Neal Martin

At a Glance Restaurant selection lives or dies on judgment: Neal Martin frames the list as partial by design, with length forcing exclusions and value doing some of the sorting. Beaujolais and Mâconnais are named as regions that hold their own outstanding restaurants, often at better value, which sets the terms of comparison rather than simple preference. His connection to a place opened in 2014 is long enough to register as habit; the regular return reads less as occasion than as disciplined pleasure, built on repeated visits since the doors first opened in 2014.

In Their Words “It is not intended to be a comprehensive list, and for reasons of length, I reluctantly exclude Beaujolais and Mâconnais, each bejeweled with their own outstanding restaurants that often offer better value.”