Restaurants & Bars

Best Restaurants In America: Daily Meal's 2019 List

The food and dining site has unveiled the best restaurants in the United States. See who made the list across the country.

These restaurants represent the best of American dining, according to the Daily Meal.
These restaurants represent the best of American dining, according to the Daily Meal. (Shutterstock)

If you love to dine out, we've got some good news for you.

The Daily Meal unveiled its "Best Restaurants of 2019," and the online food and dining site included restaurants from all over America.

"Our list of the best restaurants of 2019 encompasses universally beloved fine dining restaurants, casual institutions where time stands still, perfect pizzerias both old and new, trendy must-visit, classic steakhouses as well as some of the very best restaurants to have opened this year," an author of the report said.

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The Daily Meal only considered restaurants that served consistently excellent food across all aspects of the dining experience, had frequent menu changes and showed a strong connection with their local community.

California led the way with the most restaurants — 12 — on the Daily Meal's list, including Atelier Crenn in San Francisco. The three-Michelin-starred flagship restaurant serves up some of the finest French cuisine in the entire country.

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New York City has the most restaurants on the list of any urban area. Food sanctuaries including Atomix, Eleven Madison Park, Frenchette, Keens and Le Bernardin all earned a spot for the Big Apple.

Here are all the restaurants that earned a place on the Daily Meal's coveted list.

  • Acadia (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Alewife (Richmond, Virginia)
  • Alinea (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Angler (San Francisco, California)
  • Atelier Crenn (San Francisco, California)
  • Atomix (New York, New York)
  • Bazaar Meat (Las Vegas, Nevada)
  • Bern's (Tampa, Florida)
  • Birdie G's (Santa Monica, California)
  • Black's Barbecue (Lockhart, Texas)
  • Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Pocantico Hills, New York)
  • Bread and Salt (Jersey City, New Jersey)
  • Bullard (Portland, Oregon)
  • Callie's Hot Little Biscuit (Charleston, South Carolina)
  • Coi (San Francisco, California)
  • Comedor (Austin, Texas)
  • Dialogue (Santa Monica, California)
  • Duckfat (Portland, Maine)
  • Eleven Madison Park (New York, New York)
  • Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Franklin Barbecue (Austin, Texas)
  • Frenchette (New York, New York)
  • Girl & the Goat (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Howlin' Ray's (Los Angeles, California)
  • Joel Robuchon (Las Vegas, Nevada)
  • JuneBaby (Seattle, Washington)
  • Keens (New York, New York)
  • Le Bernardin (New York, New York)
  • Manresa (Los Gatos, California)
  • Monteverde (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Nari (San Francisco, California)
  • Next (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Pasjoli (Santa Monica, California)
  • Pastis (New York, New York)
  • Paulie Gee's Slice Shop (Brooklyn, New York)
  • Petit & Keet (Little Rock, Arkansas)
  • Pizzeria Beddia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Prince St. Pizza (New York, New York)
  • Prince's Hot Chicken Shack (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Quince (San Francisco, California)
  • Red Hook Tavern (Brooklyn, New York)
  • Safta (Denver, Colorado)
  • Seven Reasons (Washington, D.C.)
  • Spoon and Stable (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • Sqirl (Los Angeles, California)
  • The Barn at Blackberry Farm (Walland, Tennessee)
  • The French Laundry (Yountville, California)
  • The Inn at Little Washington (Washington, Virginia)
  • The Restaurant at Meadowood (St. Helena, California)
  • Toups South (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • Turkey and the Wolf (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • Una Pizza Napoletana (New York, New York)
  • Willie Mae's Scotch House (New Orleans, Louisiana)

The full article is available at the Daily Meal.


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