3 GA Restaurants Make Daily Meal's 101 Best In U.S. List

GEORGIA — If you're looking to dine out on a patio — or get to-go dinners from some of the region's top restaurants — we've got some tasty news for you. The Daily Meal published its list for the "101 Best Restaurants In America," and the online food and dining site included a total of three restaurants from Georgia.

These restaurants serve food that’s thought-provoking, a stellar level of service, a good beverage list and a true sense of personality, imagination and consistency, the editors said. "Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience," the site said.

Here are the best restaurants in the region, according to The Daily Meal's rankings, and what the food writers said about each.

No. 41, The Grey, 109 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Savannah: "Chef Mashama Bailey is serving a menu of deeply soulful, locally sourced fare ... and it earned her a James Beard Award in 2019. The Grey is speaking Southern in a completely new language via dishes like sunflower seed hummus with cauliflower and chimichurri; sheepshead with chow chow, lemon and jalapeno; and smothered quail with blackening spice, Creole sauce and grit cake. It’s one of the South’s best restaurants."

No. 61, Miller Union, 999 Brady Ave NW in Atlanta: "Simple, farmstead-inspired cooking is the name of the game at chef Steven Satterfield’s down-home Atlanta eatery Miller Union. Satterfield transforms fresh seasonal ingredients into refined yet accessible plays on regional classics. Red pea hummus, buttermilk fried quail with carrot and turnip, and coffee- and chile-rubbed brisket with polenta and greens are just a few examples of what you might find on the constantly changing menu."

No. 87, Staplehouse, 541 Edgewood Ave. SE in Atlanta: The venue started as an underground supper club in 2009 run by a husband and wife, then opened as Staplehouse in 2015. "The warm and welcoming restaurant sources its ingredients from local purveyors and the menu changes regularly. Most diners opt for a tasting menu of dishes like sturgeon with fennel and green onion, Grandma Lillian’s potato bread and duck sausage with pepper shoyu and cashew."

To compile the rankings, The Daily Meal contacted hundreds of dining experts around the country to ask which restaurants they considered the absolute best in their respective cities. Those restaurants were then added to other establishments that have "garnered near-universal acclaim" and eateries that have been featured on previous Daily Meal lists. The restaurants were ranked according to metrics such as food, service, beverage options and environment.

"These 101 restuarants serve food that's thoughtful and thought-provoking, and they also have a dining room and a level of service that suit the quality of what's on the plate, a good beverage list and a true sense of personality, imagination and consistency," authors of The Daily Meal rankings wrote in an introductory statement to the list. "Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience."

Alinea, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago, was ranked as the No. 1 eatery in the United States, according to The Daily Meal. The top five restaurants were rounded out by Eleven Madison Park in New York City, Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, Le Bernardin in New York City and Inn at Little Washington.

The full list of the 101 best restaurants is available on The Daily Meal.