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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in the United States

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  1. A West Valley brewpub that treats its kitchen with the same seriousness as its taps, Peoria Artisan Brewery makes its bar food from scratch, which is not a given at a place where most people came for the pint. Expect thick Arizona Angus burgers, dry-rubbed wings, and fat pretzels with cheddar fondue. Behind the kitchen, a speakeasy-style chef's table runs a separate, more ambitious menu for nights when a burger won't cut it.



  2. Address
    4001 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    413 Dalton Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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    3543 Dewitt Ln, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  5. Address
    1508 NE 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304, United States
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    Open now, until 3 AM

    Friday 9 AM–3 AM

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  6. A wall of more than 60 HD screens anchors the bar area at this sports bar and pizzeria in northwest Phoenix, with another 40 or so scattered through the rest of the room in case you were worried about missing a corner of the game. Pool tables, dart machines, and touch-screen games fill the gaps, and karaoke nights give people somewhere to put all that energy after the final whistle. The pizza is the alibi; the spectacle is the point.


    Address
    2710 W Bell Rd, #1115, Phoenix, AZ 85053, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–12:30 AM

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    141 Giralda Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134, United States
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–Midnight

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    1015 Seigle Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  9. There are hitching posts out back, which tells you most of what you need to know about T-Bone Steak House. This old-school steakhouse in South Phoenix, built from river rock and adobe and been around forever, does simple things well: New York strip, barbecue chicken, house-made apple pie. The patio catches the sun setting over the Valley, and the crowd arriving just before dusk has clearly done this before.





  10. TailGate is a brewery taproom with pizza, a patio, and a surprisingly large footprint, since the owner has quietly built it into nine locations without investors. It's the kind of place where the beer, the cider, and a painting class can share a Tuesday, and nobody finds that odd. Dogs and kids are welcome, so the crowd skews toward people who left the house with a leash or a stroller.


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    248 Sanders Ferry Rd, Hendersonville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    7300 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    1538 Demonbreun St, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  13. Thirty-five self-pour taps line the wall at this craft beer bar in downtown Phoenix, where you grab a card, pull your own pint, and pay by the ounce. The rotating selection runs craft beers and wines, so a tour of the taps is genuinely the point. Wings, poutine, burgers, and pasta keep things grounded when the sampling gets ambitious. The mural-covered patio draws the after-work crowd on good-weather nights, which in Phoenix is most of them.



  14. Address
    280 SW Sixth St, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
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    Open now, until midnight

    Friday Noon–Midnight

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  15. The awards


  16. Rank 15246. The Great Gadsby

    British Bakery

    The sausage roll is flaky enough to leave evidence on your shirt, which is how you know this Gilbert strip-mall bakery is doing something right. The Great Gadsby turns out small-batch British baked goods, with French patisserie touches folded in, and the case runs to millionaire's shortbread, sticky toffee pudding, and custard trifles. Popular items sell out, so arriving early or ordering online is the move if you have a specific mission in mind.



  17. Address
    46 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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  18. Every entree at this old-school Italian chain restaurant comes with bread, soup or salad, coffee or tea, and spumoni ice cream, which makes the price feel almost suspicious. It's casual and family-friendly, the kind of place where portions are generous and no one is pretending otherwise. The Mizithra cheese with browned butter has a following of its own. Phoenix New Times named it the best haunted restaurant, so apparently there's atmosphere in more ways than one.


  19. A converted auto repair shop in the Melrose District turned into a midcentury-styled courtyard complex with two bars, kitschy shops, and enough drag brunch energy to sustain its own ecosystem. The artificial turf patio and specialty cocktails at Yum Bar pull a well-appointed crowd that doesn't need to check the schedule to know when Pride events are happening. The Phoenix New Times named it Best New Gay Bar That's Really Not in 2024, which is about as accurate as it is funny.





  20. Up-Down is an arcade bar in East Nashville, which means you can lose to a teenager at a cabinet game and then order a drink about it. Retro movies play on the walls, theme nights come around regularly, and the rooftop has its own bar and a skyline view. Nashville Scene named it Best Arcade Bar in 2024. The crowd skews toward grown-ups reclaiming their childhoods, quarters optional, regrets not.


    Address
    927 Woodland St, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–3 AM

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  21. Upbeet is a fast-casual counter in the Gulch where you build a grain bowl or smoothie assembly-line style, like a sandwich shop that has taken a vow of wellness. Everything is organic and gluten-free, and dairy shows up only if you ask for the cheese. The menu flags allergens plainly, so the person at the table with seven restrictions can finally order without a ten-minute interrogation of the server.



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    1592 Concord Pkwy N, Concord, NC, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday 7 AM–7 PM

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    820 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201, United States
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    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–9 PM

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  24. Address
    223 W Chase St, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  25. Rank 15246. Wine Girl

    Wine Bar

    Roses in vases, white wicker chairs, and a playlist parked somewhere between Britney and Beyoncé set the tone at this wine bar in Scottsdale's Old Town. The menu runs through tasting flights, wine cocktails, and frosés, with flatbreads and avocado toast for ballast. The New York Times once named Scottsdale the second-most-popular bachelorette destination in the country, and Wine Girl is doing its part to keep that ranking intact.


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    4205 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, United States
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    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 10 AM–Midnight

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    Tock
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    7555 E Arapahoe Rd, Englewood, CO 80112, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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    12904 Palms Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 9 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  28. Little Jaye is the bakery spinoff of West Seattle's Lady Jaye, a small, cheerful counter in Georgetown where the pastries lean playful and the line moves at a polite pace. The breakfast sandwich is the main event: a sausage patty smashed lacy at the edges, American cheese, runny egg, and a hash brown tucked in like a crispy lid. It has landed on a couple of local best-things-I-ate lists, including one for a potato chip crispy treat.





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    508 N Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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    Tock
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    3717 W 50th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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    326 Broadway Ave S, Wayzata, MN 55391, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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    5757 W Lovers Ln, Ste 101, Dallas, TX 75209, United States
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    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–2 AM

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    Resy
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    6005 Berkshire Ln, Dallas, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 8:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–8:30 PM

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    3720 Walnut Hill Ln, #117, Dallas, TX 75229, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–10 PM

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  35. The trompo in the window does most of the advertising at this west-side taqueria, shaving al pastor to order in a way that settles the argument before you've even sat down. The menu runs deep: carne asada, spicy chicken, tortas crisped on the flat top, overstuffed quesadillas, and menudo on weekends for the regulars who plan around it. Phoenix New Times named the al pastor among the city's best bites in 2025.



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    13623 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ 85032, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 6:30 AM–2 PM

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    4700 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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    8376 SW 40th St, Miami, FL 33155, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  39. Rank 15363. Matsuri

    Sushi


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    5759 SW 40th St, Miami, FL 33155, United States
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  40. Rank 15363. Shaddai Fine Lebanese Cuisine

    Modern Middle Eastern


  41. Rank 15363. Tran An

    Comfort Food Vietnamese


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    215 NE 82nd St, Miami, FL 33138, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  42. Rank 15368. Grand Ole BBQ

    Central Texas Barbecue


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    15505 Olde Hwy 80, El Cajon, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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    4150 Tennyson St, Denver, CO 80212, United States
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    Open now, until 1 PM

    Friday 8 AM–1 PM

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  44. Rank 15370. Midorie

    Sushi


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    3444 Main Hwy, Miami, FL 33133, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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    Resy
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    3925 Gough St, Ste 2, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday 8 AM–7 PM

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  46. Address
    300 S Exeter St, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM

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  47. Talnua bills itself as America's first single pot still whiskey distillery, a style the founders fell for on their honeymoon in Ireland and then brought back to an industrial suite in Arvada. The taproom leans hard into the Old Fashioned as a format, then uses it to do things like peanut-butter-and-plantain whiskey or wasabi-popcorn gin. Whether that sounds like fun or chaos probably tells you everything you need to know about yourself.


  48. Rank 15376. Fellow Traveler

    Cocktail Bar

    The house-made Málört alone tells you something about this place's priorities. Fellow Traveler is a vegan cocktail bar on South Broadway where the drinks menu runs from Chinese baijiu to Hungarian digestifs, and the food manages to be plant-based without announcing it every five minutes. The "Strange Cargo" spirits list rewards the curious, and Westword has called it Denver's top vegan restaurant more than once.


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    3487 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  49. Frankies is a pizza and sandwich spot on Cherokee Avenue that treats cheese like a serious hobby. The stracciatella arrives with red-onion agrodolce, pistachios, and a drizzle of olive oil good enough that they now ship it around the country. There's a fennel sausage sandwich, and the pizza has collected a few Nashville Scene Best of Nashville nods. Casual, counter-ish, and best approached with a plan to share, if you're the sharing type.


    Address
    925 Cherokee Ave, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  50. Address
    5811 Blackwell St, Dallas, TX 75231, United States
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM

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  51. While the internet fell for drip-cheese quesabirria, the regulars in South Phoenix kept quietly lining up for goat. This South Phoenix Mexican spot has been doing birria de chivo the old way, slow-roasted in banana leaves with an adobo that gives the meat a gentle gaminess you don't find in the viral stuff. Order it in consommé, on fresh-pressed tortillas, or as birria tatemada, pressed on the griddle with fat skimmed off the broth until it crisps.


    Address
    4835 S 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85040, United States
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    Open now, until 4:30 PM

    Friday 8 AM–4:30 PM

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    6600 Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, MD 21228, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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    3700 Toone St, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  54. The flatbread menu alone runs past thirty varieties, which tells you something about priorities at this Levantine restaurant and bakery in Tempe. Manakeesh, slow-cooked meats, hummus, and baba ganoush fill out a menu rooted in the kind of food that takes real patience to make. The kenafa, a cheesy semolina pastry dessert, is the thing people come back for. Casual, inexpensive, and easy to overorder.


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    1849 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe, AZ 85288, United States
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    Open now, until 8:45 PM

    Friday 10 AM–8:45 PM

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  55. Rank 15382. Joe's Italian Ice

    Italian Dessert

    The vintage gas station theme, complete with retro signage and pedal cars, gives this Tempe Italian ice shop a cheerful reason to walk in. Joe's makes its Philadelphia-style ices in-house from whole fruit, and the difference shows up in every flavor. A drive-thru keeps things moving when the Phoenix heat turns urgent. The lemon is the crowd favorite for good reason, though the menu runs long enough that picking is half the fun.


    Address
    2019 S McClintock Dr, Tempe, AZ 85282, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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    3347 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 10 AM–10 PM

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  57. The meat and cheese counter anchors this Italian deli in West Phoenix, where a full antipasto bar, housemade sauces and dressings, and shelves of pasta and olive oil fill out the rest. Sandwiches are built to order, and the Italian bread carries them better than the alternatives. Homemade lasagna, meatballs, and cannoli round things out for anyone who came in for cold cuts and left with dinner.


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    3437 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85051, United States
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    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  58. Rank 15382. Rosita's Place

    Authentic Mexican

    Colorful tiles, rough-hewn furniture, and a small waterfall with fish in the pool beneath it set the tone at this Sonoran Mexican spot on McDowell. It's been around forever, and the room has the comfortable confidence of a place that doesn't need to try hard. The chimichangas have taken home Phoenix New Times honors two years running, which tracks for a kitchen where the frijoles alone could change someone's afternoon.


  59. Rank 15382. Taco Viva

    Mexican

    Murals outside, a fast-moving line inside, and a cook who will ask "con todo" before you can overthink it. Taco Viva is a bright, modern taco shop in the Arcadia area serving tacos, vampiros, tostadas, and carne asada fries that took a Phoenix New Times Best of Phoenix nod in 2025. The orange salsa is genuinely alarming in the best way, and the answer to "con todo" is always yes.


    Address
    2815 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  60. The Iberian Pig is a fine-dining Spanish restaurant on Overton Street that treats ham as a legitimate afternoon activity. From 4 to 6 every day, the bar serves a board of jamón and cheese with pickles and funky mustards, plus a cheap sangria, so you can feel European on a Tuesday. Dinner runs more formal, and the burnt Basque cheesecake with black garlic dulce de leche is the dessert that talks you out of ordering something safe.



  61. Address
    312 W Seventh St, Dallas, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday 7 AM–7 PM

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  62. Held in a church parking lot on Central Avenue, this Saturday and Wednesday outdoor market runs well over a hundred vendors across fresh produce, local meats, handcrafted bread, and enough pickled things to stock a bunker. Coffee and breakfast stalls let you eat while you shop, and the mix of knife sharpeners, blown glass, and dog treats ensures you'll leave with things you never planned to buy. Dogs are near-mandatory; well-behaved kids survive too.


  63. A blue-and-gold accent wall is doing a lot of work inside what looks, from the parking lot, like absolutely nothing. This Mexican neveria in a north Phoenix strip mall serves raspados in flavors that run well past the usual strawberry and tamarind, and the horchata version, cold and cinnamony, has a following. Elote bowls round out the menu. Phoenix New Times named it the city's top neveria.



  64. Address
    3107 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  65. A bacon-wrapped hot dog forced into a charred, fluffy split-top roll under a parking lot tent, open from six in the evening until two in the morning. This beloved outdoor cart has been a late-night Phoenix institution forever, and the Sonoran hot dog it serves, loaded with beans, grilled onions, guacamole, cotija, and a generous zigzag of mayonnaise, is about as close to an Arizona signature dish as anything gets.


  66. Harriet's Rooftop is a bar on the 19th floor of 1 Hotel, where the designers apparently decided the Nashville skyline could use some competition from a lot of plants. Charred-wood accents and clusters of soft seating break the big space into smaller corners, and the outdoor bar keeps fire pits going for chilly nights. Expect hotel-rooftop prices, and it holds a Nashville Scene Best of Nashville nod for rooftop design.


    Address
    710 Demonbreun St, Fl 19, Nashville, TN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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    SevenRooms
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