The Places · Page 84
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01.Classic French Country Cooking
Terminus
Watou, Belgium
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder in consecutive years, Terminus brings classic French discipline to the hop-farming hinterland of Watou, a Belgian village better known for abbey beer than destination dining. Chef Keiji Nakazawa works a cuisine rooted in the French tradition at a price point that keeps the room accessible. For the Westhoek region, that combination is rare enough to warrant the detour.
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02.Farm-to-Table British
Coombeshead Farm
Lewannick, United Kingdom
Coombeshead Farm in Lewannick sits on 66 acres of Cornish meadow and woodland, operating as both a working farm and a destination dining address. Tom Adams holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and a ranking of #338 in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe for 2025. A four-course evening menu built around home-bred meats, fire cookery, and famously good sourdough makes a compelling case for the overnight stay.
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03.Elevated Oaxacan Tasting Menu
Alfonsina
Oaxaca, Mexico
Alfonsina on García Vigil earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining North America rankings (no. 53 in 2024, no. 54 in 2025) through precise, ingredient-led Oaxacan cooking at mid-range prices. Chef Jorge León works within the state's deep larder, turning the result into something that reads as both traditional and considered. For the $$ price point, the awards-to-cost ratio is difficult to match in the city.
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04.Hotel
Château d’Audrieu
Audrieu, France
A listed 18th-century château set among 25 hectares of Louis Benech-designed parkland between Caen and Bayeux, Château d'Audrieu holds a Gault & Millau Exceptional Hotel rating (2025) and a 4.5 Google score across 351 reviews. Two distinct dining spaces, a Sothys Spa, and proximity to the D-Day beaches position it as Normandy's most complete heritage estate stay, with rates from US$416 per night.
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05.Modern French Bistronomie
Eels
Paris, France
A Michelin Plate-recognised address on Rue d'Hauteville in Paris's 10th arrondissement, Eels sits at the informal end of the bistronomy tier, where serious cooking meets relaxed pacing and an evolving natural wine list. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #273 in Europe for 2025. Chef Adrien Ferrand leads a tight kitchen operating Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner.
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06.Neapolitan Pizza
Pizzeria Braceria CESARI!!
Nagoya, Japan
A fixture in Nagoya's Osu shopping arcade since the early 2010s, Pizzeria Braceria Cesari is anchored by pizzaiolo Pasquale Makishima, winner of the world pizza championship in 2009. The menu spans Neapolitan-style red and white pizzas topped with Italian ingredients alongside grilled meats and a wine list broad enough to cover the full spread.
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07.Modern French with Asian Fusion
Bouillon Bilk
Montréal, Canada
Bouillon Bilk has held a consistent position in Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings since 2023, with a Michelin Plate recognition to match. Chef François Nadon runs a French kitchen on Sainte-Catherine Est that reads less like a fashionable destination and more like a working institution, precise, unpretentious, and reliably full on any given weekday service.
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08.Modern Korean
Komah
São Paulo, Brazil
Komah brings Korean cooking to Barra Funda with enough rigour to earn back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, and a place in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in South America both years. Chef Paulo Shin works at the $$-tier price point, making this one of São Paulo's more accessible entries into serious Korean food. Google reviewers rate it 4.6 across more than 3,000 submissions.
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09.Traditional Viennese
Zum Schwarzen Kameel
Vienna, Austria
One of Vienna's most enduring Viennese institutions, Zum Schwarzen Kameel has occupied its Bognergasse address since 1618, trading on open-faced sandwiches, a serious wine list recognised by Star Wine List, and a standing room culture that draws an unusually loyal midday crowd. A Michelin Plate holder and Opinionated About Dining ranked fixture, it sits in the casual tier of Vienna's dining scene without apology.
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10.Traditional Spanish Asador & Seafood Grill
Ultramarinos Marín
Barcelona, Spain
A converted neighbourhood bar on Carrer de Balmes that now operates as a progressive asador, Ultramarinos Marín holds a Michelin Plate and ranked 69th among Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe in 2025. Chef Borja García runs a market-driven format where fish and meat are priced by weight, portions come in halves, thirds, and quarters, and breakfast service is taken as seriously as lunch.
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11.Contemporary British Grill
Dorchester Grill Room
London, United Kingdom
The Grill at The Dorchester occupies a particular position in Park Lane dining: a hotel restaurant that has shed its heritage-weight and rebuilt around a modern British kitchen led by chef Tom Booton. Recognized by Michelin and ranked in the Opinionated About Dining European top 500, it runs a sharp divide between a set lunch that delivers genuine value and an evening format built around luxury sharing plates and an unusual wine-by-the-glass selection.
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12.Traditional Italian Trattoria
Trippa
Milan, Italy
Trippa on Via Giorgio Vasari occupies the unpretentious end of Milan's dining spectrum with considerable conviction. Chef Diego Rossi's Modern Milanese cooking centers on offal, seasonal produce, and the kind of trattoria discipline that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back top-six finishes on Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list. House signatures include Milanese risotto with grilled marrow and, of course, tripe prepared in the Roman style.
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13.Tuscan Trattoria
Brutto
London, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised trattoria in Clerkenwell, Brutto earns its following through gingham tablecloths, a typewritten Italian menu, and a kitchen that takes hearty Florentine cooking seriously. The £5 Negroni has become something of a neighbourhood benchmark, and the dining room stays packed most nights. Priced at ££, it is one of London's more credible arguments for Italian cooking done without pretension.
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14.Winery
Quinta do Infantado
Sabrosa, Portugal
One of the Douro Valley's earliest certified organic producers, Quinta do Infantado offers a harvest-season working visit that places guests in the vineyards with secateurs in hand before joining the winemaking team post-pick. Awarded EP Club Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025, the quinta sits near Pinhão in the heart of the Cima Corgo sub-region, where old-vine terraces have been farmed without synthetic inputs for decades.
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15.Modern Danish Bakery & Café
Hart Bageri
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hart Bageri sits inside Copenhagen’s serious bakery culture rather than its restaurant theatre: a bread-and-pastry address shaped by Richard Hart’s transatlantic training and the city’s appetite for technical, everyday food. Its repeated Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats in Europe rankings place it in a category where craft, access and value matter more than ceremony.
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16.Classic French Brasserie
Balthazar
New York City, United States
Open since 1997, Balthazar has held SoHo's French brasserie position long enough to become the template other American bistros measure themselves against. The dining room, mirrored walls, worn leather banquettes, the ambient roar of a full house, reads as a credible transatlantic transfer. Its seafood program, in-house bakery, and all-day format make it one of New York's most reliable addresses for classic French fare without the formality of the city's Michelin-heavy French tier.
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17.Modern Brazilian Farm-to-Table
Corrutela
São Paulo, Brazil
A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in 2024 and 2025, Corrutela sits in the mid-price tier of Vila Madalena's serious dining scene, ranked #56 and #61 in OAD's South America list across those same years. Chef César Costa runs a seasonal Brazilian kitchen where the menu shifts with market supply rather than calendar convenience. Open Wednesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner, with an accessible price point that makes it one of the more compelling entries in São Paulo's ingredient-led cooking movement.
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18.Modern British Gastropub
The Hero
London, United Kingdom
The Hero in Maida Vale holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmands (2024 and 2025), placing it among London's most consistent value-led pub kitchens. From the ground floor's fish pie and sausage and mash to the upstairs Grill's sweetbreads and lobster gravy, the kitchen runs two distinct registers under one roof. Book ahead, this one fills up fast at ££ prices.
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19.Argentine Parrilla & Traditional Grilled Cuisine
1884 Francis Mallmann
Mendoza, Argentina
Set inside a 19th-century bodega in Godoy Cruz, 1884 Francis Mallmann is the Mendoza address most directly associated with Argentina's open-fire cooking tradition. Ranked among the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2002 and 2003, and holding a Michelin Plate in 2024 and 2025, the restaurant operates Tuesday through Saturday for dinner only, placing it squarely in the top tier of the city's fine-dining circuit.
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20.Modern Lithuanian Farm-to-Table
14Horses
Vilnius, Lithuania
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder on Dominikonų gatvė, 14Horses sits inside the tighter, more principled end of Vilnius modern dining. The format is structured but flexible, four courses with room to reconfigure, and the kitchen draws ingredients from a regenerative farm in Radiškis. Star Wine List has ranked it among Lithuania's top wine addresses across multiple consecutive years.
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21.Modern British Gastropub
Hitchen's Barn
Oakham, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised stone barn on the edge of Oakham, Hitchen's Barn pairs a genuinely warm front-of-house with Neil Hitchen's daily-changing seasonal menus. Regional suppliers anchor the cooking, prices stay accessible at the ££ tier, and the twice-baked two-cheese soufflé has earned its status as a signature. Google reviewers score it 4.9 from 273 ratings.
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22.Traditional Seafood and Galician
El Refugio
Oleiros, Spain
Open since 1975, El Refugio is a Michelin Plate-recognised dining room on Oleiros's Plaza de Galicia that has built its reputation on Galician seafood, quality meats, and a few seasonal game specialities. The à la carte spans traditional and international territory, anchored by dishes such as lobster salpicón and a signature egg yolk soufflé that must be ordered at the start of the meal. At a mid-range price point, it represents the enduring value of Galicia's classic restaurant tradition.
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23.Modern Traditional Castilian
Llantén
Valladolid, Spain
Llantén places Valladolid’s produce-led cooking in a sharper provincial frame, with a 2026 Guía Repsol 1 Sol giving the room a national signal beyond local word of mouth. The appeal is less about spectacle than sourcing: Castilian pantry logic, measured service, and a dining rhythm that suits readers looking beyond the city’s standard traditional tables.
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24.Contemporary Fine Dining
Opus Restaurant
Toronto, Canada
Located on Prince Arthur Avenue in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood, Opus Restaurant has held a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings since 2023, reaching #326 in 2025. Chef Jason Cox leads a European-influenced Canadian kitchen, while the wine program, directed by Tony Amaro, spans 2,100 selections across 52,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, California, and Bordeaux.
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25.Authentic Sichuan
Chengdu Taste
Los Angeles, United States
Chengdu Taste in Alhambra has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand for consecutive years and placed in the top tier of Opinionated About Dining's North America Cheap Eats ranking, positioning it as the reference point for Sichuan cooking in the San Gabriel Valley. The menu draws on the full breadth of Chengdu technique, from numbing mala preparations to the region's noodle traditions. At $$ pricing, it operates in a different register than LA's starred rooms but competes with them on critical attention.
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26.Modern Swedish
Lilla Ego
Stockholm, Sweden
Lilla Ego on Västmannagatan has held Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in both 2024 and 2025, and its reputation among Stockholm insiders runs well beyond that single award. The restaurant is run by three chefs who have each been named Chef of the Year in Sweden, and it books out weeks in advance. Walk-in seats are available for those willing to arrive early and wait.
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27.Hotel
Palé Hall
Llandderfel, United Kingdom
A high Victorian manor set on 15 acres of Dee Valley parkland at the edge of Snowdonia National Park, Palé Hall earned 99 points from La Liste's Top Hotels 2026 and holds a 4.8 Google rating across 382 reviews. Eighteen rooms across the original house and renovated coach house deliver formal grandeur alongside genuine seclusion, from roughly US$381 per night.
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28.Spanish Avant-Garde Molecular Gastronomy
é by José Andrés
Las Vegas, United States
é by José Andrés occupies a semi-private counter inside the Cosmopolitan's Boulevard Tower, running a molecularly inflected Spanish tasting format through two seatings per evening, Tuesday through Saturday. Ranked #36 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it positions itself firmly within the continent's small-format, technically demanding tier. The wine program spans 160 selections with a pronounced Spanish focus and a 2,000-bottle inventory.
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29.New American
The Noortwyck
New York City, United States
On Bleecker Street in the West Village, The Noortwyck occupies the neighbourhood-restaurant tier that sits well below the grand-tasting-menu circuit yet above the casual bistro crowd. Opened by Eleven Madison Park alumni Andy Quinn and Cedric Nicaise, it earned a place on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list and draws a wine-serious, repeat clientele with a France-anchored list of 400 selections.
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30.Hotel
Château Louise de La Vallière
Reugny, France
A sixteenth-century Loire Valley château reborn as an adults-only hotel, Château Louise de La Vallière sits near Amboise in Touraine, its interiors conceived by master decorator Jacques Garcia. Rated 4.8/5 on Google and awarded five points by Gault & Millau Exceptional Hotel 2025, it occupies the design-led, historically resonant tier of French château hospitality. Rates start from US$477 per night.
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Arsicault Bakery
San Francisco, United States
Arsicault Bakery on Arguello Boulevard is San Francisco's most consistently ranked affordable bakery, placing in the top 12 of Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats in North America list every year from 2023 to 2025. Open daily from 8am, it operates short daytime hours that reward early arrivals. Chef Armando Lacayo's French-trained technique applied to a neighborhood format defines the city's serious bakery tier.
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32.French-Inspired New American
Bludorn
Houston, United States
Bludorn occupies a converted Montrose building on Taft Street where the kitchen operates under a Michelin Plate recognition and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among North America's top restaurants. Chef Chase Voelz leads a dinner-only American program supported by a 560-selection wine list with particular depth in Burgundy and California. The room draws a crowd that takes food seriously without requiring ceremony.
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33.California Soul Food
Alta Adams
Los Angeles, United States
Alta Adams brings produce-driven Southern cooking to West Adams, one of Los Angeles' most historically layered neighborhoods. Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and ranked 43rd on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list for 2024, the kitchen reframes familiar comfort dishes through a California lens. It is the kind of neighborhood restaurant that earns citywide attention without losing its local footing.
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34.Neapolitan Pizza
Unica Pizzeria
São Paulo, Brazil
In Campo Belo, one of São Paulo's more composed southern neighbourhoods, Unica Pizzeria has built a loyal following around Neapolitan-method pizzas made with certified Italian ingredients, San Marzano DOP tomatoes, imported cured meats, quality cheeses, served in a refined, intimate room suited to evenings that move between carpaccio, well-made cocktails, and a table that lingers. Prices are fair for the calibre on the plate.
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35.Piedmontese Northern Italian
Spinasse
Seattle, United States
Spinasse sits in Seattle’s Italian conversation as a Piedmont-focused counterpoint to broader red-sauce and pan-Italian dining. With Stuart Lane in the kitchen and repeat placement on Opinionated About Dining’s Casual in North America rankings, it gives Capitol Hill a regional Italian address with critical weight rather than generic trattoria comfort.
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36.Modern Quebec Tasting Menu
Le Mousso
Montréal, Canada
Le Mousso on Ontario Street East holds a consistent position among Montreal's most-recognized creative restaurants, appearing on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings annually since 2023 and earning a Michelin Plate in 2025. Chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard's French-rooted kitchen operates Thursday through Saturday, making reservations a considered commitment rather than a casual booking.
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37.Japanese-Italian Fusion
Levi
Copenhagen, Denmark
At Ny Østergade 24, Levi sets Italian kitchen logic against Japanese technique in a format that sits well outside Copenhagen's New Nordic mainstream. Named after a celebrated grappa producer, it holds a Michelin Plate and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe rankings, placing it among the city's most consistently recognised mid-tier restaurants. Chef Andrea Calducci steers the crossover with enough discipline to keep both traditions legible.
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38.Modern Cajun
Cochon
New Orleans, United States
Cochon holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and sustained Opinionated About Dining recognition across multiple years, placing it among the more closely watched Cajun-focused kitchens in New Orleans. Chef Stephen Stryjewski leads a menu rooted in Louisiana pork traditions and regional seafood at 930 Tchoupitoulas Street. Open seven days a week from 11am to 10pm, it draws a broad cross-section of the city's serious dining crowd.
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39.Artisan Bakery Cafe & Deli
Zak The Baker
Miami, United States
Ranked #95 on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats in North America list for 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, Zak The Baker operates from Wynwood's NW 26th Street as a kosher bakery and café built around naturally leavened bread, pastries, and composed sandwiches. It draws a loyal cross-section of Wynwood regulars who return for the same items week after week, a reliable sign that the menu has earned its audience rather than chased one.
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40.Hmong American
Diane’s Place
Minneapolis, United States
Opened in April 2024 in Northeast Minneapolis, Diane's Place brings Hmong home cooking into a full-service restaurant format through the hands of a chef with serious pastry credentials. Coconut-pandan croissants and scallion Danishes anchor the baked goods program, while pan-fried bean thread noodles, steamed pork rolls, and housemade-noodle chicken soup make the case for staying through every course.
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41.Modern Mediterranean Grill with Asian Influences
Margaret
Sydney, Australia
Neil Perry's Double Bay flagship sits at the serious end of Sydney dining, where Blackmore Wagyu and line-caught coral trout share the menu with equal billing. Ranked No. 2 on the World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants list, Margaret pairs a wood-fired grill program with Australian seafood preparations that carry clear pan-Pacific influence. The wine list skews strongly toward Australian producers, and the front-of-house operates at a pace that feels effortless rather than rehearsed.
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42.Modern American Fine Dining
Nightbird
San Francisco, United States
Nightbird on Gough Street operates Tuesday through Saturday at the top of San Francisco's tasting-menu tier, earning consecutive Opinionated About Dining North America rankings and a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. Chef Kim Alter's New American menu draws on California's seasonal produce traditions, placing the restaurant in a compact comparable set alongside Hayes Valley's most serious dining rooms.
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43.Modern Scandinavian Bistro
Matbaren
Stockholm, Sweden
Matbaren sits inside the Grand Hôtel Stockholm, operating in the more accessible register of Mathias Dahlgren's two-room operation on Blasieholmshamnen. Holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand in both 2024 and 2025 and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list, it channels Nordic foraging traditions through a format that skips the ceremony of the tasting-menu tier without abandoning seasonal rigour.
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44.Seasonal California Cuisine
3rd Cousin
San Francisco, United States
A Michelin Plate-recognized Californian-Japanese kitchen on Cortland Avenue, 3rd Cousin sits at the serious end of Bernal Heights dining without the formality that price bracket usually implies. Chef-owner Greg Lutes runs a tight program with a 600-bottle wine list weighted toward France and California, and a seasonal menu priced to remain accessible relative to the city's upper tier.
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45.Hotel
The Newt in Somerset
Castle Cary, United Kingdom
Ranked 37th on the World's 50 Best Hotels list in 2023 and scoring 96 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking, The Newt in Somerset occupies a Georgian country estate in the hills above Bruton. Its painstaking restoration of the Hadspen gardens, cider-making heritage, and farm-to-table ambition place it in a narrow tier of country house hotels that function as full immersive estates rather than rooms-and-breakfast operations.
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46.Restaurant
Sixpenny
Stanmore, Australia
Sixpenny occupies a quiet terrace on Percival Road in Stanmore, operating 34 seats across a single nightly sitting, a format that places it firmly in Sydney's most restrained fine dining tier. Chef Daniel Puskas leads the kitchen with a commitment to Australian Contemporary cuisine that has earned consecutive La Liste recognition in 2025 and 2026. For serious diners, it represents one of the inner west's most considered dining rooms.
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47.Winery
Bodegas Franco-Españolas
Logroño, Spain
One of Logroño's most established wine addresses, Bodegas Franco-Españolas earned nine awarded wines at the 2025 Decanter competition, five Silver, four Bronze, alongside a Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025. The winery sits on Calle Cabo Noval in the heart of Rioja's capital, offering a direct point of entry into the region's layered relationship with Tempranillo and oak-aged tradition.
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48.Modern Australian Fine Dining
BENTLEY Restaurant & Bar
Sydney, Australia
Once a neighbourhood wine bar, BENTLEY Restaurant & Bar has evolved into one of Sydney's CBD dining addresses with serious staying power. Situated inside the Radisson Blu Hotel on O'Connell Street, it holds consecutive La Liste placements (83.5 points in 2025, 82 in 2026) and multiple Star Wine List awards, with a wine program that has ranked among Australia's most recognised for several years running.
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49.Modern New American with Asian Influences
Maxwells Trading
Chicago, United States
In Chicago's West Loop, Maxwells Trading occupies a converted warehouse on Carroll Avenue where the cooking moves fluidly across Japanese, Chinese, and Thai reference points. Dishes like soup dumpling tortellini with maitake mushroom and turbot with kombu beurre blanc earned the kitchen a 2024 Michelin Plate and a spot at number 13 on Esquire's Best New Restaurants list. The bar program and a rooftop kitchen garden round out a package that punches well above its price tier.
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50.Modern American Steakhouse
American Cut
New York City, United States
American Cut in Tribeca has occupied a specific niche in New York's steakhouse circuit since 2013: modern in format, theatrical in atmosphere, and built around USDA Prime and A5 Wagyu cuts prepared on a high-temperature grill. Under chef Juan-Pablo Perez, the kitchen anchors its menu around dry-aged beef while the cocktail program and supper-club room keep the energy running late into the evening.
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51.Texas BBQ
Snow's BBQ
Lexington, United States
Snow's BBQ operates out of Lexington, Texas, on Saturday mornings only, from 8am until the meat runs out. Pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz, who has been working the pits since 1966, anchors a program recognized by Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list three consecutive years and featured in Netflix's Chef's Table: BBQ. Arrive early; the line forms before the doors open.
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52.Japanese-Italian Fusion Pizza
Pizza Marumo
Tokyo, Japan
Pizza Marumo in Ebisu, Tokyo, has climbed from #96 to #37 on the Opinionated About Dining Casual Japan list between 2024 and 2025, making it one of the faster-rising Neapolitan-influenced pizzerias in the city. Chef Yuki Motokura runs lunch and dinner service Tuesday through Sunday out of a ground-floor space on Ebisuminami, with a Google rating of 4.5 across nearly 800 reviews.
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53.Modern Vegetarian
ABCV
New York City, United States
Occupying a serene corner inside ABC Carpet & Home on East 19th Street, ABCV is among the few New York restaurants to make fully plant-based cooking credible at a serious dining level. Led by Neal Harden within the Jean-Georges Vongerichten group, the menu runs from breakfast through dinner with a structure that rewards multiple visits. Ranked #259 on Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual list in both 2024 and 2025.
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54.Winery
Cantina Santadi
Santadi, Italy
Cantina Santadi sits in the deep south of Sardinia, in the Sulcis wine zone where Carignano del Sulcis has found some of its most compelling expression. A Pearl 2 Star Prestige holder for 2025, the cooperative winery draws on old-vine bush-trained Carignano grown in sandy coastal soils to produce wines that carry genuine regional specificity. For anyone tracing Italian wine beyond the mainland, Santadi makes a strong case for attention.
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55.Winery
Finca Valpiedra
Fuenmayor, Spain
Finca Valpiedra sits on a meander of the Ebro river in Fuenmayor, La Rioja, where a single-estate vineyard occupies some of the region's most closely studied alluvial terroir. The estate holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025), placing it among Rioja's upper tier of terroir-driven producers. Visits reward those with genuine interest in how geography shapes wine character rather than those seeking a conventional cellar tour.
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56.Modern Southern Soul Food
Virtue
Chicago, United States
Virtue brings Southern cooking to Hyde Park with the kind of institutional weight that comes from two James Beard Awards and a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Erick Williams runs a welcoming room on E 53rd St where skillet corn bread, dirty rice with gizzards, and stone-ground grits anchor a menu rooted in heritage technique. The crowd skews University of Chicago smart; the hospitality skews South Side warm.
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57.Winery
Weingut Keringer
Mönchhof, Austria
Weingut Keringer operates from Mönchhof in the Burgenland wine country, where the shallow soils and heat-accumulating terrain around Lake Neusiedl produce wines of uncommon concentration and character. The estate holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, placing it in a respected tier among Austria's serious producers. It is a reference point for the region's potential in red and white varieties alike.
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58.Winery
Weingut Leo Hillinger
Jois, Austria
Weingut Leo Hillinger sits at Hill 1 in the village of Jois, on the western shore of the Neusiedlersee in Burgenland. The estate has earned a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, placing it among the most formally recognised producers in this flat, light-drenched stretch of eastern Austria. Visitors engage with wines shaped directly by the pan-flat terrain and the lake's amplified microclimate.
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59.Winery
Weingut Jäger
Weißenkirchen, Austria
Weingut Jäger sits at Kremser Str. 1 in Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, one of the Wachau's most closely watched wine addresses. The estate holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award for 2025, placing it among a small group of producers whose work the valley's broader comparable set uses as a benchmark. For anyone tracing Wachau terroir at close range, it represents a serious point of reference.
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60.Traditional Cantonese Dim Sum
Celestial Court Chinese Restaurant
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Celestial Court occupies a respected tier in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui Cantonese scene, holding a Michelin Plate, Black Pearl 1 Diamond, and an Opinionated About Dining Asia ranking for 2025. Under Chef Jack Chan, the kitchen leans into classical roasting traditions within the mid-range price bracket, making it a reliable address for char siu and roast-focused Cantonese cooking on the Kowloon side.
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