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  1. A science boutique in Mesa where you can buy an actual fossilized dinosaur bone, which is either a totally normal purchase or proof that adulthood has its privileges. Tyrannostorus stocks stuffed animals, books, and specimens alongside goods for ancient Egypt, space, and shark enthusiasts, so the dino-obsessed child you once were will feel right at home, and so will everyone else who still has a favorite prehistoric creature.


    Address
    1816 W Baseline Rd, Mesa, AZ 85202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  2. 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
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 AM

    Friday 3 PM–3 AM

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  3. 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.


  4. Up to eight players can fight off zombie hordes or battle robots in deep space without leaving Scottsdale, which sounds like a gimmick until you're actually sweating. Velocity VR is a group entertainment venue with multiplayer virtual reality at its center, plus go-karts, axe-throwing, and food and drinks for when someone needs a breather. It scratches the same social itch as laser tag used to, just with considerably better graphics and more steps logged.



  5. Address
    1592 Concord Pkwy N, Concord, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–7 PM

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  6. Address
    820 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 3 PM–9 PM

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  7. A Chicago-style speakeasy in suburban Glendale that survived a close call when its founders stepped away, saved by a general manager who bought the place outright and kept the plush seating and famously good acoustics intact. Local blues and R&B acts play the stage most nights, and a recently upgraded patio now lets you take your drink outside. Phoenix's blues scene is thin, so this one carries some weight.



  8. Address
    223 W Chase St, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  9. A map shop that also keeps an enormous warehouse out back, which means the answer to almost any cartographic request is yes. Wide World Maps & MORE! carries road maps alongside wall maps, globes, and geography-themed decor, the kind of place where you walk in for one thing and leave planning a trip you hadn't considered. Old maps, new maps, maps of everywhere. GPS gets you there faster, but it never made anyone dream.


  10. Rank 17501. 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.


    Address
    4205 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 10 AM–Midnight

    Reserve
    Tock
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  11. Address
    7555 E Arapahoe Rd, Englewood, CO 80112, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  12. Address
    12904 Palms Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 9 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  13. 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.






  14. Address
    508 N Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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    Tock
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  15. Address
    3717 W 50th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  16. Address
    326 Broadway Ave S, Wayzata, MN 55391, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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  17. Address
    6005 Berkshire Ln, Dallas, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 8:30 PM, in 21 min

    Friday 11 AM–8:30 PM

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  18. Address
    3720 Walnut Hill Ln, #117, Dallas, TX 75229, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–10 PM

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  19. 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.



  20. Address
    13623 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ 85032, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 6:30 AM

    Friday 6:30 AM–2 PM

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  21. Address
    4700 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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  22. Address
    8376 SW 40th St, Miami, FL 33155, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  23. Rank 17739. Matsuri

    Sushi


    Address
    5759 SW 40th St, Miami, FL 33155, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 51 min

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

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  24. Rank 17739. Shaddai Fine Lebanese Cuisine

    Modern Middle Eastern


  25. Rank 17739. Tran An

    Comfort Food Vietnamese


    Address
    215 NE 82nd St, Miami, FL 33138, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  26. Rank 17744. Grand Ole BBQ

    Central Texas Barbecue


    Address
    15505 Olde Hwy 80, El Cajon, CA, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  27. Address
    4150 Tennyson St, Denver, CO 80212, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–1 PM

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  28. Rank 17746. Midorie

    Sushi


    Address
    3444 Main Hwy, Miami, FL 33133, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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    Resy
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  29. Address
    3925 Gough St, Ste 2, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–7 PM

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  30. Address
    300 S Exeter St, Baltimore, MD 21202, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM

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  31. 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.


  32. Rank 17753. 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.


    Address
    3487 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  33. 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
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
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  34. A faded pink building off Seventh Avenue, formerly a tax office, which tracks: there's something a little bureaucratic about a jukebox this good. Inside, the bar is cheap, loose, and happy to stay that way, with Scrabble at the booths and beers that don't require a budget meeting. The patio shifts into DJ territory after dark, and the rotating calendar of themed nights keeps regulars checking Instagram like it's homework.


    Address
    711 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85007, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 4 PM–2 AM

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  35. Address
    5811 Blackwell St, Dallas, TX 75231, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–4 PM

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  36. 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
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 7 AM

    Friday 8 AM–4:30 PM

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  37. Eighteen floors above Mill Avenue, this open-air rooftop bar and pool lounge sits atop The Westin Tempe, claiming the highest perch of any outdoor bar in the Valley. The bar itself is the only covered spot up there, so order first, then wander the full 360 degrees: A Mountain one way, the Mill Avenue Bridge glowing at night the other. Seasonal cocktails and local Arizona beers do the heavy lifting, with flatbreads and tacos for ballast.


    Address
    11 E Seventh St, Tempe, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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    OpenTable
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  38. Rank 17761. Brick & Bones

    Cocktail Bar

    The fried chicken gets a 24-hour brine before it hits the fryer, which tells you something about the kitchen's priorities at this Deep Ellum cocktail bar. Six house cocktails are priced like they want you to order a second round, and the vibe is the kind of loose, unhurried thing that feels increasingly rare on Commerce Street. The Dallas Observer handed it Best Fried Chicken in 2024, so the secret is somewhat out, but the room still has its own quiet momentum.


    Address
    2651 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 4 PM–2 AM

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  39. Address
    7989 Belt Line Rd, Unit 146, Dallas, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

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  40. Address
    6600 Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, MD 21228, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  41. Address
    3700 Toone St, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  42. 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.


    Address
    1849 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe, AZ 85288, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 8:45 PM

    Friday 10 AM–8:45 PM

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  43. Rank 17761. 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
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  44. Address
    3347 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 10 AM–10 PM

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  45. 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.


    Address
    3437 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85051, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  46. Rank 17761. 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.


  47. Rank 17761. Stardust Pinbar

    Cocktail Bar

    You reach this cocktail bar and pinball arcade by yanking open a fake freezer door inside Ziggy's Magic Pizza Shop, which is either the best or worst way to start a night depending on how you feel about commitment. Inside: a glowing dance floor, a disco ball, pinball machines, and a full bar. Post-show crowds spill in from the Van Buren next door, so on any given night the room holds goths, burners, and Disney adults in rough harmony.


  48. Rank 17761. 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
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  49. 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.



  50. Address
    312 W Seventh St, Dallas, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–7 PM

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  51. 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.


  52. 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.



  53. Address
    3107 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  54. 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.


  55. 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.



  56. Address
    5800 York Rd, Baltimore, MD 21212, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  57. Rank 17778. Ichimi Ramen Bar

    Japanese Noodle Shop



  58. Address
    14999 Montfort Dr, Dallas, TX 75254, United States
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  59. The tortilleria runs all day, turning out fresh corn and flour tortillas while the panaderia stocks pan dulce, bolillos, and pasteles. Los Altos Ranch Market is a full Mexican grocery and mercado, with a butcher counter, seafood section, house-made tamales, and a lunch counter called La Cocina serving cheap tacos and tortas. The stores are massive, the prices are not, and the Phoenix New Times has named it the area's top Mexican grocery store five of the last six years.




  60. Address
    100 S Central Expressway, Unit 18, Richardson, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 4 PM–7 PM

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  61. Address
    3810 S Cooper St, Unit 138, Arlington, TX 76015, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 51 min

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 4 PM–9 PM

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  62. Rank 17778. Right Cream

    Ice Cream Shop

    Every mix-in at this Denver ice cream shop is made from scratch, which explains why the flavors change weekly and why people follow the Instagram just to see what's coming next. The team builds their own base, loads the pints accordingly, and sells them for pickup alongside draft beer, which is either a genius pairing or an obvious one depending on how you feel about it. A Westword Best Ice Cream pick two years running.


    Address
    2423 S Downing St, Denver, CO 80210, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 8:30 PM

    Friday 2 PM–8:30 PM

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  63. Rank 17778. The Pemberton

    Pizzeria

    A honeycomb dining structure, murals of Prince and Freddie Mercury, bars in trailers, a pool, and the occasional bachata lesson: The Pemberton is a sprawling outdoor complex a few blocks from Roosevelt Row that resists any single label. Wander in for a cocktail, stumble into a live band, or sit down for dinner inside what amounts to a giant hive cell. After dark, the lighting and pop-art murals tip the whole place into something genuinely strange, in the best sense.




  64. Address
    398 W 29th St, Baltimore, MD 21211, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  65. Address
    800 Clark Pl, Nashville, TN, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
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  66. Address
    416 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9 PM

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  67. Rank 17791. Akash Miami Beach

    Modern Indian


  68. Rank 17791. Alforon

    Middle Eastern



  69. Rank 17791. Almanac

    Japanese-Inspired Cocktail Bar


    Address
    310 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  70. Address
    601 N Broadway, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 8:30 PM

    Friday 11 AM–8:30 PM

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