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Kiln
Modern Nordic
Hip-hop rattles through a spare warehouse space while tattooed cooks walk each course to the table, and that tension is the whole point of Kiln. Chef John Wesley runs a two-and-a-half-hour tasting menu that leans Nordic, leaning hard on curing, fermentation, and drying, though France and Japan show up too. It holds two Michelin stars, and the room, white tablecloths and all, takes absolutely none of that seriously.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Condé Nast Traveler The best new restaurants in the world
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in San Francisco
One number, weighted & current 94
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Dry-aged mackerel
“the tableside pours of luscious buttery sauce on your dry-aged mackerel”
Condé Nast Traveler, 2024 -
Puffed beef tendon
“Opening snacks like a crispy curlicue of puffed beef tendon captures this ethos”
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Squab breast
“a squab breast lacquered with burnt honey and served with a truffled jus”
Michelin Guide
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