The Places · Page 120
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01.Modern Fusion Wine Bar
Farra
New York City, United States
Farra occupies a sleek space at 71 Worth Street in Tribeca, sharing a wine cellar and culinary DNA with the tasting-menu institution next door, Atera. Ranked #3 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2024, it delivers precise, inventive cooking, lobster-stuffed corona ripiena in dashi broth, salmon tartare with potato chips, without a charcuterie board in sight. This is a wine bar that operates at full restaurant register.
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02.Modern Thai Charcoal Grill
Bangkok Supper Club
New York City, United States
Bangkok Supper Club on Hudson Street brings contemporary Thai cooking to the West Village with the precision of a fine-dining kitchen and the energy of a neighbourhood restaurant. Chef Max Wittawat draws on family recipes reframed through careful technique, producing dishes that balance heat, texture, and contrast. Recognised by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it sits among the most serious Thai tables in New York City.
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03.Grass-Fed Wagyu Steak Omakase
matū
Los Angeles, United States
matū occupies a specific position in Beverly Hills dining: a Japanese steakhouse format that takes the cut seriously, with Opinionated About Dining recognition in both 2024 and 2025 and a Michelin Plate in both years. Chef Scott Linder runs a program that draws on Japanese beef traditions without framing itself as a tasting-menu exercise. Lunch and dinner service run seven days a week on South Beverly Drive.
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04.Modern Wood-Fired Mediterranean Small Plates
Burnt Orange
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder for 2024 and 2025, Burnt Orange occupies a remodelled 16th-century coaching inn in Brighton's Lanes, serving wood-fired small plates with Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African influences. Part of the Black Rock Group, it draws a loyal crowd for sharing plates, late-night cocktails, and a consistently warm room that works as well for a weeknight dinner as a weekend occasion.
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05.Local Seafood Raw Bar with Korean Influences
Gift Horse
Providence, United States
Gift Horse on Westminster Street brings New England seafood into conversation with Korean technique, under chef Sky Haneul Kim, who won the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast. A Google rating of 4.8 from 126 reviews and an Esquire Best New Restaurants listing from 2023 signal a kitchen that earned its reputation quickly. Providence's most talked-about table is at 272 Westminster St.
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06.Modern British Small Plates
Skua
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A candlelit basement on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge, Skua has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmands (2024 and 2025) for its pared-back small plates built around seasonal British ingredients. Chef Alejandro Aguirre's menu is tightly edited and flavour-focused, paired with a natural wine list curated by Heron's bar manager. Prices sit at the ££ tier, making it one of Edinburgh's more compelling value propositions at this cooking level.
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07.Modern Panamanian Fusion
Maito
Panama City, Panama
Panama's most internationally recognised restaurant, Maito occupies a firm position on the Latin America's 50 Best list and ranked #9 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2025. Chef Mario Castrellón builds a menu around Panamanian ingredients sourced from indigenous communities, framing traditional cuisine through a contemporary land-and-sea structure. Open Monday through Saturday in Obarrio's Kenex Plaza.
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08.Hawaiian-Californian Fusion
Spago Maui
Wailea, United States
Wolfgang Puck's Spago at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea brings the California-rooted American-Asian cooking that made his name to a setting where the Pacific feels immediately present. Wine Director Katie Schwend oversees a 5,000-bottle inventory with particular depth in Burgundy, France, Italy, and California. Dinner pricing runs at the $$$ tier, placing it firmly among Wailea's most serious dining options.
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09.Japanese-Texas BBQ Izakaya
Kemuri Tatsu-ya
Austin, United States
A Texas-izakaya hybrid on Austin's East Side, Kemuri Tatsu-ya holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2024 and 2025 and has ranked on the Opinionated About Dining casual North America list three consecutive years. The format is shared plates at an accessible price point, with a beverage program built around sake, shochu, and the pairing logic that defines the izakaya tradition.
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10.Grand European Brasserie
The Wolseley
London, United Kingdom
A Piccadilly institution that has held its place at the centre of London's all-day dining conversation since 2003, The Wolseley operates in a tier defined by scale, occasion, and a broad European menu, from oysters and caviar to apple strudel, delivered across a dining room that runs at full capacity from breakfast through to late evening under chef Edward Ross.
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11.Traditional Soba
Shitennoji Hayauchi
Osaka, Japan
A Michelin Bib Gourmand soba shop in Osaka's Tennoji Ward, Shitennoji Hayauchi draws lunchtime queues with two styles of handmade buckwheat noodles served against a backdrop of Oribe stoneware and earthen walls. The setting trades on folk-art textures rather than refined minimalism, and the price point sits firmly at the accessible end of Osaka's serious dining scene.
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12.Modern Oaxacan Mexican
Los Danzantes Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico
On the edge of Parque Centenario in Coyoacán, Los Danzantes occupies a different register from Mexico City's Polanco fine-dining circuit. Holding a Michelin Plate and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in North America in both 2024 and 2025, it sits in the mid-price tier alongside Rosetta and Comedor Jacinta rather than against the four-dollar-sign bracket. Chef Alex Burgos leads a kitchen rooted in Mexican tradition.
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13.Menorcan Seafood with Lobster Specialties
Sa Llagosta
Fornells, Spain
Sa Llagosta is a seafood-focused restaurant on Carrer de Gabriel Gelabert in Fornells, Menorca, ranked #449 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025. The kitchen under Chef David de Coca works with the raw materials that Fornells harbour delivers, placing it among the more carefully tracked addresses on the island. Closed Thursdays; open for lunch and dinner six days a week.
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14.Classic American Burgers & Pies
The Apple Pan
Los Angeles, United States
Open since 1947 on West Pico Boulevard, The Apple Pan is one of Los Angeles's most consistent counter-service institutions, a no-frills diner where hickory burgers and pie have outlasted every dining trend the city has thrown at them. Ranked by Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and holding a 4.4 Google rating across more than 3,300 reviews, it occupies a rare position: genuinely beloved by locals and critically acknowledged at the same time.
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15.Authentic Mexican Carnitas
Carnitas Uruapan Restaurant
Chicago, United States
On the 1800 block of West 18th Street in Pilsen, Carnitas Uruapan has been serving slow-cooked carnitas in the Michoacán tradition since the Carbajal family brought the technique north. Ranked by Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list three consecutive years, reaching #110 in 2023, #125 in 2024, and #145 in 2025, it holds a 4.6 Google rating across nearly 2,800 reviews and closes by mid-afternoon most days.
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Model Bakery
Napa, United States
A daytime-only bakery on Napa's First Street with a decade-plus reputation among locals and a consistent presence on the Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats list. Model Bakery opens at 6:30am on weekdays and closes at 4pm across the week, making it a morning-and-lunch destination in a city better known for evening tasting menus. Karen Mitchell runs the kitchen.
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17.Modern Taiwanese-American
Win Son
New York City, United States
Win Son brings Taiwanese cooking into Brooklyn's restaurant conversation with a directness that earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand and a top-20 finish on Opinionated About Dining's North America casual list. The Graham Avenue dining room trades on bodega-exterior charm and a light-filled interior, running a dinner program built around briny clams, hand-folded bao, and chewy zha jiang mian that rewards repeat visits.
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18.Modern Seafood Oyster Hall
The Ordinary
Charleston, United States
On King Street in Charleston's upper corridor, The Ordinary has built a durable reputation in the city's competitive seafood-forward dining scene. Ranked #403 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2024 and Pearl Recommended in 2025, it operates under chefs Mike Lata and Jason Stanhope with a New American seafood focus that places it firmly in the serious casual tier. Dinner runs Wednesday through Sunday, doors at 5 pm.
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19.Bar
Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29
New Orleans, United States
Ranked #80 in North America's Best Bars 2025 and #244 in the Top 500 Bars global list, Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29 is the French Quarter address that repositioned tiki as a serious drinking category. The bar applies the same scholarly rigour to tropical cocktails that serious wine programs apply to terroir, grounding every pour in the sourcing history and cultural context of its ingredients.
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20.Traditional Basque Asador
Asador Landa
Mendaro, Spain
Asador Landa in Mendaro operates at the disciplined, ingredient-led end of Basque casual dining, earning consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition through 2023 to 2025. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch service only, it draws a local and regional crowd who understand that the asador format, live fire, honest produce, unhurried pacing, is a tradition worth seeking out in Gipuzkoa's quieter inland villages.
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21.Modern French Small Plates & Natural Wine
Le Vin Papillon
Montréal, Canada
Le Vin Papillon is a 45-seat wine bar on Notre-Dame Ouest that operates as the informal sibling to Joe Beef, holding a Michelin Plate and consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition through 2025. Under chef Marc-Olivier Frappier, the room trades on honest, vegetable-forward cooking and a wine list that rewards curiosity over convention. The summer terrasse extends both the season and the appeal.
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22.Modern Vietnamese Street Food
Lunch Lady
Vancouver, Canada
Lunch Lady on Commercial Drive holds consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) and an Opinionated About Dining Casual Asia ranking of #132 for 2025, placing it among Vancouver's most consistently decorated Vietnamese kitchens. The $$ price point and 4.6 Google rating across more than 3,300 reviews signal a dining room that performs well above its price tier.
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23.Fine Seafood & Classic Grill
Lobster Bar & Grill at Shangri-la
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lobster Bar & Grill at Shangri-la in Hong Kong serves classic seafood and steakhouse fare with refined, reliable execution. Signature dishes include Poached Lobster, Lobster Bisque and the three-course Sunday Roast with succulent roast beef. Executive Chef Cary Docherty applies a European steakhouse approach to premium seafood and prime cuts, paired with an extensive wine list and live jazz that lifts evenings. The sixth-floor dining room at Island Shangri‑La offers warm, nautical interiors, attentive service and clear booking via WhatsApp, making it a sought-after choice for business lunches, celebratory dinners and relaxed weekend roasts in Admiralty.
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Nomad London
London, United Kingdom
NoMad London at 28 Bow Street punches well above the hotel-restaurant category with a wine program that earned consecutive Star Wine List number-one rankings in 2023 and 2024, and a Modern European kitchen under Chef Michael Yates that placed in Opinionated About Dining's top 500 European restaurants in both 2024 and 2025. For Covent Garden, it is the most wine-serious dining room in the neighbourhood.
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25.Classic Oyster Bar & Seafood
Grand Central Oyster Bar
New York City, United States
Few dining rooms in New York carry the physical weight of Grand Central Oyster Bar, operating beneath the vaulted Guastavino-tiled arches of Grand Central Terminal since 1913. Ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list each year from 2023 through 2025, it occupies a specific tier of New York seafood dining where history and technique intersect. Chef Michael Anthony oversees a menu built on American coastal produce interpreted through rigorous classical method.
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26.Modern French Bakery-Cafe
Bricolage Bread & Co.
Tokyo, Japan
Bricolage Bread & Co. occupies the ground floor of Keyakizaka Terrace in Roppongi, trading Tuesday through Sunday from 7am. Ranked in the Opinionated About Dining Casual Japan list every year from 2023 to 2025, it holds a Google rating of 4.3 across more than 1,000 reviews. Chef Ayumu Iwanaga leads the kitchen at one of Tokyo's most consistently recognised bakery-cafés.
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27.Seasonal Mediterranean Small Plates
Tusk
Portland, United States
Tusk brings Middle Eastern cooking to Portland's East Burnside corridor with a consistency that has earned back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition from 2023 through 2025. Under chef Sam Smith, the kitchen works in a register that sits comfortably between casual and gourmet, approachable in format, deliberate in execution. A 4.6 Google rating across more than a thousand reviews confirms the dining room's hold on the neighbourhood.
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28.Traditional Apulian
Antichi Sapori
Montegrosso, Italy
Open since 1993, Antichi Sapori on Piazza Sant'Isidoro in Montegrosso holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a 4.8 rating across more than 1,700 reviews. The kitchen works through the rural Apulian canon, vegetable-forward antipasti, handmade pasta with slow-cooked ragù, grilled meats including capocollo and house sausage, at a price point that keeps the room filled with locals as much as visitors. Booking well ahead is advisable; the restaurant regularly sells out.
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29.Traditional Castilian Asador
El Pedrusco de Aldealcorvo
Madrid, Spain
Among Madrid's mid-range Castilian restaurants, El Pedrusco de Aldealcorvo in Chamberí separates itself through a century-old wood-fired oven that drives the kitchen's approach to roast lamb and suckling pig. Holding a Michelin Plate (2025) and ranked #315 in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe, it represents the more traditional end of the city's dining spectrum, where technique and product quality carry more weight than format innovation.
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30.Contemporary Italian Steakhouse
Quality Italian
New York City, United States
On West 57th Street, Quality Italian occupies a corner of Midtown that trades in milestone meals rather than quiet weeknight dinners. Ranked by Opinionated About Dining and Pearl-recommended in 2025, it represents Italian-American cooking calibrated for celebration: generous in format, serious in execution, and positioned among New York's more recognised casual Italian addresses.
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31.American Comfort Breakfast & Bakery
Clinton St Baking Company
New York City, United States
Clinton St Baking Company has anchored the Lower East Side's breakfast conversation since it opened on a quiet stretch of Clinton Street. Ranked on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list for three consecutive years through 2025, it draws weekend queues that reflect a loyal following built on a tightly focused American breakfast and brunch menu under chef Neil Kleinberg.
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32.Japanese Sushi with Fusion
99 sushi bar
Madrid, Spain
Inside Santiago Bernabéu's walls, 99 Sushi Bar occupies a space where Modern Spanish instinct meets Japanese technique. The kitchen, led by Chef Iván Muñoz, holds a Michelin Plate and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top restaurants. Service runs lunch and dinner six days a week, with Sunday lunch only, book ahead for evening sittings.
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33.Modern Global Fusion Small Plates
The Pot Luck Club
Cape Town, South Africa
The Pot Luck Club occupies the upper floor of The Silo at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, placing it at the intersection of Cape Town's creative dining scene and its small-plate format. Holding 77 points on La Liste's 2026 ranking and 4.6 from over 2,000 Google reviews, the restaurant draws a crowd that books ahead and stays late. The format rewards those who eat slowly and order widely.
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34.Southern Comfort Food
Screen Door
Portland, United States
On East Burnside, Screen Door has become a reference point for Southern-inflected Regional American cooking in Portland, drawing consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual list across three consecutive years. Under chef Dan Grill, the kitchen operates across breakfast, lunch, and dinner service daily, grounding the city's appetite for comfort-driven cooking with serious culinary intent behind it.
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Dominique Ansel Bakery
New York City, United States
On Spring Street in SoHo, Dominique Ansel Bakery occupies a particular position in New York's French pastry scene: ranked by Opinionated About Dining among the top casual dining destinations in North America three years running, it draws queues that reflect both the tightness of its opening hours and the specificity of what it produces. Pearl Recommended in 2025, it holds a consistent peer-set reputation that few single-format bakeries in the city can match.
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36.Traditional Japanese Tonkatsu
Ponta Honke
Tokyo, Japan
Operating from Ueno since 1905, Ponta Honke is one of Tokyo's most enduring yoshoku houses, now in its fourth generation under Chef Yoshihiko Shimada. Its Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition reflects what the restaurant has always done: hand-prepared Western-influenced Japanese cooking at a price point that prioritises access over ceremony. The lard-fried pork cutlet is the dish that defines the visit.
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37.Modern French Bistro
Canard
Portland, United States
Canard is Gabriel Rucker and Andy Fortgang's French bistro on East Burnside, ranked #65 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list. Wine Director Ben Roan oversees a 2,500-bottle inventory weighted toward France, Champagne, and Burgundy, priced at the $$$-tier. Dinner runs nightly from 4pm, with a two-course meal landing in the $40–$65 range before wine.
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38.Modern Japanese-Italian Fusion
Zitz Sum
Coral Gables, United States
Zitz Sum brings back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition to Coral Gables with an Asian menu that punches well above its price point. Ranked #785 on the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Casual North America list, it holds a 4.6 Google rating across 362 reviews. At the $$ price range on Alhambra Circle, it occupies a distinct position in South Florida's Asian dining tier.
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39.California-Italian
Ciccio
Napa, United States
Ciccio holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition in a Yountville address that sits between wine-country spectacle and neighbourhood Italian ease. Chef Bryant Minuche runs a kitchen open seven nights a week at prices that undercut most of the valley's destination dining. A 4.5 Google rating across nearly 400 reviews confirms its standing as one of Napa's most consistent mid-priced tables.
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40.Seasonal Coastal Seafood
The Fishery
San Diego, United States
Among San Diego's mid-price seafood options, The Fishery in Pacific Beach has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, a marker that separates it from the neighbourhood's casual fish-taco circuit. Situated on Cass Street, it draws a 4.6 rating across more than 1,100 Google reviews, pointing to consistent execution under Chef Mike Reidy at a price point that remains accessible within the city's seafood tier.
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41.Texas-Style Barbecue
Lewis Barbecue
Charleston, United States
Lewis Barbecue brings Texas-style Central Texas brisket to the Lowcountry, operating out of a no-frills North Charleston space that draws a consistent crowd across the week. Ranked by Opinionated About Dining in its North America Cheap Eats list for three consecutive years (2023, 2024, and 2025), it holds a 4.8 rating across nearly 8,000 Google reviews. Arriving early is standard practice, the most popular cuts sell out before closing on most days.
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42.Greenstronomie (Vegetal Fine Dining)
Les Maisons Rabanel
Arles, France
Les Maisons Rabanel operates two distinct formats under one address in Arles: Greeniotage, a vegetable-driven bistro register, and Greenstronome, its fine dining counterpart. The kitchen holds a Michelin Plate and ranked #125 on Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list in 2024. At the €€€€ price point, it represents the most decorated creative dining address in the city.
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43.Modern Italian & Mediterranean
Dejvická 34 by Tomáš Černý
Prague, Czech Republic
Holding consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, Dejvická 34 by Tomáš Černý operates in Prague's residential Bubeneč district, away from the tourist corridor. The kitchen bridges Czech and Italian traditions, with particular strength in stews and pasta, delivered in a modern bistro setting where one table sits directly in front of the open kitchen.
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44.New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburgers
Santa Fe Bite
Santa Fe, United States
Santa Fe Bite on St Michaels Drive sits at a different price point than the city's white-tablecloth Southwestern rooms, and that's precisely the point. Ranked on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats in North America list three consecutive years through 2025, John and Bonnie Eckre's café earns its place in the city's broader dining conversation through consistency, not ceremony. A 4.5 Google rating across more than 1,000 reviews backs the case.
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45.New American Rooftop
Electric Lemon
New York City, United States
On the 24th floor of 33 Hudson Yards, Electric Lemon operates as one of New York's more considered seasonal American restaurants, backed by Stephen Starr's hospitality group and consistently recognized by Opinionated About Dining since 2023. Chef Kyle Knall leads a kitchen focused on American seasonal cooking, supported by a wine program of roughly 3,110 selections with particular depth in France and California.
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46.Seasonal Spanish with Navarran Specialties
Restaurante Vinoteca García de la Navarra
Madrid, Spain
On Calle de Montalbán in Madrid's Retiro district, García de la Navarra occupies a quieter tier of the city's dining scene: traditional Spanish cooking ranked consecutively in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list in both 2024 and 2025. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, it draws the kind of repeat custom that sustains neighbourhood restaurants across generations.
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47.Kappo
Yamaji Yosuke
Kyoto, Japan
At the edge of Gion's southern machiya district, Yamaji Yosuke holds a Michelin Plate for its kappo-French hybrid format, where Chef Makoto Okamoto's apprenticeship in France inflects traditional Japanese counter cooking with techniques and relationships built across Europe and beyond. The result is a mid-price counter open daily for lunch and dinner, drawing a 4.3 Google rating from 176 reviews.
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48.Urban Italian Osteria
Locanda Verde
New York City, United States
Locanda Verde has anchored the TriBeCa Italian scene since opening in Robert De Niro's Greenwich Hotel, earning consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition through 2025. Andrew Carmellini's kitchen runs breakfast through late dinner daily, backed by a 6,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in Piedmont and Tuscany. The wine program, overseen by a three-person sommelier team, prices at the higher end of the casual Italian tier in New York.
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49.Modern British Brasserie
Clocktower
New York City, United States
Inside the landmarked New York Edition Hotel at 5 Madison Avenue, Clocktower pairs a grand Edwardian dining room with an American-British menu overseen by Chef John Kim. The wine program, directed by Ken Sistrunk, spans 1,330 selections with depth in Burgundy, Rhône, and Bordeaux. Ranked #176 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list for 2025, it holds a consistent place in the city's mid-to-upper casual dining tier.
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50.Authentic Japanese Omakase and Kaiseki
Sushi Bar Hannah
Madrid, Spain
On a narrow street beside the Rosewood Villa Magna in Madrid's Salamanca district, Sushi Bar Hannah operates in the quieter register that serious Japanese kitchens tend to prefer. Chef Valen Zhang runs two tasting menus, a Kaiseki focused on meticulous detail and an Omakase built around seasonal fish, alongside an à la carte spanning sashimi, nigiri, tempura, and charcoal-grilled dishes. A Michelin Plate holder since 2024 and ranked among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025.
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51.Modern Mediterranean Street Food
Miznon
Tel Aviv, Israel
Miznon on Ibn Gabirol is Tel Aviv's most-travelled pita counter, with Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats recognition in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Eyal Shani's format, theatrical, vegetable-forward, resolutely Israeli, has spread to cities across Europe and beyond, but the source remains on this corner in the heart of the city. Open daily from midday, closing early on Fridays in keeping with local custom.
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52.Thai BBQ Fusion
EEM
Portland, United States
EEM brings Thai barbecue and cocktail culture together at a North Williams address that has become one of Portland's most consistently decorated casual dining destinations. Chef Earl Ninsom's approach places the restaurant inside a tight comparable set of Thai-focused Portland kitchens, with Opinionated About Dining rankings in consecutive years confirming its position. Open daily from 11am, it draws both lunch crowds and late weekend sittings.
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53.Fine Dining Steakhouse
Jean Georges Steakhouse
Las Vegas, United States
Jean Georges Steakhouse at ARIA Resort & Casino blends steakhouse convention with the French-Asian sensibility that defines the broader Jean-Georges Vongerichten portfolio. Ranked #219 on the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Casual North America list, it pairs a 4,200-bottle wine inventory with an Asian- and French-inflected menu under Chef Colin Henderson, open nightly from 5 pm.
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54.Modern North Indian
Dastaan
Ewell, United Kingdom
Six-time Michelin Bib Gourmand winner Dastaan Ewell elevates authentic Northern Indian cuisine to haute gastronomy heights, where chefs Nand Kishore Semwal and Sanjay Gour craft memorable culinary narratives in an intimate, award-winning neighborhood setting that rivals London's finest Indian restaurants.
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55.Modern Izakaya with Vinyl Experience
Tokyo Record Bar
New York City, United States
A Greenwich Village record bar serving Japanese small plates and natural wine to a soundtrack curated from vinyl, Tokyo Record Bar has earned consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition since 2023, climbing to #164 in North America's Casual category by 2025. The format sits at the intersection of izakaya informality and deliberate curation, where the music selection carries as much editorial weight as the food.
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Azizam
Los Angeles, United States
Ranked #21 on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2024 and #2 on Esquire's Best New Restaurants list, Azizam brings Iranian home-cooking to a compact Silver Lake café with no reservations and a concise menu built around mazeh, sandwiches, and mains. The kofteh Tabrizi, a herb-and-rice meatball with a fruit-and-nut centre, has become the dish that defines what the restaurant is trying to do.
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57.Texas BBQ Tacos
Matt's BBQ Tacos
Portland, United States
Matt's BBQ Tacos on SE 50th Ave sits at the intersection of two American traditions that don't often share the same tortilla. Ranked #104 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Cheap Eats North America list, this Portland taqueria earns its reputation through smoked meats folded into taco format, drawing a consistent 4.7-star score across more than 700 Google reviews. Open seven days, with weekend hours starting at 8am.
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58.Modern American with Vegetable-Forward Seasonal Cuisine
Loring Place
New York City, United States
James Beard Award-winning Chef Dan Kluger's Loring Place elevates Greenwich Village dining through wood-fired, vegetable-forward American cuisine that celebrates New York's seasonal bounty. This intimate restaurant transforms local market ingredients into sharing plates over open flames, creating an acclaimed fine dining experience that balances sophistication with genuine warmth.
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59.Modern American Small Plates
Haven
Tampa, United States
Haven occupies a quiet stretch of South Tampa's Hyde Park-adjacent corridor, holding back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 under chef Chad Johnson. The wine program, directed by Chris Belk, spans 700 selections across 4,000 bottles with particular depth in California, France, and Italy. Dinner at Haven draws a loyal local crowd that treats the room less like a special-occasion destination and more like a well-kept weekly habit.
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60.Modern Israeli Shipudiya
Laser Wolf
New York City, United States
On the rooftop of Williamsburg's Hoxton Hotel, Laser Wolf brings the Israeli skewer-house tradition to Brooklyn with a menu built around salatim spreads, charred kofta, and the smoky logic of the mangal grill. Awarded a Michelin Plate in 2024 and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual list across multiple years, it pairs serious cooking credentials with one of New York's more dramatic open-air settings, with the Manhattan skyline framing every meal.
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