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Best New Restaurants in America 2017
Afuri is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

1. Afuri

9.0
921 SE 7th Ave (at SE Belmont St), Portland, OR
Ramen Restaurant · 30 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: At lunchtime, the sunlight-filled room is the ideal setting for a quick bowl of ramen. At dinner, the buzz from the giant open kitchen fills the space with big city energy. Read more.

Restaurant Alma is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

2. Restaurant Alma

8.8
528 University Ave SE (6th Ave), Minneapolis, MN
New American Restaurant · Marcy - Holmes · 34 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order smoked whitefish tartine, tomato-bread soup, and brownie sundae in the café; whatever looks good on the always-changing restaurant menu (wild-nettle sformato, shellfish-coconut stew, etc) Read more.

Aska is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

3. Aska

8.9
47 S 5th St (Wythe), Brooklyn, NY
Scandinavian Restaurant · Williamsburg · 27 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for an ambitious meal that’s actually worth the price tag. Swedish chef-savant Fredrik Berselius serves his tasting menus to ten lucky tables a night in an 1860s-era warehouse in Brooklyn. Read more.

Bastion is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

4. Bastion

9.0
434 Houston St, Nashville, TN
New American Restaurant · South Nashville · 14 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Straight ahead, when you enter, you have one of the most fun bars in a city of very fun bars: a cavernous hangout serving $6 boilermakers and $9-$13 fine cocktails like the Howdy Sailor. Read more.

Brewery Bhavana is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

5. Brewery Bhavana

9.0
218 S Blount St, Raleigh, NC
Brewery · 30 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Crab fried rice arrives covered in an egg crepe mix-in, the whole Peking duck is textbook perfect with crunchy skin and confit-like meat, and no order is complete without stir-fried snow pea tips. Read more.

Bucktown is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

6. Bucktown

471 W Fountain St, Providence, RI
Fried Chicken Joint · Federal Hill · 12 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Chef Ashley Faulkner $ her co-owner Adam Mir's hole-in-the-wall nails those craveable Southern masterpieces—fried shrimp po’boys, hushpuppies with honey butter, banana pudding—in a low-key bar setting Read more.

Dame is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

7. Dame

8.2
2930 NE Killingsworth St (NE 30th Ave), Portland, OR
Eastern European Restaurant · 8 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the bread with anchovy aioli, butter, and pickles, and whatever wine is fresh and by-the-glass. Follow that up with some fried and cured little fishes and a bracing orange wine Read more.

The Denver Central Market is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

8. The Denver Central Market

9.0
2669 Larimer Street, Denver, CO
Market · Curtis Park · 36 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The sweet tooth can snag an ice cream sandwich at High Point Creamery, and the health nut can sip her charcoal lemonade at Green Seed, all while you hit your dozen Kumamoto oyster with some mignonette Read more.

Destroyer is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

9. Destroyer

8.9
3578 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA
New American Restaurant · Culver City · 42 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for chef Jordan Kahn’s strange yet satisfying meditation on the healthyish kinds of daytime snacks that everyone wants to eat when they’re in Los Angeles. Read more.

Elske is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

10. Elske

8.7
1350 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL
New American Restaurant · Fulton Market · 22 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for a taste of some of the most exciting cooking happening right now. Husband and wife David and Anna Posey bring their many talents—he is the former chef of Chicago’s iconic Blackbird. Read more.

Giant is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

11. Giant

9.1
3209 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL
American Restaurant · Logan Square · 21 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Get the super uni shooters (molten uni butter encrusted in crispy panko); onion rings with a snowlike scattering of Parmesan; and pastas like “pici with chew” (plus bacon and jalapeño). Read more.

Güero is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

12. Güero

8.9
200 NE 28th Ave (NE Davis St), Portland, OR
Mexican Restaurant · 25 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: If you’re a first-timer, order the desayuno, a breakfast sandwich that involves scrambled egg, queso fresco, braised beef, and avocado amongst other fixings. Read more.

Hart's is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

13. Hart's

8.9
506 Franklin Ave (btw Fulton & Hancock), Brooklyn, NY
American Restaurant · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 19 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for chef Nick Perkins’ down-to-earth but beautiful Mediterranean-leaning food. He does wonders with fish and local vegetables, making you question how food so simple could be so dang good. Read more.

Henrietta Red is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

14. Henrietta Red

8.9
1200 4th Ave N (Madison Street), Nashville, TN
Restaurant · 16 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: One of the most beautiful dining rooms we came across all year: marble-topped oyster bar, whitewashed exposed brick walls, leather chairs, and so on. Expect to see at least one bachelorette party. Read more.

Himitsu is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

15. Himitsu

828 Upshur St NW, Washington, D.C.
Japanese Restaurant · Petworth · 15 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Yes, there’s a solid selection of nigiri and sashimi for those who want to play it safe, but we recommend heading for more unfamiliar territory—like uni paired with Alabama white sauce. Read more.

June's is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

16. June's

8.4
1722 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX
French Restaurant · Bouldin Creek · 23 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: It’s got a modern Paris café look with its circular copper-topped tables, checker-patterned tile floor, marble bar, and smartly designed sconces. Read more.

Kemuri Tatsu-ya is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

17. Kemuri Tatsu-ya

8.9
2713 E 2nd St (at Pleasant Valley Rd), Austin, TX
Japanese Restaurant · 36 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Ask for the specials, or Kemuri-Osusume (“recommendations’). Some of the best things we ate came from this menu, including a rich crawfish chawanmushi (steamed egg custard) and “fries with eyes”. Read more.

Kismet is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

18. Kismet

9.1
4648 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Mediterranean Restaurant · East Hollywood · 70 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the Turkish breakfast. You’ll get a dizzying array of accouterments: house-made pickles, soft-boiled eggs, marinated feta and seeded bread. Read more.

Le Coucou is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

19. Le Coucou

9.0
138 Lafayette St, New York, NY
French Restaurant · SoHo · 93 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: This is New York extravagance by way of mega-restaurateur Stephen Starr, with invigorated French cooking from the American-born Parisian sensation Daniel Rose. Read more.

Little Jack's Tavern is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

20. Little Jack's Tavern

8.4
710 King St, Charleston, SC
American Restaurant · Downtown Charleston · 13 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go for a burger and a classic cocktail. The green-checkered tablecloths, wooden bar, and boxing photos at this clubby spot practically beg you to get a martini. Read more.

Mamaleh's is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

21. Mamaleh's

9.0
1 Kendall Square (Hampshire St), Cambridge, MA
Jewish Restaurant · 32 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The bagels and bialys are made in-house; the pastrami and brisket are brined, smoked, and roasted the old-fashioned way; even the sodas—in flavors like celery and beet—are built from house-made shrubs Read more.

Marjie's Grill is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

22. Marjie's Grill

320 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA
Restaurant · Tulane - Gravier · 10 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the dishes that come with pork. That could mean everything from crispy pig tails or pig's knuckles smothered in spicy ginger sauce, or charred pork shoulder steak with a ton of herbs. Read more.

Marmite is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

23. Marmite

1424 11th Ave (E Pike St.), Seattle, WA
French Restaurant · Capitol Hill · 7 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the soup. It could be made with nettles, roasted root vegetables, local fish, or some other pristine Pacific Northwest ingredient. The sandwiches at lunch are standouts. Read more.

Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

24. Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint

9.0
410 4th Ave S (at Peabody St), Nashville, TN
BBQ Joint · 64 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The sports bar of your dreams, with better food and fewer drunk fans. Don’t dream of sports bars? You’ll probably find a nook in the sprawling space that will do just fine. Read more.

Mean Sandwich is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

25. Mean Sandwich

8.6
1510 NW Leary Way (15th Ave NW), Seattle, WA
Sandwich Spot · Ballard · 16 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Get the Skins & Ins, for starters, basically fried baked potato chunks; they are the crispiest, crunchiest home fries we have ever tasted. Read more.

Mi Tocaya Antojería is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

26. Mi Tocaya Antojería

8.8
2800 W Logan Blvd (California), Chicago, IL
Mexican Restaurant · Logan Square · 20 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go for the bright and citrusy shrimp ceviche, all of the tacos, the gorgeous fish with green mole, and the flan de queso. Or literally anything else from the tightly edited menu. Read more.

Mister Jiu's is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

27. Mister Jiu's

8.7
28 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 71 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: BRING YOUR FRIENDS and go all in on Mister Jiu’s banquet-style menu, whereby you can order seven dishes for the table ($69/person) with wine pairings ($45/person). Read more.

Nina June is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

28. Nina June

7.4
24 Central St, Rockport, ME
Bistro · 3 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Tagliatelle with slow-cooked lamb neck ragù, risotto with Beth’s Farm Market asparagus, ravioli with herbs and ricotta…Jenkins doesn’t mess around. Read more.

Nixta is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

29. Nixta

7.0
1621 Tower Grove Ave, St Louis, MO
Mexican Restaurant · 4 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the cheesy, deep-fried flautas; the stunning ceviche with plump, pristine shrimp; the crispiest pulpo (octopus) known to humankind; and the chicken mole. Read more.

Olmsted is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

30. Olmsted

8.8
659 Vanderbilt Ave (Park Pl), Brooklyn, NY
New American Restaurant · Prospect Heights · 111 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the carrot crepe with littleneck clams (sounds weird, tastes divine), lamb porchetta, and flawless chocolate mousse. Read more.

P.Y.T. is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

31. P.Y.T.

400 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Downtown Los Angeles · 14 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for a not-at-all-precious ode to vegetables in all their glory, most of which have been grown under the oversight of Josef Centeno (a Top 50 alum) at a nearby urban garden. Read more.

Palizzi Social Club is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

32. Palizzi Social Club

1408 S 12th St (Reed), Philadelphia, PA
Social Club · No tips or reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: If you’ve never had tripe, this is the place to get it—it’s rich and silky and almost pasta-like. End the meal with spumoni and ask your server for some house grappa. When in… Philadelphia? Read more.

Pineapple and Pearls is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

33. Pineapple and Pearls

8.3
715 8th St SE, Washington, D.C.
Restaurant · Capitol Hill · 21 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Get the signature Pineapple and Pearls and the Mexican Hot Chocolate buns, if you can. Wait, you can get pistachio milk in your coffee?! Read more.

Red Hog Butcher is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

34. Red Hog Butcher

6.2
2622 Frankfort Ave (Franck Ave), Louisville, KY
Butcher · Crescent Hill · 1 tip

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the mysteriously perfect french fries; “Damn Good” Cuban sandwich (there is, on this occasion, truth in advertising); and the crisp-skinned, deep-amber-colored rotisserie chicken. Read more.

Res Ipsa is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

35. Res Ipsa

2218 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
Café · Center City West · 4 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Whether you want an awesome breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner. Res Ipsa does just that, getting it right from house-made English muffins in the morning all the way to spaghetti with clams late at night. Read more.

Rodney Scott's BBQ is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

36. Rodney Scott's BBQ

8.0
1011 King St, Charleston, SC
BBQ Joint · Downtown Charleston · 29 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The pit-cooked chicken is as good as any rotisserie bird you’ll find in France, and those big meaty spare ribs with a slathering of Rodney’s zingy sauce are worth a separate visit altogether. Read more.

Saint Leo is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

37. Saint Leo

7.4
1101 Jackson Ave E, Oxford, MS
Italian Restaurant · 4 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for smoke-tinged pies made with quality ingredients and Italian-leaning sides (like farro with arugula pesto and radishes) in a Mississippi region known for serious Southern cooking. Read more.

Shibumi is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

38. Shibumi

8.6
815 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA
Japanese Restaurant · South Park · 9 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: dark, austere, moody, beautiful, in a larger space than you might imagine…it’s a gently glowing beacon on a grim block of downtown. Read more.

SingleThread Farm, Restaurant, and Inn is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

39. SingleThread Farm, Restaurant, and Inn

9.0
131 North St, Healdsburg, CA
New American Restaurant · 15 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: thoughtful, quiet, and serious. SingleThread is not about blowing your mind with tricks and gimmicks; it’s about treating ingredients with integrity and serving them with finesse. Read more.

Smyth is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

40. Smyth

8.9
177 N Ada St, Chicago, IL
Restaurant · Fulton Market · 11 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: $135 eight-course tasting menu at Smyth, which showcases impeccable ingredients (like the insanely rich combination of Dungeness crab and foie gras) and the chefs’ wildly ambitious larder of ferments. Read more.

Tartine Manufactory is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

41. Tartine Manufactory

8.9
595 Alabama St (at 18th St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Mission District · 152 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the coddled egg with za’atar toast for breakfast, out-of-this-planet porchetta sandwich at lunch, and an ice cream pie (from ice-cream-shop-within-a-shop Tartine Cookies & Cream) for the table. Read more.

The Antler Room is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

42. The Antler Room

8.5
2506 Holmes St (btwn E 25th & 26th St), Kansas City, MO
New American Restaurant · 6 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The vibe is convivial and cool, with wood-paneled walls and garage-style doors that open to the street. This is the place to be right now in Kansas City. Read more.

Timber Pizza Company is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

43. Timber Pizza Company

9.2
809 Upshur St NW (btwn 8th & 9th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Pizzeria · Petworth · 23 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Get the Green Monster pie (fresh mozz and green things in season, such as zucchini and kale); the Julia (a salad’s worth of snow peas, asparagus, and pea-shoot pesto on a white pie). Read more.

Turkey and the Wolf is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

44. Turkey and the Wolf

9.2
739 Jackson Ave (at Annunciation St), New Orleans, LA
Sandwich Spot · Lower Garden District · 53 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here for an out-of-this-world New Orleans lunch from chef-genius Mason Hereford and his crazily skilled cooks. Hereford and Co. channel their considerable talents into reinvented nostalgic classics Read more.

Tusk is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

45. Tusk

8.7
2448 E Burnside St (btwn 24th & 26th), Portland, OR
Middle Eastern Restaurant · 32 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Order the dreamy, elaborately-topped hummus du jour, plus as many of the ever-changing vegetable dishes as you can fit on the table, and plenty of nutty, pillow-light flatbreads to mop it all up with. Read more.

Vicia is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

46. Vicia

7.5
4260 Forest Park Ave, St Louis, MO
New American Restaurant · Central West End · 9 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The menu is exciting and unusual enough to intrigue a younger crowd; the space and service are sophisticated enough to please older diners too. Read more.

Annette is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

47. Annette

8.7
2501 Dallas St, Aurora, CO
New American Restaurant · Northwest Aurora · 6 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Get the octopus patatas bravas, gnocchi with green garlic, and any of the impressive family-style entrées, such as whole-roasted fish smeared with a spicy, deep-flavored Calabrian chile butter Read more.

Normandy Farm Bakery is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

48. Normandy Farm Bakery

7.9
19 Broad St, Charleston, SC
Bakery · French Quarter · 7 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: The menu changes too often to offer reliable recs—recent highlights included a pork ragù with house-made pasta and stone crab with favas—but it’s just three dishes, so go ahead and order them all. Read more.

Spring is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

49. Spring

7.2
83 Church St NE, Marietta, GA
Southern Food Restaurant · Downtown Marietta · 4 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Go here to check out inventive, unfussy farm-to-table dishes from Georgia native and culinary wunderkind Brian So (previously of Decatur's Sobban) in an equally uncomplicated setting. Read more.

The Purple House is one of Best New Restaurants in America 2017.

50. The Purple House

8.0
378 Walnut Hill Rd, Town of North Yarmouth, ME
Bagel Shop · 2 tips and reviews

Bon Appetit MagazineBon Appetit Magazine: Everything here centers around the blazing hearth, where chef-owner Krista Kern Desjarlais fires up crackly Montreal-style bagels in the morning and rustic sandwiches and pizzas in the afternoon. Read more.