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Shuckers at the horseshoe bar crack open oysters from a dozen Rhode Island spots, and you dress them yourself with kimchi mignonette or fermented green-chile hot sauce. Gift Horse is a Korean-inflected New England seafood restaurant, the kind of place that slides littlenecks under crisp kimchi and broils butterfish in sweet-potato miso. The chef won a James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast in 2025, and the New York Times named two dishes among the best they ate all year.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Three Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: Northeast · Sky Haneul Kim
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- New England Restaurant of the Year · Yankee Food Awards
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2025 · Blueberry Tart · The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
- The Infatuation The 27 Best Restaurants In Providence
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Sky Haneul Kim
- The New York Times 2025 · Crispy Fish Ssam · The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
One number, weighted & current 93
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Slack Tide tower
“The Slack Tide tower is a must-order with dainty littlenecks, gently cooked mussels, smoked fish dip and nori chips, crudo speckled with flaky salt and fennel seeds, and oysters served with kimchi mignonette.”
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Butterfish
“Butterfish, standing in for mackerel, is broiled under a dark glaze of sweet-potato miso.”
The New York Times, 2024
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