New American restaurants

494 New American restaurants featured on published best-of lists.

• 112 Eatery — Warehouse District, Minneapolis
• 63 Clinton — Lower East Side, New York
• 9th Street Bistro — Noblesville
• A.Kitchen + Bar — Rittenhouse, Philadelphia
• A.R. Valentien — La Jolla
• Acre — Parkville
• ACRE — East Memphis, Memphis
• Addison — Carmel Valley, San Diego
• Agnes and Sherman — Heights, Houston
• Agni — Brewery District, Columbus
• Akar — Clayton
• Albertine — Uptown, Charlotte
• Alewife — Church Hill, Richmond
• Alinea — Lincoln Park, Chicago
• All Saints — Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis
• Altius — Mount Washington, Pittsburgh
• Anchor Bar — Allentown, Buffalo
• Animae — Marina District, San Diego
• Annabelle — Kalorama, Washington, DC
• Annette — Aurora
• Annie Gunn's — Chesterfield
• Antica Terra — Amity
• Arden — Pearl District, Portland, OR
• Aria — Buckhead, Atlanta
• Ariete — Coconut Grove, Miami
• Arlo Restaurant — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Artifact at Mingei — Balboa Park, San Diego
• Atera — Tribeca, New York
• Atlas — Buckhead, Atlanta
• Atoma — Wallingford, Seattle
• Auburn Angel — Auburn Avenue, Atlanta
• Auro — Calistoga
• Azur — Old Town, Key West
• Bacchanalia — Blandtown, Atlanta
• Bacchus — East Side, Milwaukee
• Backbone — Montrose, Glendale, CA
• Banshee — East Atlanta Village, Atlanta
• Bar Bludorn — Memorial, Houston
• Barbacana — Downtown, Houston
• Barley Swine — Brentwood, Austin
• Bastion — Wedgewood-Houston, Nashville
• BATA — Downtown, Tucson
• Bauman's on Oak — Buckman, Portland, OR
• Bayberry Garden — Downtown, Providence
• Beacon Grille — Allentown, Buffalo
• Bearleek — RiNo, Denver
• Beauty Shop Restaurant — Cooper-Young, Memphis
• Beckett's Table — Arcadia, Phoenix, AZ
• Beckon — Five Points, Denver
• Benu — SoMa, San Francisco
• Betsy — Altadena
• Beverley's — Knox-Henderson, Dallas
• Billy Can Can — Victory Park, Dallas
• Bin 707 Foodbar — Downtown, Grand Junction
• Birch — East Side, Milwaukee
• Birdie's — East Austin, Austin
• Birdsong — SoMa, San Francisco
• Black Iron Bystro — Kenmore
• Bludorn — Montrose, Houston
• Blue Atlas — Fulton Hill, Richmond
• Blue Hill at Stone Barns — Pocantico Hills
• Blue Honey Bistro — Germantown
• Bluebeard — Fletcher Place, Indianapolis
• Board & Batten — Mesa
• Boka — Lincoln Park, Chicago
• BonFire — Paris
• Books & Records — Bankers Hill, San Diego
• Boom Bang Fine Food & Cocktails — Henderson
• Borage — Speedway, Indianapolis
• Bosq — Downtown, Aspen
• Boulevard — Embarcadero, San Francisco
• Bowood by Niche — Central West End, St. Louis
• Braise — Walker's Point, Milwaukee
• Brassica Kitchen + Cafe — Jamaica Plain, Boston
• Bread & Friends — Old Port, Portland, ME
• Brochu's Family Tradition — Starland District, Savannah
• Brutø — LoDo, Denver
• Bungalow by Middle Brow — Logan Square, Chicago
• Cafe Commerce — Upper East Side, Manhattan
• Café Marquesa — Old Town, Key West
• Camaraderie — Heights, Houston
• Camp Modern American Eatery — Downtown, Greenville, SC
• Campfire — Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad
• Canlis — Queen Anne, Seattle
• Canon — East Sacramento, Sacramento
• Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery — Guadalupe District, Santa Fe
• Casino Bar & Grill — Bodega
• Celladora — Fan District, Richmond
• Central Provisions — Old Port, Portland, ME
• Chambers — Tribeca, New York
• Chimborazo — Northeast, Minneapolis
• Claud — East Village, Manhattan
• Comfort Kitchen — Dorchester, Boston
• Commis — Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
• Common Thread — Thomas Square, Savannah
• Community Tavern — Portage Park, Chicago
• Cookhouse — Bolton Hill, Baltimore
• Copper Common — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Coquine — Mount Tabor, Portland, OR
• Cordelia — East Fourth, Cleveland
• Coriander Kitchen and Farm — Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit
• Coro — Audubon Park, Orlando
• Corson Building — Georgetown, Seattle
• Counter- — Wesley Heights, Charlotte
• Course — Scottsdale
• Coyote Café — Downtown, Santa Fe
• Credence — Memorial, Houston
• Crown Shy — Financial District, New York
• Cup Café — Downtown, Tucson
• Customshop — Elizabeth, Charlotte
• Dai Due — Cherrywood, Austin
• Davenport — Kerns, Portland, OR
• Deckman's North at 3131 — North Park, San Diego
• Delilah — The Strip, Las Vegas
• Demi — North Loop, Minneapolis
• Destroyer — Hayden Tract, Culver City
• Diane's Place — Northeast, Minneapolis
• Dr. Jones — Metairie
• Driftwood — Alki, Seattle
• Duck Sel — Edgewater, Chicago
• Eagle House — Williamsville
• Echo Taste & Sound — Downtown, Las Vegas
• El Chorro Lodge — Paradise Valley
• EL Ideas — Douglas Park, Chicago
• Elcielo Washington DC — Union Market, Washington, DC
• Eleven Contemporary Kitchen — Strip District, Pittsburgh
• Eleven Madison Park — Flatiron District, New York
• Ellē — Mount Pleasant, Washington, DC
• Ellie Bird — Falls Church
• Emmer & Rye — Rainey Street, Austin
• Encina — Bishop Arts, Dallas
• Erling Jensen — East Memphis, Memphis
• Ernest — Mission District, San Francisco
• Esmé — Lincoln Park, Chicago
• Estela — Nolita, New York
• EsterEv — Bay View, Milwaukee
• etch — Downtown, Nashville
• Ever — West Loop, Chicago
• Fahrenheit — Downtown, Cleveland
• Fairbanks — Lewiston
• Fallow Kin — Central Square, Cambridge
• Family Meal at Blue Hill — Greenwich Village, New York
• Far Out — East Dallas, Dallas
• Feld — Ukrainian Village, Chicago
• Felt Bar & Eatery — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Field & Vine — Union Square, Somerville
• Fig & Ash — North Side, Pittsburgh
• First & Last — Downtown Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
• Firstborn — Los Angeles
• Flavors from Afar — East Hollywood, Los Angeles
• Flight Restaurant & Wine Bar — Downtown, Memphis
• FnB — Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale
• Folk — East Nashville, Nashville
• Fond — Downtown, Dallas
• Fore Street — Old Port, Portland, ME
• Foreign & Domestic — North Loop, Austin
• Fork — Old City, Philadelphia
• Fort Oak — Mission Hills, San Diego
• Fox and Pearl — Summit, Kansas City, MO
• Francie — Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Franklin Ave Cocktails & Kitchen — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Freya & Dragonfly — Milwaukee Junction, Detroit
• Friday Saturday Sunday — Rittenhouse, Philadelphia
• Fry Bread House — Melrose, Phoenix, AZ
• Gass & Main — Haddonfield
• Gene's — Historic Dublin, Dublin
• Geronimo — Canyon Road, Santa Fe
• Giant — Logan Square, Chicago
• Gilt Bar — River North, Chicago
• Girl & The Goat — West Loop, Chicago
• Golden Diner — Two Bridges, Manhattan
• Goodkind — Bay View, Milwaukee
• Goodwins — Lower Greenville, Dallas
• Grace's Table — Downtown Napa, Napa
• Gramercy Tavern — Flatiron District, New York
• Gravity Heights — Mission Valley, San Diego
• Gray's Hall — South Boston, Boston
• Green Dirt On Oak — Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
• Gunshow — Glenwood Park, Atlanta
• Gunther & Co. — Brewers Hill, Baltimore
• Hali'imaile General Store — Makawao
• Harvest at the Masonic — McKinney
• Heart of Gold — Ohio City, Cleveland
• Hearth and Hill Sugar House — Sugar House, Salt Lake City
• Hell's Backbone Grill & Farm — Boulder, UT
• Her Place Supper Club — Rittenhouse, Philadelphia
• Herb & Wood — Little Italy, San Diego
• Herbst Eatery and Farm Stand — Hamline-Midway, St. Paul
• Heritage — Zaferia, Long Beach
• Hestia — Downtown, Austin
• Hey Babe — East Liberty, Pittsburgh
• Higgins Restaurant & Bar — Downtown, Portland, OR
• High Street — Washington Square West, Philadelphia
• Hilda and Jesse — North Beach, San Francisco
• Honey Salt — West, Las Vegas
• Honeysuckle — North Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Horno — Downtown, Santa Fe
• Hot and Hot Fish Club — Pepper Place, Birmingham, AL
• Hush Public House — North Scottsdale, Scottsdale
• Huso — Tribeca, New York
• Hyeholde — Moon
• Illata — Grays Ferry, Philadelphia
• Isa Bistro — Bayside, Portland, ME
• Ishtia — Kemah
• Isidore — Pearl District, San Antonio
• J.C. Holdway — Downtown, Knoxville
• Jack Fry's — Highlands, Louisville
• Jargon — West Asheville, Asheville
• Javelina — Cully, Portland, OR
• Jeffrey's — Clarksville, Austin
• Jillian's — New Kensington
• John's Food & Wine — Lincoln Park, Chicago
• Julia's 1902 — Willoughby
• Jūn — The Heights, Houston
• Juneberry Table — Ohio City, Cleveland
• Junior — East Nashville, Nashville
• Juniper and Ivy — Little Italy, San Diego
• Ka'Ana Kitchen — Wailea
• Kapa Hale — Kāhala, Honolulu
• Kettner Exchange — Little Italy, San Diego
• Kid Sister — Uptown, Phoenix, AZ
• Kiln — Hayes Valley, San Francisco
• Kimball House — Downtown, Decatur
• Kingfisher Bar & Grill — Midtown, Tucson
• La Merenda — Walker's Point, Milwaukee
• Ladder 4 Wine Bar — Hubbard Farms, Detroit
• Lardon — Logan Square, Chicago
• Lark — Capitol Hill, Seattle
• Late August — Museum District, Houston
• Late Harvest Kitchen — North Side, Indianapolis
• Latuli — Memorial, Houston
• Lazy Bear — Mission, San Francisco
• Lazy Betty — Midtown, Atlanta
• Lazy Tiger — Central West End, St. Louis
• Lenox Sophia — South Boston, Boston
• Leo's House of Thirst — West Asheville, Asheville
• Lincoln Yard — Birmingham, MI
• Lindey's — German Village, Columbus
• Linwoods — Owings Mills
• Little Bear — Summerhill, Atlanta
• Little Fox — Fox Park, St. Louis
• Little Pearl — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
• Little Water — Rittenhouse, Philadelphia
• Littleton's Market Cafe — Tremont Center, Upper Arlington
• Locust — 12 South, Nashville
• Loflin Yard — Downtown, Memphis
• Lola's — NoMad, New York
• Lona's Lil Eats — Fox Park, St. Louis
• Lone Pine — Carmel Arts & Design District, Carmel
• Longman & Eagle — Logan Square, Chicago
• LORE — Park Slope, Brooklyn
• Lou’s Takeaway — Dominican, San Rafael
• Lucian Books & Wine — Buckhead, Atlanta
• Lula Cafe — Logan Square, Chicago
• Lynette — Longfellow, Minneapolis
• Mabel Gray — Hazel Park
• Magdalena — Mount Vernon, Baltimore
• Magnolia & May — East Memphis, Memphis
• Main St. Provisions — Downtown, Las Vegas
• Majordōmo — Chinatown, Los Angeles
• Marcus Bar & Grille — Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta
• Margot — South Pearl, Denver
• Marigold — Lyons
• Marjorie — Central District, Seattle
• Marrow — West Village, Detroit
• Maude and the Bear — Staunton
• Maxwells Trading — Fulton Market, Chicago
• McEwen's on Monroe — Downtown, Memphis
• Merriman's Maui — Kapalua
• Michael's Genuine Food & Drink — Design District, Miami
• Middle Child Clubhouse — Northern Liberties, Philadelphia
• Midway Mercantile — Midway
• Milktooth — Fletcher Place, Indianapolis
• Miller Union — West Midtown, Atlanta
• minibar by José Andrés — Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
• Mirador — Downtown, Dallas
• Mister A's Restaurant — Bankers Hill, San Diego
• Modern Bird — Downtown, Traverse City
• Momofuku — The Strip, Las Vegas
• Monte — Beehive Distillery, South Salt Lake
• Montgomery Sky Farm — Leicester
• Moody Tongue — South Loop, Chicago
• Morel — Walker's Point, Milwaukee
• Mortimer's — North Perkins, Memphis
• Motorkat — Takoma Park
• Mott St. — Wicker Park, Chicago
• Mustards Grill — Napa
• MW Restaurant — Kaka'ako, Honolulu
• Myriel — Highland Park, St. Paul
• Nàdair — North Druid Hills, Atlanta
• Naïve — Butchertown, Louisville
• Nancy's Hustle — East Downtown, Houston
• Navy Blue — Rice Village, Houston
• Never Say Dive — Old Brooklyn, Cleveland
• Next — West Loop, Chicago
• Nightingale — Whittier, Minneapolis
• Nobie's — Montrose, Houston
• Noko — East Nashville, Nashville
• NoMad Library — The Strip, Las Vegas
• Oakleys Bistro — North Side, Indianapolis
• Odd Duck — Zilker, Austin
• Odd Duck — Walker's Point, Milwaukee
• Of Course — Overland Park
• Off Alley — Columbia City, Seattle
• Off Site — Little River, Miami
• OK Omens — Hawthorne, Portland, OR
• Olive + Oak — Webster Groves
• One by Spork — Bloomfield, Pittsburgh
• Oquirrh — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Orchard City Kitchen — Campbell
• Oriole — West Loop, Chicago
• Palate — Downtown, Las Vegas
• Palma — Riverside, Miami
• Paradisaea — Bird Rock, San Diego
• Paulette's — Harbor Town, Memphis
• peasants FEAST — Solvang
• Penny's Wine Shop — Jackson Ward, Richmond
• Perseid — Montrose, Houston
• Persimmon — Fox Point, Providence
• Peter's Inn — Fells Point, Baltimore
• Pheasant Restaurant and Lounge — Brookings
• Pier W — Gold Coast, Lakewood, OH
• Pilgrim's Inn — Deer Isle
• Pillar — Bishop Arts, Dallas
• Pineapple and Pearls — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
• Pinky's by Vanderpump — Strip, Las Vegas
• Plant — North Asheville, Asheville
• Poor Hendrix — East Lake, Atlanta
• Poppy — Larchmere, Cleveland
• Posana — South Asheville, Asheville
• Potager — Capitol Hill, Denver
• Prescott's Provisions — Tonawanda
• Preserve — Downtown, Annapolis
• Press — St. Helena
• Pretty Penny — Roosevelt Row, Phoenix, AZ
• Proof on Main — Downtown, Louisville
• Protégé — California Avenue, Palo Alto
• Proxi — West Loop, Chicago
• Prubechu — Mission, San Francisco
• Puritan Backroom — Manchester, NH
• Quarter Acre — Lower Greenville, Dallas
• R+D Kitchen — Montana Avenue, Santa Monica
• Rainbowcat — East Dallas, Dallas
• Ray's Boathouse — Ballard, Seattle
• Recoveco — South Miami
• Red Hog — Clifton, Louisville
• Red Hook Tavern — Red Hook, Brooklyn
• Restaurant Constance — Wesley Heights, Charlotte
• Restaurant Progress — Melrose District, Phoenix, AZ
• Rich Table — Hayes Valley, San Francisco
• River Oaks — East Memphis, Memphis
• River Twice — Passyunk Square, Philadelphia
• RL Restaurant — Magnificent Mile, Chicago
• Robin — Maplewood, St. Louis
• Rolo’s — Ridgewood, Queens
• Rood — Lakewood, OH
• Rooster & Owl — Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
• Rooster & the Till — Seminole Heights, Tampa
• Root Food + Wine — Augusta
• Rose's Luxury — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
• Rosedale — Navarre, New Orleans
• Roxanne — Queen Village, Philadelphia
• Roze Pony — Belle Meade, Nashville
• Runner Up — Park Slope, Brooklyn
• S.K.Y. — Lincoln Park, Chicago
• Saga — Financial District, New York
• Saint Claire — Algiers, New Orleans
• Salazar — Downtown, Cincinnati
• Sammy's Deluxe — Rockland
• Sanford — Downtown, Milwaukee
• Santa Fe Bite — Midtown, Santa Fe
• Sapphire Creek Winery & Gardens — Chagrin Falls
• Schlafly Tap Room — Downtown West, St. Louis
• Schwa — Wicker Park, Chicago
• Scotch Lodge — Buckman, Portland, OR
• Seed Kitchen & Bar — East Cobb, Marietta
• Selby's — Atherton
• Selden Standard — Midtown, Detroit
• Seline — Ocean Park, Santa Monica
• Sepia — West Loop, Chicago
• Shagbark — West End, Richmond
• Side A — Mission District, San Francisco
• Sidney Street Cafe — Benton Park, St. Louis
• Siempre Algo — North Side, Pittsburgh
• SingleThread — Downtown, Healdsburg
• Smithereens — East Village, New York
• Smyth — West Loop, Chicago
• Soby's — Downtown, Greenville, SC
• Somerville — View Park-Windsor Hills, Los Angeles
• Southern Belle — Poncey-Highland, Atlanta
• Southwark — Queen Village, Philadelphia
• Sparrow + Wolf — Chinatown, Las Vegas
• Spoke Wine Bar — Davis Square, Somerville
• Spring — Historic Marietta Square, Marietta
• Squable — The Heights, Houston
• Stages — Dover
• Staplehouse — Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta
• State Bird Provisions — Fillmore, San Francisco
• Story Hill BKC — Story Hill, Milwaukee
• Stubborn Seed — The Strip, Las Vegas
• Stubborn Seed — South Beach, Miami Beach
• Surrell — Madison Valley, Seattle
• Table, Donkey and Stick — Logan Square, Chicago
• Tall John's — Montford, Asheville
• Talulla — Huron Village, Cambridge
• Tango Room — Design District, Dallas
• Terra Plata — Capitol Hill, Seattle
• The Antler Room — Midtown, Kansas City, MO
• The Bar Room at the Modern — Midtown, New York
• The Bindery — LoHi, Denver
• The Catbird Seat — The Gulch, Nashville
• The Charlotte — Knox-Henderson, Dallas
• The Charter Oak — St. Helena
• The Chastain — Chastain Park, Atlanta
• The Commons — West Greenville, Greenville, SC
• The Compound — Canyon Road, Santa Fe
• The Crack Shack — Little Italy, San Diego
• The Dabney — Shaw, Washington, DC
• The Diplomat — Brady Street, Milwaukee
• The Duck & The Peach — Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
• The Duck Inn — Bridgeport, Chicago
• The East End — Fox Point, Providence
• The Ends — Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale
• The Flatiron — Downtown, Indianapolis
• The Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen — Oceanside
• The Four Horsemen — Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• The Goodyear House — NoDa, Charlotte
• The Grange Community Kitchen — Hamburg
• The Grey — Historic District, Savannah
• The Heritage Table — Frisco
• The Honey Paw — Old Port, Portland, ME
• The Hudson Cafe — Downtown, Detroit
• The Inn at Little Washington — Washington, VA
• The Last Page — Orange
• The Lexington — Grand Avenue, St. Paul
• The Lion's Share — Little Italy, San Diego
• The Loyalist — West Loop, Chicago
• The Majestic Grille — Downtown, Memphis
• The Market Place — Downtown, Asheville
• The Milton Inn — Sparks Glencoe
• The Modern — Midtown West, New York
• The Morris — Potrero Hill, San Francisco
• The Patio on Broadway — West End, Providence
• The Pig & The Lady — Kaimukī, Honolulu
• The Plantation House — Kapalua
• The Rado Market — Third Ward, Houston
• The Ravenous Pig — Winter Park
• The Restaurant at 1900 — Mission Woods
• The Stove NV — Henderson
• The Strand — Mills 50, Orlando
• The Surf Club Restaurant — Surfside
• The Town Company — Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
• The Vandal — Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh
• The Village Pub — Woodside
• The Well at Jordan's Farm — Cape Elizabeth
• The Wolf's Tailor — Sunnyside, Denver
• Theodore Rex — Downtown, Houston
• Thistle & Leek — Newton
• Threadfin Bistro — Kapahulu, Honolulu
• Thyme Table — Bay Village
• Ticonderoga Club — Inman Park, Atlanta
• Tinker Street Restaurant & Wine Bar — Herron-Morton Place, Indianapolis
• Tito & Pep — Midtown, Tucson
• Topsoil Kitchen & Market — Travelers Rest
• Trestle — Jackson Square, San Francisco
• Tuome — East Village, New York
• Twelve — East End, Portland, ME
• Unconventional Diner — Shaw, Washington, DC
• Union — Logan Square, Chicago
• Urban Hearth — North Cambridge, Cambridge
• Valentine — Melrose, Phoenix, AZ
• Veritas — Downtown, Columbus
• Vern's — Cannonborough-Elliotborough, Charleston
• Vicia — Central West End, St. Louis
• Victoria & Albert's — Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Lake Buena Vista
• Vida — Downtown, Indianapolis
• Vin Folk — Downtown, Hermosa Beach
• Walrus Rodeo — Little Haiti, Miami
• Warlord — Avondale, Chicago
• Waxlight Bar a Vin — Black Rock, Buffalo
• Wayside Tavern — West End, Portland, ME
• White Wine and Butter — Greer
• Whoopsie's — Reynoldstown, Atlanta
• Wild Common — Cannonborough-Elliotborough, Charleston
• Wildweed — Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati
• Wolf in the Woods — Mission Hills, San Diego
• Woodberry Tavern — Woodberry, Baltimore
• Woodford F&B — Woodfords Corner, Portland, ME
• World Street Kitchen — South Minneapolis, Minneapolis
• Written by the Seasons — Uptown, Dallas
• Wye Oak Tavern — Frederick
• Xiao Ye — Hollywood, Portland, OR
• Zambistro — Medina
• Zasu — Mid-City, New Orleans

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