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  1. Address
    77734 Country Club Dr, Unit F, Palm Desert, CA 92211, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  2. Rank 1199. Apéro

    French

    Midnight-blue walls, gold accents, and a Persian rug that has no business being this plush set the mood at Apéro, a French restaurant on P Street where champagne and caviar are essentially the whole thesis. The back garden is the kind of spot people pretend to stumble upon. The menu fills out with French classics for anyone who needs an excuse beyond caviar, which, to be fair, is most of us.


    Address
    2622 P St NW, Washington, DC 20007, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    Tock
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  3. Address
    301 SW Water St, Peoria, IL 61602, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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  4. Rank 1199. Augustine's Salumeria

    Modern Italian

    Part restaurant, part charcuterie counter, Augustine's Salumeria is a relaxed modern Italian spot in Mamaroneck where the menu leans hard on Westchester farms and local fishermen. The kitchen turns out Italian-leaning dishes alongside nightly specials that change the calculation every time. The room feels like a neighborhood place that happens to cook with serious intention, which is a comfortable combination.


    Address
    213 Halstead Ave, Mamaroneck, NY 10543, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 4 PM–10 PM

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  5. Rank 1199. Babes Bar

    Cocktail Bar


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    221 Main St, Bethel, VT 05032, United States
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    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–Midnight

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  6. Rank 1199. Bar Bayonne

    Spanish Cocktail Bar


  7. Rank 1199. Bar Bludorn

    American Cocktail Bar

    The beignets come out warm, filled with ricotta, and draped with Benton's ham, and the question of how many is too many has no clean answer. This is Aaron Bludorn's easygoing neighborhood bar and dining room, wrapped in dark wood with a gleaming open kitchen visible from most seats. The menu runs from pasta to half chicken to devil's food cake, all built for sharing. A Michelin Guide selection, and the kind of place that makes a Tuesday feel like a reasonable excuse.


    Address
    9061 Gaylord Dr, Houston, TX 77024, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  8. Bardot is a Michael Mina brasserie tucked inside Aria, a windowless black-and-white room where it's always a flattering 8 p.m. and fresh flowers cover every surface. A shellfish cart rolls past, a martini program has its own national press, and at brunch someone sings Shania Twain over the croissants. It's a dressy-casual, mid-to-upper price French spot, and it holds three AAA diamonds.


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    3730 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 9 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–7 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  9. Address
    14580 NE 145th St, Woodinville, WA 98072, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–11 AM, 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  10. Address
    135 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC 28801, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  11. Rank 1199. Beijing Noodle

    Traditional Chinese Noodle Shop


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    1005 W Stuart St, Unit A1, Fort Collins, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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  12. Address
    712 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–2 AM

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  13. Address
    82 Winter St, Worcester, MA 01604, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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  14. Rank 1199. Bouchon

    Wine Country French


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    9 W Victoria St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  15. Address
    108 Division St, Unit C, Stevens Point, WI 54481, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 8:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–8:30 PM

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  16. Address
    415 N Alcaniz St, Pensacola, FL 32501, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  17. Rank 1199. Camphor

    French

    A Michelin-starred bistro in the Arts District where the steak au poivre and golden frites hold their ground alongside some genuinely inventive plating. The kitchen leans French but isn't reverent about it, which is part of the appeal. The Provence Martini made Esquire's list of the finest in the country, so the bar pulls its weight too. It fills up fast and the open kitchen keeps the room loud and kinetic.




  18. Address
    1500 First St Unit 140 Napa, CA, United States · Napa
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  19. Rank 1199. City Grocery

    Southern

    Red brick walls, local art, and wood worn down by decades of good evenings set the tone at John Currence's Southern restaurant and bar on Oxford's courthouse square. The menu turns with the seasons but stays close to the region, running from fried green tomatoes with shrimp remoulade to the shrimp and grits that regulars treat as non-negotiable. Portions are built for sharing, and the bar earns its own reputation, landing on Wildsam's list of essential American bars.


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    152 Courthouse Sq, Oxford, MS 38655, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10:30 PM, 4 PM–11:59 PM

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  20. Address
    1801 Habersham St, Savannah, GA 31401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  21. Address
    402 E Market St, Iowa City, IA 52245, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  22. Address
    10 Annie St, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  23. Address
    102 E Palestine Ave, Madison, TN 37115, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  24. Address
    4935 River Rd, Point Pleasant, PA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  25. Address
    729 SW 15th Ave, Portland, OR 97205, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  26. Rank 1199. Eli Zabar

    Bakery



  27. Address
    3030 Creswell Ave, Shreveport, LA 71104, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  28. This is the Wooster Street pizzeria that made New Haven argue about whether "apizza" is a word, and the pies still come out of a coal-fired oven with a charred, smoky bottom and a crust that stays rigid when you lift a slice. The white clam pie is the famous one, briny and heavy on garlic. Plan on a line down the block, eaten at plain tables, with no one in sight fussing over a wine list.



  29. Address
    404 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  30. Rank 1199. Gjelina

    Mediterranean

    Brick floors, creeping vines, and a crowd that seems to have been cast by a Venice Beach location scout. This Abbot Kinney institution is a Mediterranean restaurant built around wood-fired pizzas and shared plates, with vegetables doing serious heavy lifting on the menu. It's spawned a bakery, a to-go counter, and a cookbook, which is a lot of offspring for one room. A Michelin Selected spot that's also on the all-time Eater 38.


    Address
    1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 AM

    Friday 9 AM–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 2:30 PM–4:30 PM, 5 PM–10:30 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  31. Address
    601 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040, United States
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    Open now, until 4 AM

    Friday 10 AM–4 AM

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  32. Address
    24 S George St, York, PA 17401, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  33. Address
    2020 Naamans Rd, Wilmington, DE 19810, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3:30 PM, 3:30 PM–10 PM

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  34. Address
    3853 Highway 516, Old Bridge, NJ, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  35. Address
    E5690 County Road D, Menomonie, WI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3:30 PM

    Friday 3:30 PM–9 PM

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  36. Address
    880 W Roslyn Rd, Colonial Heights, VA 23834, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3 PM

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  37. Kinchley's is a New Jersey tavern that treats the bar pie as a birthright, with a thin, crackery crust, sauce that runs right to the edge, and cheese that blisters into little craters. Friday night belongs to families who've been showing up for generations and greet the servers like cousins. It's casual and cash-register cheap, and the toppings get weird in a way purists will mutter about, like creamed spinach.



  38. Address
    115 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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  39. Address
    1810 US-71 S, Lecompte, LA, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3 PM

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  40. Address
    108 Second St, Lewes, DE, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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  41. Address
    747 Columbia St, Hudson, NY 12534, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  42. This is a Basque restaurant in an old three-story hotel building, where dinner arrives as a parade: soup, salad, beans, fries, bread, and a glass of house wine, with a main course somewhere in the middle. Strangers share long tables, so you'll make friends whether or not you were planning to. Most people order the Picon Punch, a brandy-and-grenadine thing in a bell-shaped glass, and nobody tries to talk them out of it.


    Address
    301 E Fourth St, Reno, NV, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  43. Fine dining in downtown Wilmington that skips the hush and the tweezers, with a menu that changes often and leans on North Carolina farms for its crab, duck, and Carolina Gold rice. The wine program is serious enough to justify the city's only underground cellar, which is a fun thing to say about Wilmington. Service is warm and unstiff, so you can dress up without rehearsing. It's in the Michelin Guide as a Selected Restaurant.


    Address
    123 Princess St, Wilmington, NC 28401, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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    Tock
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  44. Address
    64 Market St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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  45. Address
    1243 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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  46. Address
    629 Succotash Rd, Wakefield, RI 02879, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  47. Address
    51 S Edgemere St, Montauk, NY, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  48. Address
    253 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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  49. Address
    800 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11:30 PM

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  50. Rank 1199. Paradisaea

    Modern Pan-Asian

    Floral barstools, a patio that catches every bit of the La Jolla sun, and tiki drinks that mean it, this is a destination restaurant where the tropical theme actually does the work rather than just hanging on the walls. The kitchen leans into it too, with local ingredients pulled in Asian and tropical directions. The robata-grilled coconut shrimp is a good signal of the mood: familiar enough to order without thinking, specific enough to make you glad you did.




  51. Address
    1504 W Intendencia St, Pensacola, FL 32502, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  52. Address
    500 Channelside Dr, Tampa, FL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  53. Address
    3800 Monroe Hwy, Pineville, LA 71360, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 10:30 AM–10 PM

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  54. Marcus Samuelsson's Harlem soul food restaurant has had a standing reservation from the neighborhood since it opened, and the fried chicken alone explains why. The room runs loud and lively, with live music most nights pushing the vibe closer to a party than a dinner. Seasonal Southern cooking shares the menu with apple pie that manages to taste like someone's grandmother made it, which in a restaurant this size is no small thing.


    Address
    310 Lenox Ave, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday Noon–10:30 PM

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  55. Address
    24 Winthrop St, Rochester, NY 14607, United States
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  56. Address
    190 Jay St, Rochester, NY 14608, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 4 PM–7 PM

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  57. Address
    114 N Range St, Wolcott, IN 47995, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  58. Address
    700 Drayton St, Savannah, GA 31401, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  59. Rank 1199. Saltie Girl

    Seafood


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    8615 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States · West Hollywood
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  60. Address
    17 Seventh St S, Great Falls, MT, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  61. Address
    824 Lincoln Way E, Massillon, OH 44646, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  62. Address
    1250 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  63. Address
    1801 Dalton St, Jackson, MS 39204, United States
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 11 AM–4 PM

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  64. Address
    631 Ivey Rd, Terlingua, TX 79852, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  65. Address
    900 Dekalb Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 8 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–11:59 PM

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  66. Address
    632 Bergen Blvd, Ridgefield, NJ 07657, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–8 PM, 8:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  67. Rank 1199. Swan Market

    German Beer Bar


    Address
    231 Parsells Ave, Rochester, NY 14609, United States
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    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 8 AM–5 PM, 11 AM–2 PM

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  68. Address
    4628 119th St W, Cortez, FL 34215, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  69. Address
    538 E Ninth St, Tucson, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 6 AM–2 AM

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  70. Address
    24 Bannister's Wharf, Newport, RI 02840, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–4 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  71. Address
    513 King St, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  72. Address
    614 E Second St, Bloomington, IN, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 1 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM, 7:30 AM–1 PM

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  73. Address
    10 Main St, Wassaic, NY 12592, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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  74. Rank 1199. The Marigold Club

    British French

    A player piano sets the tone at this Montrose dining room, where the dress code is "go ahead and try" and the menu leans toward Mayfair via Paris. The kitchen runs British-French, which means duck Wellington and oysters at the bar feel equally at home. The Marigold Club is the kind of place where ordering a martini first is not just acceptable but expected, and Esquire has already taken their side on the matter.


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    2531 Kuester St, Houston, TX 77006, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 10:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    OpenTable
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  75. Address
    25 N Cache St, Jackson, WY 83001, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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  76. Address
    146 N Main St, Minturn, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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