The Restaurant List 2025

The New York Times · 2025 · 50 restaurants. Read the original list.

Restaurants on this list

• Avize — West Midtown, Atlanta
• Baby Bistro — Victor Heights, Los Angeles
• Bar Sen — Plaza District, Oklahoma City
• Bayonet — Downtown, Birmingham, AL
• Bin 707 Foodbar — Downtown, Grand Junction
• Borgo — NoMad, Manhattan
• Bûcheron — Kingfield, Minneapolis
• Calliope — MLK District, Chattanooga
• Cariño — Uptown, Chicago
• Chatpati Delhi — Franklin Park
• ChopnBlok — Downtown, Houston
• Chubby Fish — Cannonborough-Elliotborough, Charleston
• Cosmica — Central Ninth, Salt Lake City
• Diane's Place — Northeast, Minneapolis
• Dōgon — Southwest Waterfront, Washington, DC
• Emeril's — Warehouse District, New Orleans
• Ha's Snack Bar — Lower East Side, New York
• Haring's — Noank
• Isidore — Pearl District, San Antonio
• J.C. Holdway — Downtown, Knoxville
• Kabawa — East Village, Manhattan
• KC Turkey Leggman — Quindaro, Kansas City, KS
• La Padrona — Back Bay, Boston
• La' Shukran — Union Market District, Washington, DC
• Lao'd Bar — East Austin, Austin
• Lilo — Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad
• Maude and the Bear — Staunton
• Mawn — Bella Vista, Philadelphia
• Mayflower Cafe — Downtown, Jackson
• McGonagle's — Dorchester, Boston
• Meetinghouse — Fishtown, Philadelphia
• Mezcaleria Alma — Lower Highland, Denver
• Modern Bird — Downtown, Traverse City
• Mori Nozomi — West Los Angeles, Los Angeles
• P Thai's Khao Man Gai & Noodles — North Loop, Austin
• Pilgrim's Inn — Deer Isle
• Rada — Myers Park, Charlotte
• Robin — Maplewood, St. Louis
• RVR — Venice, Los Angeles
• Saint Claire — Algiers, New Orleans
• Sammy's Deluxe — Rockland
• Sanders BBQ Supply Co. — Beverly, Chicago
• Smithereens — East Village, New York
• Sun Moon Studio — West Oakland, Oakland
• Sunny's Steakhouse — Little River, Miami
• The Paper Bridge — Buckman, Portland, OR
• The Wren — Fells Point, Baltimore
• Verjus — Jackson Square, San Francisco
• Wildweed — Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati
• Yardy Rum Bar — Downtown, Eugene

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