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  1. Address
    2118 Washington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19146, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–11 PM

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  2. Rank 12709. Dolce Neve Gelato

    Ice Cream Shop


    Address
    4721 N Main St, Houston, TX 77009, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Saturday Noon–10 PM

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  3. Rank 12709. Dolores Deluxe

    Sandwich Shop




  4. Rank 12709. Don Pepe

    Mexican


    Address
    9920 Stella Link Rd, Houston, TX 77025, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Saturday 7 AM–3 PM

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  5. Address
    2949 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
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  6. Rank 12709. Donut Cutter

    Doughnut Shop


  7. Rank 12709. Donut Villa

    Doughnut Shop


  8. Rank 12709. Donutville USA

    Doughnut Shop


  9. Rank 12709. Dorian's

    Italian Cocktail Bar


  10. A neighborhood restaurant tucked near a cinema in East Memphis, Dory runs a full a la carte menu after years of tasting-menu-only service, so the room has loosened up considerably. The husband-and-wife team leans into composed, ingredient-forward plates that move between land and sea without committing to either. Pork loin shares the menu with scallops and mushroom dishes built around masa, which gives you a sense of how they think.



  11. Rank 12709. Dottie's Market Savannah

    Refined Southern


  12. The crawfish come from the fields you can see from your table, which is either the most logical supply chain imaginable or a mild existential moment for the mudbugs. This BYOB boil house sits about an hour outside Houston, and the lines form by six, so early arrival is less a suggestion than a survival skill. Tours and boat excursions through the rice and crawfish fields are available if you call ahead. Order by the pound or go straight for the full feast.


  13. Rank 12709. Doug's Delight

    Ice Cream Shop

    Doug's Delight is a Hazel Park ice cream stand that makes its soft-serve in-house and fills cream puffs with it, which is a lot of structural engineering for something you eat in a parking lot. The hard stuff comes from Guernsey Dairy. There's an off-menu cup with a dog treat for the pup in the back seat, and an Italian beef counter inside, run by a Chicagoan, in case you need a savory excuse.


  14. Rank 12709. Dough Zone

    Chinese


    Address
    2450 Louisiana St, Ste 200, Houston, TX 77006, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–9 PM

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  15. Address
    11805 Westheimer Rd, #370, Houston, TX 77077, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–9 PM

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  16. Rank 12709. Duck n Bao

    Sichuan


    Address
    5535 Memorial Dr, Ste O, Houston, TX 77007, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–10 PM

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  17. Address
    5215 Kelvin Dr, Houston, TX 77005, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–10 PM

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  18. Rank 12709. Ducky’s Pizza and Tavern

    New York-style Pizzeria

    Ducky's is a casual Montrose pizza-and-tavern hybrid, built around New York-style pies, dart boards, and enough TVs that nobody has to ask what the score is. The menu goes from plain pepperoni to an al pastor pie with pineapple and salsa verde ranch, plus wings and sandwiches for the undecided. The kitchen stays open until midnight, later on weekends, and the happy hour is easy on the wallet.


  19. Rank 12709. Duemani

    Mediterranean

    The name means "two hands," which turns out to be underselling it. This elegant Mediterranean restaurant in downtown Aspen draws from the coastal kitchens of Italy and France, and the chef, an Aspen native who spent years at Matsuhisa, brings real finesse to the room. The crowd skews people who have already changed for dinner. Expect polished service and a menu that moves between crudo, whole branzino, and properly cooked chops.


    Address
    216 S Monarch St, Aspen, CO 81611, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, midnight, in 37 min

    Friday 5:30 PM–Midnight

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  20. Rank 12709. Dumbwaiter

    Modern Southern

    Exposed brick and Edison bulbs in a Dauphin Street storefront, which is either charming or a cliché depending on your mood, but the modern Southern cooking tends to settle the argument. Dumbwaiter is a full-service dinner spot where Gulf-sourced ingredients do the heavy lifting, shrimp and grits built around Conecuh sausage, collard greens with some heat behind them, and warm bread pudding that arrives with ice cream already melting into it.


    Address
    167 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL 36602, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Saturday 5 PM–8:45 PM

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    Website

  21. Rank 12709. Duo Cafe

    Chinese Coffee Shop


  22. Rank 12709. Dutch Girl Donuts

    Doughnut Shop

    Dutch Girl is a Palmer Park doughnut shop that keeps the lights on around the clock for most of the week, which is either a public service or an enabling situation depending on your 3 a.m. self. The new owner, who also runs the Schvitz, left the equipment, the flour, and the whole process alone. Glazed is the point, the prices are corner-shop, and Detroiters poured back in when it reopened.


  23. Rank 12709. E-TANG

    Chinese Noodle Shop


    Address
    513 E Oglethorpe Ave, Unit H, Savannah, GA 31401, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–10 PM

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    Website
  24. Rank 12709. EaDough

    Bakery


    Address
    3204 Polk St, Houston, TX 77003, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Saturday 7 AM–3 PM

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  25. Rank 12709. EaThai

    Thai


  26. Rank 12709. Echo & Rig

    Steakhouse




  27. A walking food tour that threads through Japantown for a couple of hours, stopping at restaurants, grocery stores, and family-run shops that most visitors walk right past. Small groups eat, drink, and hear the neighborhood's stories from guides who are plainly obsessed with the place. Japantown reads quiet from the outside, but that changes fast once you're in.




  28. Address
    711 S Central Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–7 PM

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    Website
  29. Rank 12709. El Cabrito

    Oaxacan

    The mole coloradito here comes from a recipe the chef started learning from her grandmother in Oaxaca at age five, and that kind of timeline tends to show. This is a small Oaxacan restaurant in Burien, colorful ceramics on every table, a handful of seats inside and a covered patio out back. The molotes, fried masa dumplings buried under smoky morita and avocado salsa, are a good reason to arrive hungry.




  30. The enchiladas arrive sizzling on the plate, which tells you everything about the style of Tex-Mex this old-school Dallas institution runs on. The original McKinney Avenue location is a cavernous, sprawling room with a rowdy bar and tables packed with multigenerational families who have been coming here forever. Order the enchiladas, get a frozen margarita alongside them, and don't overthink it.


  31. Rank 12709. El Mono

    Peruvian

    The spiral-tailed monkey painted on one wall gives the place its name and its vibe: a cheerful Peruvian restaurant with wood accents and geometric light fixtures that somehow feels both casual and considered. The antojitos trio is a good way in, landing beef hearts, jumbo corn, and causa on the table before you've made any real decisions. The San Francisco Chronicle named it one of Berkeley's best restaurants.

    The awards


    Address
    1300 Fourth St, Berkeley, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
    Online
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  32. Rank 12709. El Paisa

    Mexican


  33. Rank 12709. El Patio

    Mexican


    Address
    2938 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78705, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–10 PM

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  34. Rank 12709. Elias Donuts

    Doughnut Shop



  35. Address
    582 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Saturday 5 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    Resy
    Online
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  36. This is a casino-adjacent barbecue counter where the menu is ribs and chicken and nothing is trying to be anything else. The ribs come tender but still holding together, glazed in a sticky root beer sauce with a little char. A half-rack with half a chicken runs $17.99 if you sign up for the free player's card, which counts as the closest thing to gambling here. The sides are fine. The housemade root beer is thick and creamy.





  37. Address
    455 Seventh St W, Saint Paul, MN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Saturday 5 PM–11 PM

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  38. A one-person takeout operation in Berkeley where the pre-orders open at 9 a.m. sharp and are often gone before the place does. The pies are 18-inch, NY-style, with charred and pillowy crusts, and you have to plan around them rather than the other way around. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the best Berkeley restaurants, which feels about right for something this inconvenient to obtain.

    The awards


    Address
    2995 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
    Online
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  39. Address
    500 S Main St, Unit 2H, Breckenridge, CO 80424, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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    Website
  40. Rank 12709. Empire Dynasty

    Chinese-American


    Address
    29505 W 9 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Saturday 11:30 AM–10:30 PM

    Online
    Website
  41. Turquoise glazed tiles, dramatic florals, and a sixth-floor view over Chinatown and Telegraph Hill set the tone before you've touched a menu. This is a tasting-menu Cantonese restaurant from the chef behind Hakkasan, and it carries that same instinct for precise, composed presentations of classic dishes. Come for cocktails if the full commitment feels like a lot; the view alone justifies the elevator ride.


    Address
    838 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  42. Rank 12709. Fable

    American


  43. Slim Aarons photographs line the walls at this après-ski casual spot on Bridge Street, giving the whole room the feeling of a 1960s ski-lodge fantasy your parents wish they'd actually lived. The menu leans into alpine comfort, with duck confit tacos and a wagyu burger doing most of the heavy lifting. Come sundown, the cocktails and the crowd arrive in roughly equal measure.



  44. Address
    3000 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 37 min

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  45. Address
    2726 E Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98122, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–4 PM, 4 PM–8 PM

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  46. Address
    48 E Beaver Creek Blvd, Avon, CO 81620, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram

  47. Address
    1530 Battleship Pkwy, Spanish Fort, AL 36527, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–10 PM

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    Website
  48. Rank 12709. Feral Pizza

    Pizzeria

    Parked near a gas station in North Loop, Feral is a food truck doing two distinct styles of pizza: thin, crispy sourdough rounds and pan pies with the sauce on top, both finished with garlic oil. The pan pizza is the more interesting argument. Order ahead if you're impatient, because the devoted regulars who've adopted this place keep the line moving at its own pace.


    Address
    500 E 51st St, Austin, TX 78751, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Saturday 4 PM–8 PM

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  49. Address
    50 Canton St, Alpharetta, GA 30009, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Saturday Noon–9 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram

  50. Rank 12709. Fiorella Sunset

    Wood-fired Italian


    Address
    1240 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

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

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    WebsiteInstagram


  51. Address
    9200 Marsac Ave, Park City, UT 84060, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  52. Address
    306 Main St, Park City, UT 84060, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, midnight, in 37 min

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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    Resy
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  53. Rank 12709. Fitoor

    Modern Indian


  54. Rank 12709. Flame

    Steakhouse



  55. Address
    201 Port St, Savannah, GA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Saturday 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
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  56. Address
    562 Main St, Park City, UT 84060, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  57. A corn-dog-on-a-stick that's been a State Fair of Texas fixture for generations, now available year-round from a permanent food truck in Klyde Warren Park, which means skipping the August heat and the parking odyssey. The batter recipe is a family secret the Fletchers have kept close, and nobody has managed to copy it convincingly. Mustard is the traditional move. Cash, a short wait, and low expectations for your diet are all you need to bring.



  58. Address
    39 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Saturday 4:30 PM–9 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    Website

  59. Address
    8421 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  60. Rebecca Masson, the pastry chef Houstonians call "the Sugar Fairy," runs this bakery out of the Heights with the kind of conviction usually reserved for savory kitchens. Expect elevated childhood nostalgia: snickerdoodles, layer cakes, and the Couch Potato, a single cookie that somehow fits potato chips, pretzels, cornflakes, marshmallows, and chocolate chips. It's a lot, in the best sense.


    Address
    1701 W 15th St, Houston, TX 77008, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Saturday 10 AM–6 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  61. Rank 12709. Flying Idlis

    South Indian


    Address
    9411 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77063, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Saturday 7 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    Website

  62. Address
    672 Stanyan St, San Francisco, CA 94117, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–6 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  63. Rank 12709. Fong On

    Chinese



  64. Rank 12709. Foothills Brewpub

    Approachable Pub


    Address
    638 W Fourth St, Winston Salem, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Saturday 11 AM–Midnight

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  65. For the Win is a quick-serve burger counter inside the Resort at Summerlin's food hall, where it's one of a handful of stalls sharing a roof with dim sum and an oyster bar. The smash burgers come with grilled onions, and the Brussels sprouts get fried in beef tallow, which makes the vegetable course feel like a technicality. It's a fast, casual stop where you order at the counter and eat with your hands. Eater lists it among the best burgers in Las Vegas.


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