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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in the United States

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  1. Address
    2029 P St NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  2. Address
    423 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  3. Rank 1501. Crawford and Son

    American Bistro

    A long bar on one side, black marble banquettes on the other, and manchego herb biscuits coming out of the oven warm enough to ruin your appetite for everything else, except you won't let them. This is a neighborhood New American restaurant that happens to read upscale without much effort. The menu stays short and seasonal, which in Oakwood apparently includes a James Beard nomination for Outstanding Hospitality.


    Address
    618 N Person St, Raleigh, NC 27604, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  4. Address
    1210 W San Antonio St, Marfa, TX 79843, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM

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  5. Rank 1505. Shan

    Chinese



  6. Address
    33 Wharf St, Portland, ME 04101, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  7. Rank 1508. Hawksmoor

    British Steakhouse

    The British steakhouse import near Gramercy that made New York carnivores feel slightly underdressed. The room leans into a warm, vintage-century-club atmosphere, and the menu runs from serious cuts to the kind of British comfort food that sneaks up on you. The bar program is no afterthought, landing a regional Spirited Award and a James Beard semifinalist nod for beverages. A New York Times Critic's Pick, and reliably easier to love than the places that take themselves more seriously.



  8. Rank 1510. Good Hot Fish

    Southern Seafood

    A neon fish glows over the door in Asheville's South Slope brewery district, and the vibe inside this seafood counter is as no-nonsense as the name. Chef Ashleigh Shanti runs a fish fry built around North Carolina catfish and dayboat shrimp, with the fish sandwich, dredged in locally milled cornmeal and finished with spiced buttermilk tartar sauce, drawing the most attention. The New York Times put it on their 2024 Restaurant List, and a James Beard semifinalist nod followed.


    Address
    10 Buxton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

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  9. Colorful walls hung with aso oke fabric and Nigerian celebration paintings set the mood before the food even arrives. ChòpnBlọk is a West African bowl-and-bites spot that grew from a food hall stall into a full-service restaurant, and the menu stayed short on purpose: a handful of bowls, salads, and snacks, plus frozen drinks that earn their place on the menu. The New York Times put it on their 2025 Restaurant List, which makes sense for a room this precise and this cheerful.


    Address
    507 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  10. The twice-fried bacon has its own reputation in this city, which tells you something about how long the Avila family has been getting things right on East 7th. Joe's is an all-day breakfast shop and Tex-Mex bakery, built-in booths and no pretension, with migas tacos on house-made flour tortillas and a bakery case full of conchas. A 2023 James Beard America's Classics winner, which is the kind of honor a place earns by being itself for decades.


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    2305 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 6 AM–2 PM

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  11. The old bus depot downtown is now a Spanish tapas bar warm enough to make you forget you had anywhere else to be. Jamón hangs over a dedicated carving station, croquettes and patatas bravas fill the table, and a bottle of something Iberian seems to materialize on its own. The team took home a James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality, which tracks: the room pulls you in and the staff keeps you there.


    Address
    13 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801, United States
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

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  12. Address
    258 N Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  13. Address
    511 Broadway St, Lubbock, TX 79401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  14. Rank 1516. Smithereens

    New England Seafood

    A subterranean New England seafood joint in the East Village where the menu runs heavily toward the ocean and the wine list follows suit, mostly whites chosen to keep pace with it. The New York Times named it among the city's best new restaurants, and the sommelier took a Next Wave Award. The celery root float has become something of a minor cult object, which tells you something about the kitchen's sense of humor.


    Address
    414 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  15. Address
    256 Post Rd E, Westport, CT 06880, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  16. Address
    163 Chico Rd, Pray, MT 59065, United States
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    Open now, until 10:30 AM

    Friday 7:30 AM–10:30 AM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  17. Rank 1519. Parachute HiFi

    Korean Cocktail Bar

    Parachute HiFi is a Korean listening bar from the Parachute team, built for people who'd rather hear a record than their own thoughts. Vinyl spins while the menu runs street-food mashups, like a burger drowned in Comté fondue and tteokbokki in a pad Thai situation, alongside cocktails. It's casual and dressy-ish in the way a good record collection is, and it takes reservations but still keeps room for walk-ins.


    Address
    3500 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  18. The chef still works the line most nights, which tells you something about a creative restaurant that's been an Old Town Scottsdale fixture long enough to feel inevitable. Vegetables are taken seriously here, pulled from Arizona farms and steered through a menu that drifts from the Sonoran Desert to the Levant without announcing itself. The wine list leans hard into Arizona producers, and the tucked-away bar is a fine place to work through both.


    Address
    7125 E 5th Ave, Ste 31, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  19. Address
    2101 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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    2 E Read St, Ste 6, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
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    Closes soon, noon, in 31 min

    Friday 6 AM–Noon, 3 PM–5 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  21. Rank 1524. papercut

    Cocktail Bar

    The cocktail menu changes every time the gallery does, which tells you most of what you need to know about Papercut. It's a minimalist East Austin cocktail bar where the drinks are keyed to whatever paintings are currently on the walls, so ordering becomes a little like picking a favorite piece. A back bar called Konbini serves Mexican-Japanese sushi when you need something to eat. The team came up from San Francisco, and the room feels it.


    Address
    908 E Fifth St, Unit 107, Austin, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  22. Dim sum from a chef who treats borders as loose suggestions, set inside a ground-floor office building in Coral Gables that looks like it should house a dentist. The dumplings started as a pop-up and earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard semifinalist nod before finding a permanent home here. The cooking pulls from China, Japan, and Italy in the same breath, and somehow it coheres. A Niman Ranch short rib filling alongside charred cabbage in chili butter will tell you more than any summary.


  23. Rank 1526. Mirra

    Mexican fusion Indian

    Dum biryani folded with lamb barbacoa is a reasonable sign that this Bucktown restaurant is not picking a lane between Mexican and Indian, and has no intention of starting. The kitchen weaves the two cuisines into a menu that earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand and an Eater Chefs of the Year nod. Exposed brick, a long banquette, an open kitchen, and a crowd that arrives loud and leaves louder. Share everything.


    Address
    1954 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  24. This is a José Andrés steakhouse inside The Venetian, and the open kitchen is basically a stage for a very large fire. Bone-in wagyu ribeyes get charred there, while the menu also stocks Ibérico ham and an aged-cow beef most steakhouses skip. Caviar comes in single-bite cones, which tells you about the tax bracket. Dress like you're celebrating something, since most tables are.


  25. The 2025 U.S. Brewers Cup champion works the bar here, which tells you something about the coffee before you've tasted it. Helm is a roastery cafe selling small-batch microlots in 100-gram bags, roasted on site and pulled toward clarity over comfort. Gesha varieties, floral aromas, lightly roasted. It's also, somehow, the official coffee sponsor of Gen Con, which means the tabletop gaming crowd found good taste before the coffee crowd found them.


  26. Rank 1529. Mission Pizza Napoletana

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

    The wood-fired oven sits open to the room in a space that feels more like a late-night bar than a pizza parlor, which tells you something about the crowd. This is a Neapolitan pizza spot with a serious reputation, ranked in the 50 Top Pizza USA and a James Beard semifinalist. The dough is the whole argument here, and the team has been refining it long enough that regulars tend to skip the menu.


  27. Rank 1530. Burnt Bean Co.

    Texas Barbecue

    The line forms before the doors open, which has been the rhythm at this Seguin BBQ shop since Ernest Servantes and Dave Kirkland, both decorated in the competition circuit, opened together. The industrial room with iron beams and exposed brick fills fast. Brisket, ribs, and sausage lean toward tender and lightly smoked rather than aggressively bark-forward. A Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard nomination keep the queue honest.


    Address
    108 S Austin St, Seguin, TX 78155, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM

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  28. Rank 1530. Pig And Tiger

    Taiwanese

    A Taiwanese restaurant in Denver's Capitol Hill where jellyfish and pickled mustard stems show up on the menu but somehow feel like comfort food by the time they reach the table. The cocktails lean into it too, with an Old Fashioned built around rose jam and black tea. Eater named it one of Denver's best restaurants, and Westword gave it Best New Restaurant honors.


    Address
    2200 California St, Denver, CO 80205, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  29. Address
    1006 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  30. A flower-strung alley leads to an order window in East Austin, which is a whole vibe before the coffee even arrives. Mercado Sin Nombre is a Mexican coffee shop built around heirloom corn and specialty coffee, with pastries that take the idea seriously, including a biscuit that takes 100 hours to make. A Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist, it keeps the name deliberately small so the farmers doing the work stay front and center.


  31. Rank 1534. Warda Pâtisserie

    Modern Bakery

    Warda Bouguettaya won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef in 2022, and her understated cafe on West Alexandrine is where that makes sense. Warda Pâtisserie is the kind of patisserie where the tarts are architectural and the bread smells like someone actually cares. Bistro seating if you want to linger over a latte, takeaway boxes if you don't. Detroit didn't exactly have a shortage of opinions, but this one is quiet and confident about it.



  32. Address
    4618 E Central, Wichita, KS, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 4 PM–11 PM

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  33. The mirrored back bar, lit from behind like a stage set, makes the priorities clear before you even sit down. Midnight Rambler is a subterranean cocktail lounge under the Joule Hotel, all art deco bones and low light, with a soundtrack chosen as carefully as the drinks. The cocktail program leans neo-classic, and the bartenders are the kind who can track down whatever obscure thing you're about to describe to them.


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    1530 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  34. Rank 1537. Rougarou

    Southern

    Southern cooking and a cocktail program that pours buttermilk and benne seed into the glass share equal billing at this casual Five Points restaurant and bar. The chef runs with heirloom grits and collard greens but also hot-and-sour catfish and sorghum-tamarind pork shoulder, so the kitchen respects the tradition without being hostage to it. The team behind the preeminent cocktail bar Yacht Club runs the drinks side, which explains the ambition in a room that looks relaxed about the whole thing.


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    2844 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  35. Every cocktail on the menu comes in a spirited or spirit-free version, which sounds like a gimmick until you're sipping something smoky and elaborate at midnight with nothing to dread by morning. This plush cocktail lounge inside the Dubbel Dutch Hotel leans into big ice, smoked drinks, and deadpan drink names, "garnished with disaster" being an actual garnish note. A James Beard nominee for Best New Bar in 2025.


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    817 N Marshall St, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  36. This is a bowling alley that got turned into a cocktail bar, which means the lanes, pin setters, and ball returns all stayed, and you can still keep score by hand. The green walls came from the one patch of paint nobody touched, and a skylight now floods the room above a curved mahogany rail. The menu is frozen White Russians and 80s throwbacks, and North America's 50 Best Bars gave it the Bareksten Best Bar Design Award.



  37. Address
    620 W Idaho St, Ste 300, Boise, ID 83702, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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  38. Address
    2 Canal St, Fl 5, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  39. Address
    88 Oak St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  40. Address
    700 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  41. Rank 1538. Herbsaint

    French-Italian Cajun & Creole

    The table by the window on St. Charles is the one to request, and once you're in it you'll understand why this place has been around forever. It's a full-service restaurant where French and Italian instincts run through Cajun and Creole cooking without apology or explanation. The house-made spaghetti fills tables every night, and the duck confit with dirty rice keeps people coming back.


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    701 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  42. Address
    460 Main St, Eastsound, WA 98245, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9 PM

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  43. Address
    747 C St SE, Washington, DC 20003, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10:30 PM

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  44. Rank 1538. Little Blue Door

    Californian Indian Coffee Shop


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    170 State St, Los Altos, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9 PM

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    436 W James St, Lancaster, PA 17603, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  46. This French wine bar on Columbia Road is spread over several floors of an Adams Morgan brownstone, which means you can pick a level and a mood like you're choosing a streaming tier. The menu is small and made for passing plates, French at heart but wearing a better outfit than your usual bistro. It was a James Beard nominee for Best New Restaurant, and it's an easy yes for date night or a wine-forward catch-up.


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    1834 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  47. Address
    1336 Ninth St NW, Washington, DC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  48. Address
    4337 Tennyson St, Unit 300, Denver, CO 80212, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  49. Address
    101 Coastal Hwy, Fenwick Island, DE 19944, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  50. Rank 1538. Osteria Ester

    Italian-American Osteria

    Gnocco fritto, the puffy Italian fry bread, sets the tone at this Thornton Park osteria: comfort classics with a little attitude. The Italian-American menu runs chicken parm alongside house-made pastas and truffle arancini, all in a room that manages to feel both stylish and genuinely relaxed. A 2025 James Beard nominee for Outstanding Restaurateur, and a Michelin selected spot that draws a neighborhood crowd who treat it like their personal dining room.


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    629 E Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  51. Address
    311 W Congress St, Denton, TX 76201, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  52. Rank 1538. Ramen by Ra

    Japanese Noodle Shop


  53. Rank 1538. Redbird

    Modern American

    A former church in Downtown LA, now a contemporary restaurant with an open ceiling that lets the room breathe and the people-watching practically do itself. The crowd comes for small plates and cocktails at the two circular bars or settles into the sofa-stuffed lounge like they own the place. The menu roams globally, though the kitchen keeps one foot planted in the familiar. Loud, beautiful, and a little theatrical.


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    114 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  54. Address
    4898 New Broad St, Orlando, FL 32814, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  55. Rank 1538. Sparrow

    Spanish

    Low plush chairs, patterned tiles, and booths that encourage you to stay another glass make this Downtown Orlando wine bar feel like an evening rather than just dinner. The menu leans Spanish and European, and the chef draws on family recipes for much of it, which gives the food a specificity that generic "European" usually doesn't. A 2025 James Beard nominee for Outstanding Restaurateur runs the room, and it shows.



  56. Address
    2434 County Road F, Baileys Harbor, WI, United States
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    Open now, until 8 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–8 PM

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    115 Wellington St, Traverse City, MI 49686, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  58. Address
    135 Pearl St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 9 AM–2 PM

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  59. Address
    192 W Main St, Ste A, Washington, NC 27889, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:15 PM

    Friday 5:15 PM–10:30 PM

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  60. Address
    361 N Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  61. Address
    727 C St SE, Washington, DC 20003, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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    225 Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  63. Missy Robbins runs an open kitchen inside a former car body shop in East Williamsburg, which tells you something about the bones of the room before a single plate arrives. Lilia is the kind of Italian pasta restaurant where everything is handmade and the mafaldini with pink peppercorns has turned regulars into a kind of informal cult. The New York Times gave it three stars, and a James Beard semifinalist nod followed.


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    567 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9:30 PM

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  64. Dave Beran's Santa Monica bistro leans hard into France with no apologies and no asterisks. Wood beams, exposed brick, and white kitchen tile set the scene, and the pressed duck for two is the kind of centerpiece that makes the table next to you lean over and ask what you ordered. The marble bar handles a more casual drop-in just fine, with Champagne and caviar if you're feeling it. A New York Times pick for the city's best.


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    2732 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  65. The meal ends with saltwater taffy tucked into the check, which tells you everything about Greg Vernick's intentions at this sleek seafood restaurant inside the Four Seasons. Terrazzo floors and floating orb fixtures signal expense-account territory, but the menu keeps drifting back to Jersey Shore summers. The branzino, the sardine toast, the ceviche all read serious, and then there's a diner slice from the pastry case waiting at the end.


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    1 N 19th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  66. The broad patio sweeps out from a small turquoise-trimmed adobe inn with the Camelback range as a backdrop, which is doing a lot of work before the food even arrives. Lon's is a white-tablecloth Southwestern restaurant in Paradise Valley, seasonal and quietly inventive, with weekend brunch drawing the kind of crowd that lingers over customizable margaritas and monkey bread loaded with caramel and cream. The bar is serious, the mountain views are free.



  67. The patio looks out over the 18th hole of Torrey Pines Golf Course, which tells you most of what you need to know about the vibe: California-casual with a country-club undercurrent, Craftsman beams and amber lanterns inside. The kitchen leans hard into Southern California's year-round growing season, so the California New American menu shifts with what's actually good. A AAA Four Diamond fine dining restaurant where the dress code is implied but never oppressive.


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    The Lodge at Torrey Pines, 11480 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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    Open now, until 11 AM

    Friday 8 AM–11 AM, 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  68. Caviar arrives on mother-of-pearl spoons, and the potato gets the Robuchon purée treatment, which tells you exactly where you are: a polished French restaurant in an era when that's a rarer breed than it once was. The kitchen still bakes madeleines to order, and for a modest surcharge a waiter will shower Périgord truffles on whatever you're eating. The New York Times named it among Chicago's 25 best restaurants. Dress accordingly.


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    534 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  69. Address
    2021 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO 80211, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  70. Rank 1600. Katami

    Japanese

    The smoked dome arrives at the table before anyone lifts it, which tells you something about the ambition here. This is an upscale Japanese restaurant and sushi bar in Montrose from chef Manabu Horiuchi, and the menu moves between precise nigiri and dishes that are harder to categorize, in the best possible sense. Texas Monthly named it the top new restaurant in the state, and the James Beard Foundation named Horiuchi an Outstanding Chef semifinalist in 2026.


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    2701 W Dallas St, Houston, TX 77019, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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