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  1. Dorothy Lane Market is a gourmet grocery store that Dayton has kept to itself for years, and Cincinnati finally got its first location. The butcher shop has a dry-aging chamber you can actually see, the cheese selection is serious, and there's a wine bar tucked in if you need a reason to linger. Bring a tote bag and a budget, because you will not be leaving with just one thing.



  2. Address
    7535 N Kendall Dr, Miami, FL 33156, United States
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 AM

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    2537 S Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX 75227, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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  4. Rank 16187. El Tataki Sushi

    Mexican Sushi


  5. Rank 16187. El Tianguis

    Mexican


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    2810 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  6. Rank 16187. Elvira’s

    Innovative Mexican



  7. A three-tiered cake stand of sandwiches, scones, and petits fours, served on antique bone china, is the move at this afternoon tea room tucked into the small desert town of Carefree. Thirty-plus loose-leaf varieties anchor the menu, and the kitchen also runs a proper lunch of jacket potatoes, smoked salmon quiche, and tea sandwiches. There's even a scaled-down Nursery Tea for children who have outgrown imaginary cups but not PB&J.


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    201 Easy St, Unit 103, Carefree, AZ 85377, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10:30 AM

    Friday 11 AM–4 PM

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    5950 Royal Ln, Unit A, Dallas, TX 75230, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    424 E 36th St, Unit 2, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 6 PM–2 AM

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  10. Address
    356 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

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  11. Rank 16187. Feta Cowboy

    Mediterranean


    Address
    1840 E Warner Rd, Unit 108, Tempe, AZ 85284, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 10:45 AM–9 PM

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  12. Address
    1316 Adams St, Unit 112, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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    1949 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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    5580 NE Fourth Ct, Unit 4B, Miami, FL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–Noon, Noon–4 PM

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  15. Rank 16187. Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen

    Elevated Southern



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    14 Garfield Pl., downtown, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    OpenTable
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  17. Rank 16187. Fuchai

    Korean




  18. Address
    5310 Junius St, Dallas, TX 75214, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 10 AM–10 PM

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    186 Winthrop St, Medford, MA 02155, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 7 AM–11:30 AM

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  20. Address
    416 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX 75208, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 53 min

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  21. Green Chili is a casual Indian spot in a Rivergate strip, beneath Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, across from a Hooters and next to a church that used to be a Circuit City. It's easy to miss, which is how Nashville Scene ended up naming it the Best Tucked-Away Indian Restaurant. The servers will joke with you about the spice levels, and the owners also run the Japanese steakhouse in town, so apparently they just know hospitality.


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    707 Rivergate Pkwy, Goodlettsville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 9:30 PM

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

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    3200 Linwood Ave., Mt. Lookout, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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  23. The taxidermied animals have names, and some of them are not for sale because the owners simply like them too much to let go. Hail is a record shop and curiosity store in Covington where vintage vinyl shares floor space with mounted creatures sourced from antique dealers. Berry the Bear and friends are permanent residents; the records turn over. A useful stop if your living room needs both a new album and a peacock.


    Address
    720 Main St, Covington, KY 41011, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–7 PM

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  24. Halls Catch is a seafood restaurant on West End with a dining room dressed in iridescent fish-scale walls and a wave sculpture on the ceiling, which is a lot of commitment to a theme. The better trick is the back bar, tucked down a short hall, where walls of windows open onto a downtown skyline from an angle almost nobody sees. Nashville Scene named it Best Hideaway Bar with a View in 2025, so the secret is now technically printed.


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    1600 West End Ave, Ste 108, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  25. The faux-elegant dining room sets an ambitious tone for an all-you-can-eat Asian seafood buffet, and Harbor mostly keeps up with it. Fresh oysters, soft-shell crab, rolls, sashimi, and nigiri anchor the spread, while crab rangoon and pork buns handle the comfort-food side. The soft-serve machine is conspicuously absent, but a freezer case of single-serving treats softens the blow. Phoenix New Times named it the city's top Asian buffet in 2025.


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    10030 N Metro Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85051, United States
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    Open now, until 9:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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  26. Rank 16187. Harmony Plant Fare

    Vegetarian American


    Address
    1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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    1060 W Frankford Rd, Ste 200, Carrollton, TX 75007, United States
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    Open now, until 9:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9:30 PM

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  28. A one-pound schnitzel is quietly doing a lot of the marketing here. Haus Murphy's is an old-school German restaurant in Glendale that has been around forever, serving bratwurst, sausage samplers, and house-made sauerkraut to a crowd that has clearly memorized the menu. The patio strings up lights and leans into a vaguely Bavarian mood, and the bar stocks the oversized bottled biers to match. Call ahead for a table.


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    5739 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    548 5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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    1436 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 23 min

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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  31. A passage hidden behind a wardrobe connects the two sides of this Ft. Thomas bookstore and café, which is either charming or a mild fire-code concern, depending on your disposition. The shelves lean heavily into fiction, especially romantasy, fantasy, mystery, and horror. There's a coffee counter on one side and a small bourbon bar on the other, which covers the full spectrum of how a reading session can go.



  32. Rank 16187. Hiw Kaow Thai Food Truck

    Lao Thai Food Truck

    A purple orchid tops every plate, which tells you something about how seriously this Thai street-food truck takes its work. Hiw Kaow roams the Valley without a permanent address, serving pad Thai with a Lao influence, crispy whole chicken wings, and a papaya salad sharp enough to make you check the truck's next location before you've finished eating. Follow its schedule; it moves around.


  33. Hometeam Pizza is a casual pizza spot on Alabama Avenue where the ranch gets nearly as much attention as the slices. The co-owner built it from sour cream, mayonnaise, and buttermilk, then fussed with the spices until it came out pourable but not runny, which is a standard most bottled versions never attempt. Nashville Scene named it Best Ranch Dressing, and her husband says it's what she gets complimented on most, after the kids.


  34. Honeytree is an East Side meadery, which means you're drinking fermented honey in a taproom instead of ordering a flight and pretending to know what a Viking would have wanted. Mead tends to run sweet, and the ginger candied in house is what pulls their Sweet Baby Ginger back toward something you could drink at a normal pace. It won a Best of Nashville from the Scene for exactly that. Dress is whatever you wore to work.



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    6460 E Yale Ave, Ste G-20C, Denver, CO 80222, United States
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    Closes soon, 8 PM, in 53 min

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 4 PM–8 PM

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    2205 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 4 PM–9 PM

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    1220 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States
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    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 53 min

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  38. Rank 16187. Ichimi

    Japanese Noodle Shop



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    1334 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–6 PM

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  40. Inglewood Lounge is an East Nashville bar where the booths are tucked away and the lighting forgives everyone, which is the whole pitch for a first date. There's a covered patio, a dance floor for when things go well, and a bar menu with a piri piri chicken sandwich you can take to go when they don't. The U-shaped parking lot makes the exit easy. Nashville Scene voted it Best Place for a First Date in 2025.


    Address
    3914 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  41. Rank 16187. Iris Read

    Natural Wine Bar


  42. A hay wagon rolls you out to the pumpkin patch, where you pick your own and pay by the pound on the way back. Irons Fruit Farm is an old-school u-pick operation outside Cincinnati, and come fall it draws families who treat the whole afternoon as the event. The apple cider alone is reason to linger at the main building after. A small tip: if your toddler proves uncooperative, the pumpkins near checkout have no idea.




  43. Rank 16187. Japan Express

    Japanese


    Address
    5162 W Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ 85302, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    1200 Porter Rd, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 7:30 AM

    Friday 7 AM–Noon

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    13501 Falls Rd, Cockeysville, MD 21030, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–6 PM

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    2692 Madison Rd., Norwood, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Open now, until 10:30 AM

    Friday Open 24 hours

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    3939 S Polk St, Unit 305, Dallas, TX 75224, United States
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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    1138 Pine St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
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    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 53 min

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  49. Address
    1503 30th St, San Diego, CA 92102, United States
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    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  50. Rank 16187. Koko

    Upscale Mexican Cocktail Bar


    Address
    2856 Tigertail Ave, Miami, FL 33133, United States
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    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday Noon–1 AM

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  51. Address
    313 Calhoun St., CUF, Cincinnati, OH, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 23 min

    Friday 11 AM–9:30 PM

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  52. A carniceria in a strip mall on Indian School Road that makes its own tortillas and salsa so your carne asada night is genuinely a one-stop situation. Hand-selected cuts run from marinated ranchera to Wagyu, and the cases are kept spotless. Staff can talk you through any of it without skipping a beat. A family-run neighborhood butcher shop that takes the grill seriously.



  53. Address
    1101 N Beckley Ave, Dallas, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  54. Rank 16187. La Jamoteca

    Spanish







  55. Address
    220 W 5th St, Ferris, TX 75125, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 7 AM–5 PM

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