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1. Alinea

Modernist tasting menu$$$$Lincoln Park

Grant Achatz's Alinea in Lincoln Park is one of a handful of US restaurants with three Michelin stars, serving theatrical modernist tasting menus in three formats nightly.

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2. Ben’s Chili Bowl

Half-smokes and chili$U Street

A family-run U Street institution since 1958, serving its original half-smokes and chili from a building that was once a silent cinema.

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3. Canlis

Pacific Northwest fine dining$$$$Queen Anne

Family-owned since 1950, Canlis is a Seattle fine-dining restaurant on Aurora Avenue North, known for its award-winning building, wine list and tableside Canlis Salad.

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4. Canoe

Contemporary Canadian$$$$Financial District

A weekday fine-dining restaurant on the 54th floor of the TD Bank Tower, cooking seasonal Canadian ingredients with a tasting menu, à la carte dinner and city views.

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5. Commander’s Palace

Haute Creole fine dining$$$$Garden District

A Garden District institution run by the Brennan family since 1974, serving what it calls New Haute Creole cooking, with weekend jazz brunch and a strict dress code.

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6. Joe’s Stone Crab

Seafood$$$$South Beach (South of Fifth)

Joe's Stone Crab has been a Miami Beach institution since 1913, serving chilled stone crab claws with mustard sauce near the southern tip of South Beach.

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7. Katz’s Delicatessen

Jewish deli$$Lower East Side

A Lower East Side institution since 1888, famous for hand-carved pastrami on rye, corned beef and its role in When Harry Met Sally.

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8. La Habichuela

Yucatecan and Caribbean$$$Downtown (Centro)

Downtown Cancún's long-running garden restaurant, open since 1977, serving Yucatecan and Caribbean dishes among Maya-style stelae and statues.

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9. Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant

Jewish deli$$Westlake

Family-run Jewish deli opposite MacArthur Park since 1947, famous for the No. 19, hand-cut pastrami on double-baked rye with coleslaw and Swiss cheese.

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10. Neptune Oyster

Oyster bar and seafood$$$North End

A small, walk-in-only oyster bar on Salem Street in the North End, known for its raw bar and a Maine lobster roll served hot with butter or cold with mayo.

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11. Pujol

Contemporary Mexican tasting menu$$$$Polanco

Enrique Olvera's two-Michelin-star restaurant in a 1950s Polanco house, known for its seasonal tasting menu, taco omakase counter and years-aged mole madre.

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12. Restaurant Guy Savoy

French fine dining$$$$The Strip (Caesars Palace)

French fine dining from chef Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace, with a Michelin star, Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond awards, tasting menus and a Krug Chef's Table.

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13. Schwartz’s Deli

Montreal smoked meat deli$Plateau-Mont-Royal

Montreal's best-known smoked meat deli, serving its cured and smoked brisket sandwiches on Saint-Laurent Boulevard since 1928.

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14. St. Lawrence

Québécois French$$$$Gastown

Chef Jean-Christophe Poirier's Michelin-starred restaurant on Powell Street serves refined Québécois and French cooking, with maple running through a weekly-changing table d'hôte.

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15. Zuni Café

Californian and Mediterranean$$$Hayes Valley

Zuni Café is a Market Street institution open since 1979, known for its roast chicken for two with warm bread salad, oysters and a daily-changing menu.

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16. Alo

Contemporary French tasting menu$$$$Spadina Avenue

Chef Patrick Kriss's Michelin-starred restaurant on the third floor of 163 Spadina Avenue, serving changing four-, six- and ten-course tasting menus of contemporary French cooking.

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17. Galatoire’s

French Creole$$$$French Quarter

A French Creole restaurant on Bourbon Street founded in 1905 by Jean Galatoire, known for Gulf seafood, classic sauces and its long Friday lunches.

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18. Joe Beef

French bistro, steaks and seafood$$$Little Burgundy

Little Burgundy restaurant opened in 2005 and named after a 19th-century tavern keeper, known for steaks, seafood and French bistro classics.

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19. Joe’s Pizza (Carmine Street)

New York-style pizza by the slice$Greenwich Village

The original Greenwich Village slice shop founded in 1975 by Naples-born Joe Pozzuoli, serving classic thin New York-style pizza by the slice.

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20. Kasama

Filipino bakery and tasting menu$$$$West Town

Kasama is a Filipino bakery by day and a reservation-only tasting menu restaurant by night, run by chefs Genie Kwon and Timothy Flores on the West Side.

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