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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in the United States

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  1. Address
    222 N Fifth Ave, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  2. Rank 9340. Westbound

    Cocktail Bar

    Two repurposed shipping containers in the MSA Annex form this open-air bar, with shaded communal tables, a fire pit, and a walk-in bottle shop stocked with beer, wine, and spirits. Draft cocktails rotate through things like a Mai Tai and a Cactus Wren, and the crowd tends to bring food over from the neighboring stalls rather than going anywhere near a kitchen. It's the kind of place that makes an industrial parking lot feel like a deliberate destination.


  3. Rank 9340. White Bear

    Chinese


  4. Rank 9340. Wild Garlic Grill

    Californian French



  5. Address
    5223 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  6. The smoked meatloaf plate, with house-ground beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese, tells you everything about what this downtown Dallas dive bar is up to. Hockey on the TVs, whiskey and craft beer behind the bar, and a menu that takes bar food more seriously than its gritty room suggests it will. The fancy bologna sandwich is a standing option; the pork tenderloin shows up Friday through Sunday for those who plan ahead.





  7. The tables closest to the bridge put you near enough to hear the river running over the dam, which sets the mood before the food even arrives. This is an upscale farm-to-table restaurant on the Finley Farms property, where some of what ends up on your plate was grown out back. The seasonal menu leans into that, and the patio alone makes a strong case for lingering over one of their cocktails well past dinner.


    Address
    802 Finley Farms Ln, Ozark, MO 65721, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
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  8. Address
    3408 Waialae Ave, Honolulu, HI 96816, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–6 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
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  9. Rank 9713. Prime + Proper

    Modern American Steakhouse

    Glass, marble, and open-flame grills fill a room that makes clear this is a steakhouse with architectural ambitions. Downtown Detroit's Prime + Proper dry-ages its USDA Prime and Japanese Miyazaki cuts in-house before the fire gets anywhere near them, which is either discipline or showmanship, and possibly both. The wine list swings between Napa and the Old World. It ranked 65th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, for what that's worth on a Tuesday night in Michigan.


  10. Rank 9714. Posse East

    Burger Joint

    The queso has been pulling in UT students and neighborhood regulars since before most of them were born. Posse East is a campus-adjacent sports bar on Duval with wood-paneled walls, neon signs, a live music stage, and a covered patio that fills up on game days. Outside, a lone palm tree gives it an oddly Californian silhouette; inside, it is pure Texas roadhouse. Cold beer, solid burgers, and that queso keep the cycle going.


    Address
    2900 Duval St, Austin, TX 78705, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  11. Rank 9714. Trino

    Modern Latin American Steakhouse


    Address
    738 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60661, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–11 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
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  12. Address
    54 Rockaway Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–3 AM

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  13. Address
    134 N Franklin St, Juneau, AK 99801, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  14. Address
    2845 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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    Resy
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  15. Address
    16 E Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  16. Address
    51 Courtland St, Providence, RI 02909, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–Midnight

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    Tock
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  17. Address
    369 Bird Rock Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 6:30 AM–2 PM

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  18. Address
    1265 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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    Resy
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  19. Address
    750 Lone Mountain Ranch Rd, Big Sky, MT, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 7 AM–10 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
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  20. Address
    1265 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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    Resy
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  21. The mid-century room, with its bright orange window frames and striped banquettes, looks like someone raided a very good vintage furniture store and then had the taste to stop. Dan Kluger's West Village restaurant leans vegetable-forward without making a cause of it, and the wood-oven pizzas made with house-milled whole wheat flour keep tables ordering rounds they didn't plan on. A downtown crowd that takes its produce seriously fills the place most nights.


  22. Rank 9716. Make My Cake

    Southern Bakery


  23. Rank 9716. Make My Cake

    Southern


    Address
    409 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 7:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–7:30 PM

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  24. Address
    330 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 8 AM–3 PM

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  25. Address
    271 State St, Los Altos, CA 94022, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Friday 8 AM–3 PM

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  26. Address
    1265 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  27. Address
    600 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Friday 8 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
    Online
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  28. Address
    6989 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  29. Address
    1951 S Havana St, Aurora, CO 80014, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  30. Address
    3257 Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80211, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  31. Address
    2080 S Havana St, Aurora, CO 80014, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  32. Rank 9752. TOKIO

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    The broths here spend serious time extracting collagen and fat from pork and chicken, and you can taste the commitment. Tokio is a ramen shop that also does sushi and small plates, but the noodle bowls are the main event. The chef trained in Japan specifically for this, and the menu runs from traditional to a cream-and-cheese Cremoso Diablo that sounds dubious until it doesn't. Westword has named it Denver's top ramen two years running.


    Address
    2907 Huron St, #103, Denver, CO 80202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  33. A gas station kitchen in West Campus that somehow renders the question "what do you want to eat?" basically unanswerable, because the menu covers Mexican food, deli sandwiches, breakfast, hot dogs, and burgers without flinching. The burritos are massive, the tacos come street-style, and the sandwiches run Boar's Head meats on sourdough with house chipotle mayo. A reliable feed before, after, or instead of whatever else you had planned.






  34. A cookie cart parked at the Webberville Food Truck Park, where the rotating drops mean the selection changes often enough to justify returning before you've digested your lunch. The chocolate chip comes with sea salt, the Hot Honey Cornbread brings a little heat, and previous runs have included a Fruity Pebble Cheesecake Cookie that people still talk about with an air of grief. One cookie is technically shareable. Most people leave with several.



  35. Address
    404 S West Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  36. Address
    5230 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    Website

  37. Address
    1405 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 7 AM–9 PM

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  38. Rank 9754. Coquito

    Caribbean

    The little neon sign out front is easy to miss, but the Kelly green interior and relic-inspired decor make up for it fast. Coquito is a Latin fusion cafe on East Seventh that runs a day-to-night double life: cold brew spiked with coquito and tortas by afternoon, DJs and a packed dance floor after dark. The name comes from Puerto Rico's traditional Christmas drink, which tells you something about the warmth of the place in general.






  39. Address
    13802 Embassy Row, Unit 2079, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    Website
  40. Rank 9754. Fish Shop

    Seafood


    Address
    1401 E 6th St, Unit 201, Austin, TX 78702, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
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  41. Rank 9754. JW’s Kitchen

    Southern American




  42. Rank 9754. Komé

    Contemporary Sushi


  43. A matcha truck parked near UT that grew out of its co-founder's cancer recovery, which is about as meaningful an origin story as a café can have. Ceremonial-grade matcha is the baseline, with rotating flavors like pistachio and rose moving through quickly among students and regulars. In a city where food trucks are practically a civic institution, this one keeps the vibe calm and the drinks deeply, conspicuously green.





  44. Rank 9754. La Mezca

    Speakeasy

    The Veracruz All Natural team tucked a mezcal and tequila speakeasy into Mueller, and the agave nerd crowd found it immediately. La Mezca is a cocktail bar where staff can take you deep into single-village production or just shake you a very good mezcal margarita, depending on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go. Taquitos from the Veracruz kitchen handle the rest.



  45. A cafe and bar where the grounds do half the work: twenty tree species, a working garden, and a stream running through a South Austin property that makes it surprisingly easy to justify a third coffee. The team behind Veracruz All Natural and DEE DEE partnered up here, so the food skews Mexican and Thai alongside the cafe menu. Come for the laptop-friendly shade, stay because it turns into a bar once the afternoon earns it.





  46. Rank 9754. Lynny's

    Bakery

    Sixties decor and biscuits are the whole agenda at this kitschy East Austin cafe. The brick-and-mortar on East 12th is the sit-down sibling to a food truck, and it earns its slow-brunch crowd with diner coffee that won't punish you and biscuits that split into sweet and savory directions depending on your mood. A place designed for lingering, which, in a city that keeps speeding up, is a minor act of defiance.









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