmingham, AL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  39. Address
    505 Thames St, Newport, RI 02840, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  40. Address
    1103 S Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77019, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  41. Address
    1796 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 2 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

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  42. Rank 5672. Baohaus

    Taiwanese


    Address
    97 Saint Marks Pl, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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  43. Address
    939 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–2 AM

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  44. Address
    550 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  45. Rank 5672. Bar Chucho

    Mexican


  46. Rank 5672. Bar Esmé

    French


    Address
    2200 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  47. Address
    1876 Utica Sq, Ste 2E, Tulsa, OK 74114, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  48. Rank 5672. Bar Susanne

    Oyster Bar


    Address
    6 River St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  49. Rank 5672. Barker

    American



  50. Address
    500 E Davie St, Raleigh, NC 27601, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 2 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–8 PM

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  51. Address
    816 N Russell St, Portland, OR 97227, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 PM

    Friday 8 AM–1 PM

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  52. Address
    219 S Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 8 PM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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  53. Address
    316 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM, 5:30 PM–9 PM

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  54. Rank 5672. Bodega

    Santa Maria Barbecue


    Address
    273 Bell St, Los Alamos, CA 93440, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  55. Address
    3012 N Walker Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73103, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  56. Address
    915 W Britton Rd, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  57. Address
    155 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 3 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  58. Rank 5672. Cafe 2825

    American Italian




  59. Address
    97 N Main St, Saint Albans, VT 05478, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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    OpenTable
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