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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in the United States

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  1. Address
    156 St Paul St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  2. Rank 6047. Priedite Barbecue

    Santa Maria Barbecue


    Address
    273 Bell St, Los Alamos, CA 93440, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–4 PM

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  3. Address
    4701 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  4. Rank 6047. Redbird BBQ

    Texas Barbecue



  5. Address
    636 S 6th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 1 PM, in 34 min

    Friday 8 AM–1 PM

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  6. Address
    1013 Schriewer, Seguin, TX 78155, United States
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    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  7. Address
    2322 Arctic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  8. Rank 6047. Sexy Fish

    Japanese Cocktail Bar

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    1001 S Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33130, United States
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    Open now, until midnight

    Friday Noon–Midnight

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    SevenRooms
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  9. Address
    1103 E 10th St, Unit A, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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    Closes soon, 1:30 PM, in 4 min

    Friday 7:30 AM–1:30 PM

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  10. Address
    46840 Ca-1, Big Sur, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–8 PM

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    Tock
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  11. Address
    150 St Paul St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  12. Address
    1802 S Cincinnati Ave, Tulsa, OK 74119, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  13. Address
    333 Clarks Pond Pkwy Unit 6 South Portland, ME, United States · South Portland
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    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30 PM–11 PM

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  14. Address
    26 Hoolai St, Kailua, HI 96734, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

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  15. Address
    2524 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98144, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3 PM

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  16. Rank 6047. The Abbey

    Cocktail Bar


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    87 Maine St, Brunswick, ME, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 8 AM–11 PM

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  17. Address
    100 Cottage Club Rd, Stowe, VT 05672, United States
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    Open now, until 7 PM

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

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  18. Address
    5022 Lāwaʻi Rd, Koloa, HI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 4:45 PM–9 PM

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  19. Address
    57360 Aviation Dr, Yucca Valley, CA 92284, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  20. Rank 6047. The Fountain Inn

    Cocktail Bar

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  21. Address
    1166 Geneva Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  22. Address
    772 N High St, #106, Columbus, OH 43215, United States
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    Closes soon, 2 PM, in 34 min

    Friday 7:30 AM–2 PM

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  23. Address
    12 Third St NW, Grand Rapids, MN, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  24. Address
    398 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–1 AM

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  25. Rank 6047. Thyme

    Cocktail Bar

    A pre-war cellar beneath the Flatiron that once hosted a gambling den is now a cocktail bar with avant-garde techniques and presentations critics have called sippable art. The room has the bones of a genuine speakeasy, and the drinks menu leans into that drama hard, with smoke, science, and ceremony that would feel overwrought somewhere less atmospheric. A good spot for a first date, assuming you want them slightly impressed.

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    Address
    20 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10010, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  26. Address
    152 St Paul St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  27. Rank 6047. Ulu Kitchen

    Hawaiian



  28. Address
    95 S Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO 80209, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  29. Address
    101 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435, United States
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    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 10 AM–Midnight

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  30. Address
    1800 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–4 PM

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    Tock
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  31. Rank 6047. Violetto

    Modern Italian


    Address
    1915 Main St, Saint Helena, CA 94574, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9 PM

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  32. Address
    309 E Second St, Tulsa, OK, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  33. Zaranda is a sit-down Baja restaurant from Hugo Ortega, with big windows looking out over Discovery Green, so even the people watching are scenic. The namesake fish is butterflied and cooked over flames in a wire basket, then brought out with giant tortillas and a trio of salsas. Ortega's name has been a semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurateur from the James Beard Awards, and brunch and dessert both get their own following.


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    1550 Lamar St, Ste 101, Houston, TX 77010, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  34. Address
    716 Pine St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 8 AM–10 PM

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  35. Address
    2320 N Davidson St, Charlotte, NC 28205, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 8 AM–10 PM

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  36. Rank 6254. Apizza Scholls

    New York-style Pizzeria

    You can't build your own pizza here, and that's the point. The menu lists eighteen pies, each already balanced by a chef who spent years making bread first, and you can feel it in the dough, a long-fermented thing with real acidity and char underneath. Fresh-sliced cheese, no customization, and they sell out, so booking ahead saves heartbreak. A small, no-frills pizza parlor on Hawthorne that tastes entirely like itself.


  37. Rank 6254. Diavola Pizza

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

    Neapolitan-style pizza in an Eastside strip that pulls off the modern trattoria mood without the affectation: soft lighting, considered furniture, a patio worth using. The dough gets a long ferment, which shows in the char and the chew, and the toppings lean on classic Italian regional ideas rather than anything trying to surprise you. The wine list is genuinely interesting for a pizza place. It's the kind of room where you linger longer than you planned.


    Address
    1134 E 54th St, Indianapolis, IN 46220, United States
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  38. Rank 6254. Sam's Square Pie

    Detroit Pizzeria

    Detroit-style square pan pizza is the whole point here, with a thick, airy crumb, a crispy cheese-lacquered edge, and toppings pushed all the way to the crust. The combinations run bold, burrata next to spicy honey, jalapeño whipped ricotta finding its way onto more than one pie. The room is young and casual, the staff talks about the dough the way other people talk about sports, and 50 Top Pizza has taken notice.


  39. The counter has one view worth having: the ovens, going all day. Scottie's is a New York-style slice shop on SE Division, small enough that one booth and a high table constitute the seating plan, with a couple of benches outside when Portland cooperates. The menu runs classics alongside a vodka slice and a reimagined Hawaiian, with a grandma square that earns its square footage. Counter staff will talk you through it without making it a whole thing.


    Address
    2128 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–8:30 PM

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  40. The dough does double duty here: the same flour-and-water base becomes both pizza and pasta, which is either a philosophy or a very good way to halve your mise en place. This North Beach pizzeria turns out thin-crust pies that lean Italian in spirit but drift Californian in practice, in a wood-warmed room that moves with easy efficiency. Save room for the spoon desserts, which the regulars treat as non-negotiable.


    Address
    532 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  41. Rank 6259. Ensenada

    Seafood Mexican



  42. Address
    2945 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  43. Address
    4316 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–8 PM

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  44. Rank 6262. Ceres

    NY-Style Pizzeria

    A whole-pie-only pizza shop in Little Italy where forty-minute waits after ordering are a known feature, not a glitch. The room is dark wood and minimal, with long counter seating facing the oven, and it moves with the focused calm of a place that has decided exactly what it is. Thin, crispy NY-style pies, no topping customization, no half-measures. The New York Times named it among the city's best pizza right now.


  45. Rank 6262. Pequod’s Pizza

    Deep-dish Pizzeria

    The move here is the caramelized crust, where cheese climbs the edge of the pan and turns amber in the oven, somewhere between crispy and deeply fragrant. Pequod's has been doing deep-dish this way since the 1970s, and the result is a pizza that's almost architectural: soft dough, abundant fillings, a bold, substantial bite. It's a no-frills Chicago pizzeria where getting a table takes patience and the slices arrive hot enough to require some too.


    Address
    2207 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  46. Rank 6262. The Eighty Six

    Steakhouse

    The name nods to the culinary slang for "out of stock," and supposedly the slang nods back to this building. That circular logic fits a steakhouse so committed to provenance it sources mature Spanish Vaca Vieja cattle from a New Jersey farm and reads its beef list less like a menu than a position paper. A Himalayan salt ageing room sits below the original Prohibition-era bar. The cut gets cooked on a Spanish plancha, a broiler, or Japanese binchōtan, whichever suits that particular animal.


    Address
    86 Bedford St, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  47. Address
    16080 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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  48. Address
    2779 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States
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    Open now, until 3:30 AM

    Friday 10 AM–3:30 AM

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  49. The coffee here traveled from a family farm in Colombia to a mural on the wall mapping the whole journey, and eventually into your cup. This Tempe coffee shop serves arepas and pandebono alongside the usual avocado toast, and regulars at the counter tend to get greeted by name. The seasonal menu turns over often enough to reward repeat visits, and the vibe leans comfortably toward long mornings with homework or nowhere particular to be.



  50. Address
    555 W Bitters Rd, Unit 110, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 4 PM–9:30 PM

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  51. A coffee shop tucked among antique stores and auto garages in Old Town Peoria, which tells you something about the neighborhood and something about the owners' confidence. Driftwood keeps things bright and unhurried, pulls from both local and national roasters, and runs a menu that ranges from straightforward espresso drinks to things called Cereal Killer Lattes. A small shelf of local ceramics and art lines one wall, in case the matcha wasn't enough.


    Address
    8295 W Jefferson St, Peoria, AZ 85345, United States
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    Open now, until 6 PM

    Friday 7 AM–6 PM

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  52. Rank 6274. Aruma Cafe

    Mexican Coffee Shop

    Baby pink tiles and floor-to-ceiling windows set the mood at this Mexican coffee shop inside Tempe's car-free Culdesac community. Daytime runs on carajillos, mazapan lattes, horchata, and breakfast bites; Thursday through Saturday it pivots to wine, amari, and ceviche. The team behind Tacos Chiwas brought the same ease here, and the cozy booths fill with people who seem in no particular hurry to leave.


  53. A roll-up garage door on a repurposed corner house sets the tone for this tiny Old Town Scottsdale coffee shop, which doubles as a weekend car show venue. The counter fits maybe two people standing, but a shaded patio and a quiet garden out back absorb the overflow. Weekend mornings bring themed gatherings of Porsches or vintage off-roaders, which pairs better with a lavender honey latte than you might expect.


    Address
    7105 E First Ave, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 7 AM–2 PM

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  54. A three-level, sunlight-flooded cafe in uptown Phoenix that also runs a full cocktail program, which makes the brunch crowd's priorities refreshingly transparent. Provision is a modern coffee shop doing the classics alongside seasonal lattes and mocha with Oreo crumbles, with quiche, pastries, and sandwiches filling out a menu that gives people a reason to stay well past the first cup.


  55. Two-thirds of this coffee shop's floor space belongs to the roasting operation, not the tables, which tells you everything about where the priorities are. Bags of beans, multiple roasters, all the gear, and baristas who actually want to talk through the difference between a washed process and an unwashed one. The website specifies that specialty coffee newcomers are in a safe place here, and they mean it.


    Address
    15244 Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3 PM

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  56. Address
    915 S Hackberry, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Open now, until 4 PM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM

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  57. Rank 6279. Grossman’s Noshery & Bar

    New York Jewish Deli

    The sourdough starter for the bagels here is fed with imported Brooklyn water, a detail that tells you exactly where this deli-bar's loyalties lie. Grossman's is a relaxed Jewish-style deli and cocktail bar in Santa Rosa, turning out knishes, latkes, and chopped liver in a corner of California that doesn't see nearly enough of them. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the best restaurants in Sonoma County and called its bagels the best in the Bay Area.


  58. Rank 6280. Dear Irving

    Cocktail Bar

    The original Dear Irving on Irving Place is a cocktail bar that commits hard to the speakeasy aesthetic, complete with dim lighting, velvet, and the sense that someone might ask for a password. The menu roams across classics, seasonal builds, and aperitivo riffs, so there's always a reason to linger past the first round. A Spirited Awards Regional Honoree, it draws a dressed-up crowd that takes its evening seriously without taking itself too seriously.


  59. Secondhand china covers the walls and lands on the table at this mostly French restaurant in Over-the-Rhine, which leans firmly away from the stiff Euro-bistro formula. The room is bright and a little grandmotherly, the service moves fast, and the pastry program is treated with the seriousness it deserves. Pain maison and mille-feuille are the arguments for arriving hungry and leaving slower than you planned.


  60. Rank 6282. 9Bar HNL

    Coffee

    The Scuffin, a scone-muffin hybrid, is what most people order right after their coffee at this specialty coffee shop in Kaka'ako's SALT complex. 9Bar HNL runs a multi-roaster pourover bar with rotating guest coffees alongside seasonal drinks that lean creative without tipping into gimmick. The banana bread latte and cold brew chai have both made appearances, and the coffee flight is a nice way to kill an afternoon.


  61. Rank 6282. Abigail Street

    Mediterranean

    The door on Vine Street is easy to walk past, which is a shame because the tapas inside are hard to forget. This Mediterranean small-plates spot in Over-the-Rhine keeps things playful, from wood-fired octopus to a hummus plate that changes daily and pulls regulars in on its own. The pistachio baklava arrives as a thick slab of filling with pastry almost as an afterthought, and the servers watch you react like they've seen it before and still enjoy it.

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    Address
    1214 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  62. A coffee shop in San Jose's SoFa district where single-origin espressos share the menu with drinks drawing on Asian flavors, the kind of detail that makes regulars possessive about their order. The space has been a Downtown gathering spot for years, and the staff friendliness that built its reputation hasn't faded. Sprudge flagged it in their San Jose coffee guide, which tracks.


  63. A painted grain silo towers over the plaza outside, which tells you something about the ambition of this coffee shop's setting. The Santa Clara outpost of a San Jose small-batch cafe shares an outdoor space with an urban farm, a bocce court, and a community garden that perfumes the whole terrace. Inside, a line snakes out the door, the staff stays warm about it, and drinks lean toward Asian-inflected flavors and single-origin espresso.



  64. Address
    850 NW 85th St, Seattle, WA 98117, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–9:30 PM

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  65. Rank 6282. Bar Diane

    Italian Wine Bar

    Bar Diane is a wine bar in Northwest Portland where the hand-painted walls look like the rings left behind by a thousand glasses of rosé on a tablecloth. You can perch at the marble bar and get into the weeds on Oregon pinot, or grab a bistro table for a cocktail and a lobster roll. Pours run from affordable table wine to splurgy champagne, so nobody has to pretend to be a sommelier or a billionaire.


  66. The ube latte quietly became a neighborhood obsession here, which is a little funny given that this is a coffee shop where the roaster's heart is in filter work. Blue Mind roasts its single-origin beans onsite in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood, and the whole operation has a family-run warmth that isn't performed for the room. Pour-overs and sweet signature drinks share the menu without any obvious hierarchy.


    Address
    646 E 38th St, Indianapolis, IN 46205, United States
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    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 7 AM–3 PM

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  67. Rank 6282. Boichik Bagels

    Bagel Shop

    The line outside this Berkeley bagel shop has been there since day one and shows no sign of leaving. Boichik turns out chubby, chewy, malty New York-style bagels, kosher and done traditionally: salt bagels heavy with big sea-salt flakes, pumpernickel baked nearly chocolate-dark. The San Francisco Chronicle named them the Bay Area's best. Cream cheese runs from plain whipped to Hatch chile, and the house-made whitefish salad sandwich makes a strong case for staying.


    Address
    3170 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1:30 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–1:30 PM

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    Make a reservation
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  68. Address
    1302 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA, United States
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    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 6 AM–2 PM

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  69. A takeout coffee counter tucked inside a corner grocery in Burlington's Old North End, Carrier Roasting posts its sourcing contracts and coffee scores on the menu board alongside its drink list, so you know exactly what you're buying and what was paid for it. The Northfielder, a shaken quad iced maple latte, handles the obligatory Vermont maple moment with more conviction than most. Drip coffee gets serious attention here too.



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