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  1. Address
    614 18th Ave N, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  2. Rank 21032. Dragonfly Noodle

    Pan-Asian Noodle Shop

    Noodles pulled and cooked in-house is a rarity in Colorado, and Dragonfly Noodle makes them on the premises, which gives the ramen a texture that dried product simply can't fake. This casual noodle shop on the 16th Street Mall works its way across Asia, moving from Japanese ramen to Singaporean, Vietnamese, and Taiwanese dishes. The broths run deep and traditionally built, with just enough tinkering to keep things interesting.


    Address
    1350 16th St, Denver, CO 80202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–7 PM

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  3. A walk-up sandwich counter tucked at the end of a thin alley in Five Points, with old photos of famous Dukes lining the path to the window. The menu runs to four sandwiches, which sounds like a dare until you see the chopped cheese, a New York import of griddle-smashed beef and white cheddar on a soft hoagie with pepperoncini. Naming your place "Good Sandwiches" is either false modesty or excellent bait.


    Address
    2748 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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  4. Dumpling House is a casual neighborhood spot in Hillsboro Village where the dumplings are made fresh and the dress code is whatever you walked in wearing. The pan-fried chicken and coriander ones get the most talk, though the menu has plenty of company. It reads like a place you could have been going to for years, even if tonight is your first visit. The Nashville Scene gave it Best Dumpling Menu, which is a very specific honor to hold.


    Address
    2117 Belcourt Ave, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10:30 PM

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  5. Rank 21032. Dwntwn

    Cocktail Bar

    A serpentine bar stocked floor-to-ceiling with tequila and cerveza anchors the main room at this Latin nightclub on Central Avenue, where resident DJs rotate through reggaeton, cumbia, salsa, and bachata until 3 a.m. or later. The $10 door gets you the dance floor; $20 buys plush couches and bottle service on the VIP side. A michelada and taco bar rounds things out for anyone who needs a breather.


    Address
    702 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 9 PM

    Friday 9 PM–3 AM

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  6. Address
    2819 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  7. A food hall just west of Denver where you can walk in for tacos, stay for Ethiopian, and leave with a new tattoo if the afternoon really gets away from you. The layout is easygoing enough that grabbing a drink first while you decide where to eat feels like the obvious move. Vendors rotate and grow, so there's usually something new to investigate alongside the regulars.


    Address
    5505 W 20th Ave, Edgewater, CO 80214, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 8 AM–11 PM

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  8. Address
    2480 Canyon Blvd M1, Boulder, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  9. Address
    3917 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  10. The huaraches here come on hand-pressed masa that's thick enough to hold its shape under a pile of toppings, queso fresco, onion, and cilantro. This casual Mexican counter runs through tacos, tortas, burritos, and those huaraches all day, with carne asada and al pastor doing the heavy lifting. The building from the outside makes no promises, but the salsas inside range from warm to genuinely alarming, which seems to be the point.


  11. Rank 21032. El Tejado

    Mexican

    The green chile here is a gravy-thick, pork-studded Colorado classic that regulars order straight up with tortillas, no plate required. El Tejado is an old-school Mexican diner on South Broadway, and the room does look a bit like a cartoon cave, which somehow suits it. The hot version of that chile is a separate proposition entirely, built in layers rather than just spiked, and it will find your limits.


    Address
    2651 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80210, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 8 AM–9 PM

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  13. The Spring Fling cake, a zucchini bread layer frosted with cream cheese icing and piled with fresh fruit, was the calling card of a beloved Denver institution for decades. When that place closed, the head baker struck out on his own, and now his family-run bakery in west Denver keeps the recipe alive year-round. People fly in from out of state for that cake alone, which is either a testament to nostalgia or to zucchini bread's untapped potential.



  14. Address
    18757 W Dixie Hwy, Miami, FL 33180, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 4:30 PM

    Friday 8 AM–4:30 PM

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  15. Rank 21032. Fish N Beer

    Wood-fired Seafood

    Oysters grilled over open fire are the opening argument at this wood-fired seafood spot in RiNo. The kitchen runs on smoke and a crowd that seems constitutionally opposed to sitting still, with counter seats for ceviche and mussels and bigger plates when you're feeling ambitious. Beer-battered cod and whole striped bass share the menu without any pretense of fine dining. Loud, casual, and comfortable with itself.


  16. Flat Tire Diner is a no-frills breakfast and lunch spot in Old Hickory, the kind of place where the wait for a table is part of the experience and the staff turn tables so briskly you forget you stood there. Bread for the sandwiches and burgers is baked in-house, and the French toast gets a corn-flake crust and a pile of fresh fruit. Nashville Scene once named it the Best Reason to Go to Old Hickory, which is a narrow field, admittedly.




  17. A dedicated server circulates with a tray of 200-milliliter stanges and marks each round on your coaster, just as they would in Cologne, only with a warmer disposition than the legendary köbes of the Rhine. Fritz Family Brewers is a brewery in Niwot that takes its Kölsch service seriously enough to assign one person to nothing else. Cover your glass when you've had enough, if you ever decide you've had enough.


    Address
    6778 N 79th St, Niwot, CO, United States · Longmont
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Friday 1 PM–10 PM

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  18. Gabby's is a no-frills burger counter that was smashing patties onto a hot griddle back when that wasn't yet a personality trait for every new restaurant in town. The menu stays short: grass-fed burgers, hot dogs, fries, and shakes, with a secret menu named after regulars, though you'll have to know the password. Nashville Scene gave it a Best of Nashville for Best Burger. Order at the counter, wear whatever you like.


    Address
    493 Humphreys St, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10:30 AM

    Friday 10:30 AM–2:30 PM

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  19. Address
    5132 Belair Rd, Baltimore, MD 21206, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9 PM

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  20. Rank 21032. Gin & Reel

    Speakeasy

    The password comes from the barista at Stir Coffee upstairs, which is a reasonable amount of theater for a cocktail bar tucked below a strip mall. Gin & Reel leans hard into the speakeasy aesthetic, and the basement room does pull off a convincing other-era feeling despite the square footage. Cocktails skew citrusy and creative, and charcuterie or pizza is available to pace yourself. Weekends fill fast, and the two-hour limit keeps things moving whether you're ready or not.


  21. Rank 21032. Gio's Chicago Pizza

    Chicago Pizzeria

    Gio's Chicago Pizza is a deep-dish operation run out of a commissary kitchen in the Nations, which makes it a little like finding Chicago hiding in a warehouse. The chef came up through fine dining and a suburban Chicago pizzeria, so the deep dish arrives properly tall and heavy. There's also a thinner tavern-style pie cut into squares, for those who think a knife and fork are overkill. Nashville Scene named it Best Deep Dish in 2023.



  22. Address
    15 NE 11th St, Miami, FL 33132, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–3 AM

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    OpenTable
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  23. Rank 21032. Golden Saigon

    Vietnamese

    The curry is the reason regulars keep coming back, which surprises people who think of Vietnam and curry in the same sentence as a typo. This strip-mall Vietnamese spot in Aurora has been serving pho and homey staples forever, but the house curry, built on madras powder, coconut milk, and a heavy hand with lemongrass, lands somewhere all its own. Nothing Thai about it, nothing Indian, just a dish that makes the menu feel longer than most.


    Address
    2648 S Parker Rd, Unit 2, Aurora, CO 80014, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–8 PM

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  24. Address
    1155 Peavy Rd, Dallas, TX 75218, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  25. Address
    1108 Auahi St, Unit 150, Honolulu, HI 96814, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3:30 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
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  26. Address
    2800 Main St, Dallas, TX 75226, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  27. Address
    12001 E 33rd Ave, Unit D, Aurora, CO 80010, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  28. Address
    3130 W Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  29. Address
    490 NW South River Dr, Miami, FL 33128, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday 7 PM–2 AM

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  30. Address
    922 Main St, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–2 AM

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  31. Address
    1414 Third Ave S, Ste 104, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  32. Address
    335 S Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33131, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–11 PM

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  33. Address
    240 NE Fourth St, Miami, FL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–11 PM

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  34. Address
    7761 NW 107th Ave, Unit 203, Doral, FL 33178, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–11 PM

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  35. Address
    10712 SW 113th Pl, Miami, FL 33176, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–11 PM

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  36. Address
    15672 SW 72nd St, Miami, FL 33193, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–11 PM

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  37. Address
    17459 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX 75252, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until noon

    Friday 6 AM–Noon

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  38. Address
    2117 Abrams Rd, Dallas, TX 75214, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until noon

    Friday 6 AM–Noon

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  39. Address
    15355 S Dixie Hwy, Miami, FL 33157, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 8 AM–10 PM

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  40. The menu comes with a warning: "Hot, not recommended for the first-time visitor." This no-frills Thai spot takes that seriously, leaning on Thai chiles the way other places lean on salt. Green curry, larb, drunken noodles, and pineapple fried rice all land with real heat beneath the lemongrass and galangal. Order mild if you want to taste dinner rather than survive it.


  41. Killjoy is a small nonalcoholic bottle shop in East Nashville, shelves lined with zero-proof spirits, wines, and beers. Since nothing in the building will get anyone in trouble, you can taste before you buy, which is how you find out if alcohol-free sparkling rosé is for you. It also hosts trivia nights, book clubs, and dating events, so the name is doing a lot of ironic work. Nashville Scene gave it Best Proof That Zero-Proof Isn't Boring.


    Address
    1100 Fatherland St, Unit 107, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

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  42. Killjoy is a small, sparkly bottle shop where every spirit, wine, and beer on the shelves has had the alcohol removed, which makes it legal to sample before you buy. That's handy for deciding whether a nonalcoholic sparkling rosé is your thing. It also hosts trivia nights, book clubs, author talks, and dating events, all sober. The name is a joke the place keeps telling by being good company. Nashville Scene gave it a Best of Nashville nod.


    Address
    2813 Columbine Pl, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

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  43. Address
    11230 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday Midnight–11:59 PM

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  44. Address
    2693 N University Dr, Coral Springs, FL, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 8 AM–10 PM

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  45. Address
    510 NW Seventh Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday Midnight–11:59 PM

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  46. Address
    2233 Kalakaua Ave Bldg B FL 1 Honolulu, HI, United States · Honolulu
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  47. Address
    1994 Charlotte Hwy, Mooresville, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday 10 AM–7 PM

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  48. Rank 21032. La Frontera #1

    Mexican Food Truck

    A taco truck parked in a lot on 16th Street, deep into the night, serving Sonoran Mexican to anyone who finds their way there. The meats are the point: carne asada, sure, but the lengua is rich and fatty, the buche carries real animal intensity, and the tripas come out screaming hot and crackly. Onions and chopped herbs are all they need. Burritos and vampiros round things out, and yes, there is a cheese-buried Sonoran dog.


    Address
    209 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85034, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1:45 AM

    Friday 8 AM–1:45 AM

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  49. Address
    169 NW 23rd St, Miami, FL 33127, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 AM

    Friday 8 AM–5 AM

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  50. Address
    60 SW Tenth St, Miami, FL, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 AM

    Friday 9 AM–5 AM

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  51. Address
    7349 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33141, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 AM

    Friday 8 AM–5 AM

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  52. Address
    2330 Flora St, Unit 150, Dallas, TX 75201, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
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  53. Address
    9191 Forest Ln, Unit 2, Dallas, TX 75243, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  54. Address
    40 Island Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 8 AM–Midnight

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    Resy
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  55. A coffee shop that also pours wine and cocktails, Little Finch sits on the 16th Street Mall as one of the rare locally owned spots among the chain-store sprawl. The team behind Olive & Finch built it to run all day, moving from pastries and fresh-pressed juices through sandwiches and salads into a proper bar program, which is either very convenient or very dangerous depending on your afternoon.


    Address
    1490 16th St Mall, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 6 AM–9 PM

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  56. Address
    3458 Waiʻalae Ave, Honolulu, HI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM

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  57. Address
    4909 Indiana Ave, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 7 AM–9 PM

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