To experience the current pinnacle of California cuisine, head 55 miles south of San Francisco and sit down for David Kinch’s revelatory tasting menu. Read more.
If ever there were a moment for Russian cuisine to ascend to the American mainstream, it’s now. The curing and pickling crazes have primed our palates for northern Eurasian flavors. Read more.
Between the Husk in Charleston and the Nashville location that opened three years later, Tennessee takes the edge for pushing the extremes between classical and modern Southern cooking ever further. Read more.
Like New Orleans itself, the kitchen (under daily direction from chef de cuisine Rebecca Wilcomb) borrows from a grab bag of cultures and somehow arrives at an elegant crossroad. Read more.
Kevin Gillespie’s flagship isn’t a place for quiet conversation: it’s loud, it’s bright, it’s participatory, and it’s arguably the most creatively energized restaurant in the Southeast. Read more.
A meal from Wes Avila’s midnight-blue truck, which he parks in front of marquee coffeehouses across the metro area, eliminates the problem of finding a taco that stands out above others in LA. Read more.
Why call out this Italian fine dining restaurant above scores of other contenders across the country? Simply put, Frasca offers the best service experience in America. Read more.
The hours-long line that forms every morning alongside Aaron Franklin’s turquoise-trimmed pilgrimage site may be more famous than the food itself, but let’s be clear: your wait is rewarded. Read more.
FIG — which helped fuel Charleston’s restaurant boom when it opened in 2003 — distinguishes itself year after year with remarkable, soulful cooking. Read more.
With exceptional poise, Estela demonstrates how a restaurant in the world's most closely observed dining scene can evolve from a flavor-of-the-month to a haven for its community. Read more.
The brick- and wood-lined dining room is animated without being frantic, the cooking defines the modern California-Italian ethos, and Michael Tusk is nothing less than a pasta savant. Read more.
Spend a few hours among Clancy’s cultured, effervescent clientele, and you’ll know what dining in the city of Sazeracs and shrimp rémoulade is all about. Read more.
The upstairs café at Chez Panisse channels the spirit of California dining even more ecstatically than its more formal downstairs sibling. Read more.
Participatory and educational, the dining experience emphasizes connection with not just the land, but with the staff and with the tactile nature of the food itself. Read more.
Looking to Korea and to China for inspiration, Lee’s progression of courses might start with a brilliant dish like winter melon soup with caviar and gold leaf, and spin off into another realm. Read more.
