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  1. Address
    5033 South Blvd, Ste H Charlotte, NC, United States · Charlotte
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  2. Jonathan Krinn's fine-dining tasting menu restaurant pulls vegetables from a garden steps from the kitchen, so what arrives on the plate might include a cucumber or basil variety you've never seen in a supermarket. The monthly menu changes as the garden does, and the open kitchen means you can hear the chef laughing while you work through it. Bring the kind of time and appetite that a slow, course-by-course evening demands.




  3. Rank 12675. Evelyn Rose

    Italian

    The name is a tribute to two grandmothers who believed life's best moments happen when everyone squeezes around the dinner table, and the dining room, with its exposed-beam rafters and rosemary focaccia drifting from the open kitchen, takes that mandate seriously. This is a neighborhood restaurant in the warm, come-as-you-are mold, where the menu leans into comfort food handled with care, pasta buried under braised brisket and meatballs being the kind of dish that turns a Tuesday into something.


    Address
    111 Church St NW, Vienna, VA 22180, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  4. Address
    10865 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19116, United States
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    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–9 PM

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  5. Address
    1701 Montford Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  6. The fire blazing at the back of the dining room is the first thing worth noticing, and the plastic tablecloths are the last. Harvey's is a casual neighborhood restaurant in Falls Church that cooks with an ingredient-obsession more common to places charging three times as much. Fire-roasted duck breast arrives with blistered, chicharrón-like skin, and the server describes the bread pudding as "intimidating," which is accurate.





  7. Address
    117 Southside Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  8. Address
    14819 Ballantyne Village Way, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  9. Rank 12675. il Buco

    Mediterranean Wine Bar


    Address
    47 Bond St, New York, NY 10012, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–3:30 PM, 3:30 PM–5 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  10. Address
    1017 N Flores St, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10:30 PM

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  11. Address
    131 E Park Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–8 PM

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  12. Nick Elmi's neighborhood American restaurant in Bala Cynwyd comes with easy parking and a patio built for watching the sun set over the Schuylkill, which could make it a very comfortable coast. Instead, the crudos arrive in chilled honeydew consommé, and the cavatelli comes loaded with escargot and bone marrow. The suburban polish is real, but the kitchen keeps finding a way to make the familiar strange in the best sense.


    Address
    611 Righters Ferry Rd, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  13. Rank 12675. Le Virtù

    Abruzzese Italian

    The pasta is hand-cut and the regulars are on a first-name basis with the staff, which tells you most of what you need to know about this Italian trattoria on East Passyunk. The kitchen draws from Abruzzo, the rugged, largely overlooked region where rustic presentation and serious technique are the same thing. Desserts are priced like it's still a neighborhood joint, because it is, and they're open every day, which feels increasingly rare.


    Address
    1927 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  14. Address
    5708 N Sharon Amity Rd, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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  15. Address
    1829 Cleveland Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10:30 PM

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  16. Address
    9825 Sandy Rock Pl, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  17. Address
    198 N 21st St, Purcellville, VA 20132, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  18. A golden peacock greets you at the door before you've even seen a menu, which sets the tone for this ornate Indian restaurant in Herndon. Chandeliers, jewel-toned booths, and ornate parasols floating overhead make the dining room feel like a royal court that never got the memo about subtlety. The menu ranges across regional India, from street-snack starters to silky coconut curries. Bring a group and something of an appetite for theater.



  19. Address
    500 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  20. Rank 12675. Maxi’s Noodle

    Cantonese Noodle Shop


  21. Rank 12675. Maxi’s Noodle

    Cantonese Noodle Shop


    Address
    75 9th Ave, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–8 PM

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  22. Rank 12675. Maxi’s Noodle 2

    Cantonese Noodle Shop


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    59-20 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355, United States · Queens
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    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–8 PM

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  23. Rank 12675. Mistral

    Mediterranean

    Duck on white tablecloths, no apology. Mistral is a full-service French-Mediterranean restaurant in the South End that has been around forever and still packs the room with business-casual regulars alongside tourist groups, both of whom tend to end up with the signature grilled thin-crust pizza in front of them regardless of what they planned to order. The bread is warm and crusty, the service is attentive, and the portions are substantial enough to quiet anyone who finds elegance unsatisfying.


  24. Rank 12675. Mitsuru

    Seasonal Sushi



  25. Address
    5714 Evers Rd, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9 PM

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  26. Address
    300 White Horse Rd E, Unit 1, Voorhees, NJ 08043, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–9:15 PM

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  27. Address
    2120 Kilborne Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

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  28. Address
    200 E Bland St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  29. Address
    2000 South Blvd, Unit 510, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  30. Finding this Italian osteria means navigating an office building in Alexandria, which is either charming or a mild ordeal depending on your mood. The menu leans into unexpected combinations: a filet mignon draped in cacio e pepe raviolo and shaved black truffle is the kind of dish that sounds like a dare and reads like a flex. A Nutella pizza piled with marshmallows closes things out on similarly committed terms.



  31. Address
    1009 S Eighth St, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 8:30 AM

    Friday 8:30 AM–2:30 PM

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  32. Address
    1601 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  33. Address
    620 N Church St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–Midnight

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  34. Address
    4642 Rigsby Ave, San Antonio, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  35. Rank 12675. Puritan & Company

    New American

    Parker House rolls with cultured butter arrive at the table early, which tells you something about where this New American restaurant's priorities lie. Will Gilson's Inman Square spot reworks New England staples with local ingredients and the occasional global detour, the kind of cooking that makes baked scrod feel like it had a bad publicist. Comfortable and neighborhood-rooted, it draws regulars who treat the bread course with appropriate seriousness.


    Address
    1166 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  36. Rank 12675. Rice & Sambal

    Indonesian

    Indonesian BYOB on East Passyunk, where the sambal arrives in three versions and the jasmine rice is fluffy enough to make you rethink every rice you've had before it. The schedule here does a lot of the personality work: brunch on Sundays, a family-style banana-leaf spread on Saturdays, and a monthly prix fixe on weeknights that tends to linger in memory longer than the tab does. Bring a bottle.


  37. A cooking cart wheeled tableside for nearly every order is the signature move at this Italian restaurant in Vienna, where Roberto Donna has brought back guéridon service as a centerpiece rather than a novelty. The fettuccini alla parmigiana gets twisted in a parmesan wheel right in front of you, which is a lot of theater that happens to also produce very good pasta. The room is warm and neighborhood-beloved, without behaving like a neighborhood restaurant.


    Address
    144 Church St NW, Vienna, VA 22180, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  38. Address
    5 Portwalk Pl, Portsmouth, NH 03801, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  39. Address
    314 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  40. Rank 12675. Royal Tavern

    American

    A Citywide Special and a burger, treated with the focus of a fine-dining kitchen, is Royal Tavern's whole argument. This Bella Vista bar has been doing burgers, cherry BBQ wings, house-made mortadella, and grilled cheese in a narrow, glowing room on Passyunk for as long as anyone can remember. The kind of place where you go in for one drink and linger over two courses you didn't plan on ordering.


  41. Geometric tilework and honey-hued lighting set the scene at this casual Spanish tapas bar on Columbia Pike, where a pitcher of sangria and a spread of small plates is the whole plan. The kitchen leans into Moorish-influenced staples, bacon-wrapped dates, chickpea stew, mussels with charred bread for sopping. The room rewards lingering, and the crowd tends to take that as a personal challenge.


  42. Rank 12675. Sandro’s

    Authentic Italian



  43. Address
    200 E Grayson St, Unit 117, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 PM, 5 PM–8 PM

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  44. Michael Schlow, the chef behind the late Radius and Via Matta, runs this polished seafood restaurant inside Encore Boston Harbor. The move is the deluxe seafood tower, which arrives before a menu of composed, elegant entrées. Make time for Old Wives' Tale, the nautical speakeasy tucked inside, where cocktails come dressed in mermaid sculptures and scattered seashells, as if the bartender and a prop department struck a deal.





  45. Address
    701 Keswick Ave, Unit 102, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Friday 1 PM–10 PM

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  46. The name nods to the signature dessert, but an Italian restaurant tucked into a Manassas strip center probably shouldn't lead with sweets. The chef works an open kitchen, sending out grilled romaine with a light Caesar dressing and biquinho peppers, housemade pasta, and a New York strip with wild mushrooms over cheesy polenta. The kind of neighborhood spot that rewards people who wander past the big-box anchors.


    Address
    8687 Sudley Rd, Manassas, VA 20110, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  47. A Thai restaurant in a Chantilly strip mall that has been quietly building a following on the strength of its spicy salads and curries, Sense of Thai takes heat seriously. The larb gai arrives bright with lime and chile, and the noodle soups, a coconut lamb khao soi among them, are the kind of thing people drive past closer options to get. Multiple locations now, but the cooking still has a point of view.


    Address
    25031 Riding Plz, Ste 150, Chantilly, VA 20152, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–12:30 AM

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  48. Rank 12675. Sfoglina

    Italian

    A working pasta station behind glass sets the tone at this lively Italian trattoria in Arlington, where a whimsical Sophia Loren portrait watches over the room. The name refers to the women who traditionally made fresh pasta by hand, and the menu leans into that, pulling shapes and fillings from different Italian regions. A three-pasta tasting doubles as a miniature tour of the country without the jet lag.



  49. Address
    2907 Selwyn Ave, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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  50. Address
    2341 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  51. Address
    1705 Snyder Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  52. The stracciatella cheese is pulled by hand, and the dough ferments for 72 hours before it ever sees a topping. This Roman-style pizzeria in Alexandria started as a food truck and now draws a wait for tables, which people seem willing to endure. Specials rotate fast, salads lean seasonal and serious, and the mainstay pies hold up without leaning on novelty. Order by QR code; the servers are worth talking to anyway.


    Address
    106 Hume Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  53. Address
    301 Camp Rd, Unit 101, Charlotte, NC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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  54. Address
    1218 E 36th St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–11 PM

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  55. A restored vintage barn with chandeliers overhead sets the tone for this upscale casual restaurant inside the NOVA Live entertainment complex in Manassas. The menu is eclectic in the way that works, running from charred grilled octopus with romesco and chimichurri to dry-aged strip steak finished with harissa butter, and closing on espresso-stuffed beignets. Book ahead; it books out fast, and the surrounding music venue makes a natural second act.


    Address
    9935 Discovery Blvd, Manassas, VA 20109, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  56. Address
    116 S Alfred St, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  57. Address
    124 N Washington St, Falls Church, VA 22046, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–9 PM

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  58. Address
    201 Camp Rd, Ste 120, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–11 PM

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  59. Clifton is small enough that you'll probably drive past it once before finding it, which makes this warm Italian trattoria feel like a proper discovery. Focaccia with olive oil arrives first, and the menu runs from Caesar salads and calamari through baked meatballs and stuffed gnocchi to a seven-layer chocolate cake that earns its place at the end. A raw bar adds a little ambition to what is otherwise honest, home-style cooking served with genuine care.


    Address
    7145 Main St, Clifton, VA 20124, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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  60. Address
    7134 Main St, Clifton, VA 20124, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–10 PM

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  61. Locals call it Tuskie's, which tells you most of what you need to know about a place this well-worn. It's a big, roomy American restaurant set inside a historic mill in downtown Leesburg, and the menu casts a wide net any night of the week. The Sunday buffet brunch is the main event: French toast, fried chicken, an omelet station, and a chafing dish of butterscotch bread pudding that the room quietly orbits.


    Address
    203 Harrison St, Leesburg, VA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–11 PM

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  62. Address
    440 E McCullough Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–2 AM

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  63. Address
    1440 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–2 AM

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  64. Rank 12675. Wren

    Japanese

    The lobby address inside The Watermark Hotel is a deliberate misdirect, because Wren is a Japanese-leaning restaurant that takes itself seriously. Sleek interiors and a lively bar ease you in, and then the kitchen starts sending out hamachi carpaccio with jalapeño-citrus soy and pork belly bao with all the right tucked-in extras. The room reads hotel-casual but the plates argue otherwise.


    Address
    1825 Capital One Dr S Tyson, VA, United States · McLean
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–Midnight

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  65. Address
    6000 Spring Mountain Rd, Unit 2B, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  66. Rank 12675. YongChuan

    Sichuan


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    90 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  67. Address
    2400 Bull Suite 8 St, Savannah, GA, United States
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  68. Rank 12796. RedFarm

    Modern Chinese


    Address
    2170 Broadway, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 4:30 PM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  69. Rank 12798. 410 Diner

    American

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    Address
    1801 Newburg Rd, Louisville, KY 40205, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

  71. Rank 12798. All Set Restaurant & Bar

    New American Bistro

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