America’s 10 Best New Restaurants
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Grand Central Market opened in 1917, so it’s hardly new – but its recent reinvigoration is why the Bon Appetit editors placed it on this list. The market boasts more than 30 vendors, from Wexler’s Deli and Tacos Tumbras a Tomas to Kabab & More and McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream.
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Maurice Luncheonette in downtown Portland is a pastry café that has both sweet and savory options, from chocolate tarts with salted butter gelato to black pepper cheesecake with three-nut sable cookie crust. Mostly focused on French concoctions, the restaurant serves portions on the smaller side.
This Dish: Gypsy Melon, Purslane & Sunflower Salade
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Thai-Kun, Austin, Texas
Thai-Kun isn’t really a restaurant; it’s a food truck parked in the backyard of a bar with several picnic tables nearby. It specializes in original Thai food – which some people find quite spicy while most say it’s simply delicious, including some Yelp reviewers who called it the best Thai food they’ve ever had.
This dish: Thai-Kun Fried Chicken with spicy boom sauce on chicken fat rice
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This affordable Asian bistro in downtown San Antonio offers a “funky, spicy and radically flavored” menu as noted on its website, from small plates and fried rice to noodles and larger dishes. Hot Joy also boasts an attractive cocktail and sake selection.
This Dish: Thai Ramen, soft egg, pork sung, chicken fat, crispy shallot, chili oil, lemongrass, ‘erbs
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A highlight of Central Provisions is its raw food, especially raw fish, which constitutes almost a quarter of the menu and includes tuna tartare, beef tartare, fluke ceviche, and oysters. The restaurant offers mostly small plates and tapas-style dishes.
This dish: Yellowfin Tuna with radishes, mustard, and brown sesame.
Central Provisions
Westward focuses on Northwest meets Mediterranean flavors and centers much of its cuisine on its wood-burning oven. One perk of this restaurant is its 150-foot dock that provides boat parking. The dinner menu lists more fish than meat dishes.
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The team behind New York’s The Spotted Pig and The Breslin took over this dive bar founded in 1909 in Chinatown and turned it into a restaurant offering Italian cuisine – all while keeping the place’s Bohemian spirit intact, as Bon Appétit noted.
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This Manhattan restaurant north of SoHo focuses on American cuisine and offers shareable small plates. Bon Appétit praised the “old-world wine list,” while Estela calls itself a “beverage-driven restaurant,” with more than 200 wines, mostly from France. It’s open for brunch and dinner.
This dish: Lamb ribs with charmoula and honey
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Open from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. and serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, High Street on Market is a café-style American restaurant with a heavy focus on homemade breads. It features everything from Kaiser rolls for its breakfast sandwiches to a black squid-ink bialy stuffed with smoked whitefish and grilled cheese sandwiches on roasted potato bread.
High Street on Market
Located on Capitol Hill, Rose’s Luxury is a small restaurant offering American cuisine that is open only for dinner and doesn’t take reservations. You’ll do a good deed while eating at Rose’s: It donates 25 cents for every meal eaten there to help hungry children around the world.
This dish: Roast Pork & Lychee
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