The Best Restaurants in Phoenix
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Rank 101. Brasserie Melrose
French
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Rank 101. China Chili Restaurant
Chinese
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best Chinese restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Szechwan Prawns · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Chinese restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine Szechwan Prawns · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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Rank 101. George & Gather
American
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Rank 101. Hai Noon
Japanese
Nobuo Fukuda, a James Beard Award winner, runs this intimate Japanese small-plates bar in Scottsdale, where the menu reads like a quiet argument against doing anything halfway. Most dishes land under twenty dollars, from panko-fried tofu with green papaya curry to sunomono with watermelon radish. The sashimi spoons have their own cult following, and an omakase is available by reservation for when you're feeling like committing to the evening.
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- Phoenix Magazine Sashimi Spoons · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Eater Sashimi Spoons · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Indian restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Tellicherry Lamb Fry · The 10 best bites we tasted at Phoenix restaurants
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Indian Cuisine: West Valley · Best of the Valley
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best Indian restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: 2025 · Best Indian Cuisine: West Valley · Best of the Valley
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Indian restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine 2025 · Best Indian Cuisine: West Valley · Best of the Valley
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Rank 101. Hapa Food
Hawaiian
The lines at this Mesa plate lunch counter are long because the menu is short and the food moves. Hapa is one of the few independent Hawaiian spots holding its own against the chains in Phoenix, and it earned a Phoenix New Times Best Hawaiian Restaurant nod for the effort. Check their Instagram before you go since daily specials rotate fast. Save room for the malasadas, fried to order and stuffed with vanilla custard or ube cream.
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- AZ Central AZ Central: The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Hawaiian Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Hawaiian Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 101. Jing Restaurant - Scottsdale
Fusion Pan-Asian
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Rank 101. Queen Creek Olive Mill
Italian
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Winner · Uniquely Arizona
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Stromboli Siciliano · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Winner · Uniquely Arizona
- Phoenix Magazine Stromboli Siciliano · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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Rank 101. Rito's Mexican Food
Mexican
The green chile burro is what people are actually here for, and on busy days the line confirms it. Rito's is an old-school Mexican counter-service spot, been around forever, run by the same family across a handful of Valley locations. The move if you're feeling committed is to get any order done chimichanga-enchilada style, deep-fried and drowned in red sauce with cheese, lettuce, and tomato piled on top.
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- AZ Central AZ Central: The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Burritos · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Burritos · Best of Phoenix
- AZ Central The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Burritos · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Burritos · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 101. Taco Boys
Mexican
The horchata here comes with fresh-diced apple, which sounds like a gimmick until it tastes like cold apple pie through a straw. This casual taco shop on 32nd Street does familiar Mexican comfort food with small, quiet twists: carne asada topped with nopales, fried shrimp with mango slaw. The kind of neighborhood spot where you figure out your order fast and eat faster.
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Finalist · Phenomenal Fast Casual Concept
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Horchata · Best of Phoenix
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Phenomenal Fast Casual Concept
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Horchata · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 101. The Henry – Phoenix Uptown
American
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: Our top 10 favorite restaurants in Tempe
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Curry Lamb Pot Pie · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Phoenix New Times Our top 10 favorite restaurants in Tempe
- Phoenix Magazine Curry Lamb Pot Pie · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Finalist · Emerging Restaurant of the Year
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Finalist · Top Chef · Angelo Sosa
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Ember-Roasted Purple Yam · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist · Emerging Restaurant of the Year
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Top Chef · Angelo Sosa
- Phoenix Magazine Ember-Roasted Purple Yam · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist: Voodoo Fried Rice · Best Dish in a Supporting Role
- Phoenix Magazine New Orleans Shrimp and Grits · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Finalist · Top Chef · Alex Trujillo
- Phoenix Magazine Phoenix Magazine: Carpaccio · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Top Chef · Alex Trujillo
- Phoenix Magazine Carpaccio · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Finalist · Exceptional Culinary Experience
- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2023 · Finalist · Top Chef · Jason Alford
- Foodist Awards 2024 · Finalist · Exceptional Culinary Experience
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist · Top Chef · Jason Alford
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Rank 121. Pho 43
Vietnamese
A tiny pink-and-white bungalow in West Phoenix, family-run since the parents first opened it, now in the hands of their five kids. The pho here is the reason to show up, arriving in oversized bowls with the full spread of garnishes, and the broth is the kind that takes all day. Closes at five, shut on Tuesdays, and full of regulars who know better than to overthink the menu.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Pho · Best of Phoenix
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
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A private cottage across the street from its louder sibling, Reserve runs on dress codes, flickering candles, and soft piano, which tells you exactly what kind of evening this is. The tasting menu leans into caviar, dry-aged duck, and wagyu, while an enormous wine cellar offers options at most price points. The service team controls the pace deliberately, so no one is rushing you anywhere. Note that it operates seasonally.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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- Phoenix Magazine Date Shake · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Eater Date Shake · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
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Sundubu jjigae arrives at the table still at a full boil, in a black earthenware bowl that stays screaming hot long after it lands. This Korean tofu house in Mesa's Asian District is the kind of place where a server drops off a raw egg and you crack it straight into the broth. The house-made tofu is silky, the broth is deeply red, and the white-shirt warning is sincere. Bulgogi and bibimbap round out the menu for anyone not ready to commit to the fire.
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Korean Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
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Rank 128. Ban Chan Korean Cuisine
Traditional Korean
The banchan arrives before you've ordered anything, which tells you what kind of place this is. Ban Chan is a small, grandma-style Korean restaurant in Mesa where the menu leans hard into soups, stews, and hot pots built for sharing. The chef has been running Korean restaurants since forever, and that depth shows in broths that take time. A new generation found it recently, but the regulars who've been coming for years never left.
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Korean Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
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Sandwiched between carburetor and machine shops on Buckeye Road, this cash-and-linoleum Mexican diner has been feeding the neighborhood long before the concept of "hole-in-the-wall chic" existed. Breakfast is the reason to show up: chilaquiles drowning in red or green salsa, Sunday menudo, and hearty caldo stews that have no interest in being photogenic. Phoenix New Times has named it Best Mexican Diner, and Eater flagged the machaca as one of Phoenix's most iconic dishes.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Chilaquiles · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Mexican Diner · Best of Phoenix
- Eater Eater: Machaca · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Chilaquiles · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Mexican Diner · Best of Phoenix
- Eater Machaca · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
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Rank 128. Taco Boys
Mexican
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- Foodist Awards Foodist Awards: 2024 · Food Pioneer · Matt Carter
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Rank 138. Bar Capri
Italian
The curved brick entryway opens into an oblong room of deep green walls, gold candelabras, and picture frames, which is a lot to pull off inside a Tempe strip mall. Bar Capri is an Italian restaurant and bar with the bones of a big-city neighborhood spot: cocktails and a tight wine list from a back bar, lasagna and arancini coming through the kitchen window. Tiramisu closes things out, and nobody seems in a hurry to leave.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best new Phoenix restaurants of 2025
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: Our top 10 favorite restaurants in Tempe
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best new Phoenix restaurants of 2025
- Phoenix New Times Our top 10 favorite restaurants in Tempe
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Rank 138. La Zozzona
Italian
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- Wine Enthusiast Wine Enthusiast: Top 50 New Restaurants
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Rank 138. Pita Jungle
Mediterranean
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At Sizzle, the servers run the grill, so you can just sit there looking relaxed and cosmopolitan while someone else does the work. This Korean barbecue spot builds its menu around pork or beef sampler platters, with different cuts arriving in waves alongside banchan, salad, and steamed egg. Soju cocktails filled with fresh fruit handle the drinks side. Phoenix New Times named it the top Korean barbecue in the area.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Korean Barbecue · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Korean Barbecue · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Korean Barbecue · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Korean Barbecue · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 138. The Green Woodpecker
Modern Mexican
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Rank 149. Clever Koi - Phoenix
Neo Pan-Asian
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 149. Happy Baos
Northern Chinese
Tucked just off the food court at Mekong Plaza, this Northern Chinese bao shop has outlasted neighbors that came and went while it quietly became a fixture. Handmade dumplings arrive chewy and properly sealed, with steamed buns and xiao long bao filling out the menu. Dan dan noodles and a cucumber salad round things out for anyone who wants something beyond the folded stuff. Phoenix New Times named it the best dumplings in Phoenix.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Dumplings · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Dumplings · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Dumplings · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Dumplings · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 149. Hula's Modern Tiki Uptown
Hawaiian
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 149. Kungfu Kitchen
Chinese
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 149. Maeva
Fine dining French
Dark walls, checkerboard tile, and a four-course French tasting menu in a Gilbert strip suite, which is not a sentence anyone expected to write. Maeva runs all day, so you can stop in for a lavender latte in the morning and then come back dressed up for dinner. The kitchen does a la carte too, but the tasting menu is the main event, with servers who steer the pairings and explain each plate without making you feel like you're being graded.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 10 best new Phoenix restaurants of 2025
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: Chicken Soup en Croute · The 10 best bites we tasted at Phoenix restaurants
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best new Phoenix restaurants of 2025
- Phoenix New Times Chicken Soup en Croute · The 10 best bites we tasted at Phoenix restaurants
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The communal high-top near the entrance is the first thing you notice, and on social hour nights it's the last thing you want to leave. Beckett's Table is a neighborhood restaurant in Arcadia doing Southwestern comfort food with the kind of ease that comes from a chef who's been cooking since childhood. The fork-tender short ribs and a fig-and-pecan pie that the city seems to have adopted as its own keep regulars coming back without much deliberation.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
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String lights, a sprawling patio, and a wedding venue next door set the tone at this cozy modern bistro tucked behind an office park in Mesa. It reads like an elegant garden party that wandered off and found a better location. The menu rotates with the seasons, leaning toward steaks, fresh seafood, and handmade pasta, with shareable starters and a dessert list worth saving room for. A Phoenix New Times top 50 pick.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
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Rank 156. Da Vang
Vietnamese
The cracked-laminate menus at this Vietnamese restaurant in a Phoenix strip mall are entirely on purpose. Fourteen kinds of pho anchor the menu, portions are generous enough to require a to-go container, and the hot coffee with sweetened condensed milk is a good reason to linger. Prices hover around $15, the room is multi-roomed and no-frills, and the com tam dac biet piles broken rice with what feels like the entire menu on one plate.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
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Rank 156. Que Chevere
Venezuelan Caribbean
Thick griddled corn arepas, stuffed or served alongside shredded beef and rice, are the spine of this Venezuelan Caribbean restaurant in downtown Mesa. The team graduated from a food truck to a brick-and-mortar, and the kitchen still rolls out hot cheese sticks every morning. The patacon swaps buns for fried plantains, and the cachapa, a sweet corn pancake, earns its own detour. A bar handles tropical drinks.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
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Rank 156. Tambayan Filipino Food
Filipino
Yellow booths, green walls, and neon lighting make Tambayan look like someone decorated with pure enthusiasm, which turns out to be the right call for a Filipino homestyle restaurant that spent years as a pop-up and food truck before landing a permanent spot on Camelback. The halo halo, layered and rainbow-colored, is the dessert equivalent of that same energy. Phoenix New Times named it the city's top Filipino restaurant.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Filipino Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Filipino Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist · Top Chef · David Bowman
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist: After’Mac’ Mac & Cheese · Best Dish in a Supporting Role
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Rank 161. Birrieria Obregon 2
Mexican
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Rank 161. Chicago Hamburger Company
Chicago-style American
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Rank 161. Drunken Tiger
Korean
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Rank 161. El Fogon Taqueria
Authentic Mexican
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Rank 161. Estero Beach
Mexican
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Rank 161. Francine
Mediterranean French
High ceilings, gold cocktail shakers, and a rack of lamb that belongs nowhere near a mall, yet here we are at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Francine is a Mediterranean-French restaurant with the polish of a countryside manor and the energy of a room where people came dressed to be seen. The bar pulls its own weight if you're not staying for dinner, and the wine list gives everyone a reason to linger.
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- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: The 12 best restaurants in Scottsdale
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: Delicious dozen: The 12 best restaurants in Scottsdale
- Phoenix New Times The 12 best restaurants in Scottsdale
- Phoenix New Times Delicious dozen: The 12 best restaurants in Scottsdale
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Rank 161. Los Dos Molinos
Mexican
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Rank 161. Los Dos Molinos
Mexican
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Rank 161. Phoenix Coqui
Caribbean
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Rank 161. Ponys Miches
Mexican
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