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  1. Address
    1539 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80210, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–2 AM

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  2. Address
    6989 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–9 PM

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  4. Address
    1029 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, CO 80204, United States
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  5. Address
    3257 Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80211, United States
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–9 PM

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

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  7. Rank 8609. 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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  8. 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.



  9. Address
    1328 4th St NE, Washington, DC 20002, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–2 AM

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  10. 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.



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

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  12. 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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  13. Rank 8611. 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.






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

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–10 PM

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  15. Rank 8611. Fish Shop

    Seafood


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

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  16. Rank 8611. JW’s Kitchen

    Southern American




  17. Rank 8611. Komé

    Contemporary Sushi


  18. 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.





  19. Rank 8611. 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.



  20. 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.





  21. Rank 8611. 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.











  22. Rank 8611. Oken

    Japanese


  23. Rank 8611. Old Jerusalem

    Middle Eastern

    The wood-fired oven handles both meat skewers and cheesy pizza pies, which tells you this Northwest Hills Middle Eastern spot has range. Hummus, falafel, baba ghanouj, and shawarma anchor the menu, and the breakfast service alone sets it apart from the usual halal shortlist. The bright, patio-fronted room draws soccer watch parties and families in equal measure, which means it's already building the kind of regulars that take years to earn.



  24. The pool table shares the room with people in stilettos, which tells you most of what you need to know about Parley. It's a neighborhood bar on East Cesar Chavez run by two Irishmen who seem unbothered by the idea that a bar can be dim and comfortable and also genuinely cool. Screens handle both the big game and arthouse film. The drinks run strong, the food leans comfort with a global detour, and the dress code is apparently optional.















  25. Address
    3428 N St Marys St, San Antonio, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 7 AM–Midnight

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  26. The awards


    Address
    166 King St, Cohasset, MA 02025, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 PM

    Friday 7 AM–1 PM

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  27. The address, a half-address on Airport, tells you something about the attitude before you walk in. The Lost Well is a punk rock bar and live music venue that relocated from Webberville when the landlord's patience ran out, and the new room landed so naturally it feels like the place was always here. Bigger than before, still loud, still dive-y in all the right ways, it draws a crowd that knows every band on the bill without checking the poster.


  28. The awards



  29. Address
    398 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–1 AM

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  30. Rank 8611. York Street Collective

    Indian Cocktail Bar



  31. Address
    3213 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  32. Rank 8686. Gelato Cimmino

    Italian Ice Cream Shop

    A gelato shop in Old Town Scottsdale where the owner brought recipes from his hometown in southern Italy and hasn't wavered since. The flavors run classic, almond with orange, hazelnut, milk cream, plus dairy-free fruit options, and the affogato is the move if espresso is involved in your afternoon. The crowd is half tourists already pretending they're somewhere else, and the gelato gives them a reasonable case.


    Address
    7140 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–10 PM

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  33. Rank 8687. American Cut

    Modern American Steakhouse

    Moody leather and brass in a Tribeca townhouse set the stage for a modern steakhouse that takes its theatrics seriously. USDA Prime and Japanese Wagyu go through a high-heat grill after dry-aging, and the kitchen consistently delivers on both. The room has a genuine late-night-Manhattan pull to it. Service can be uneven given the price point, but the cooking tends to carry the evening. It ranked 67th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list.



  34. Address
    268 36th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 8 AM–5 PM

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  35. Address
    133 N 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 7 AM–5 PM

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  36. Address
    324 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 7 AM–5 PM

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  37. Rank 8687. Bergen Bagels

    NY-Style Bakery


    Address
    536 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 6 AM–10 PM

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  38. Rank 8687. Bergen Bagels

    NY-Style Bakery


    Address
    949 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 6 AM–10 PM

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