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Best Restaurants in North America (2026)

Places to eat at every budget, from street food and casual local spots to established restaurants and fine dining.

152 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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41. Quetzal

Mexican wood-fired$$$$College Street

A Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant on College Street cooking over wood-fired grills and hearths, with house-made heirloom corn tortillas, a tasting menu and agave cocktails.

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42. Rasika

Modern Indian$$$Penn Quarter

A modern Indian restaurant in Penn Quarter led by chef Vikram Sunderam, known for tawa, sigri and tandoori cooking and regional curries.

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44. The Pink Door

Italian-American$$$Pike Place Market

Behind a pink door on Post Alley since 1981, The Pink Door serves Italian-American food with live music, aerial performances and a seasonal deck over Elliott Bay.

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45. Tojo’s

Japanese omakase and sushi$$$$West Broadway

Opened by chef Hidekazu Tojo in 1988, Tojo's on West Broadway is known for seasonal omakase menus and as the home of the inside-out California roll.

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46. Bestia

Italian$$$Arts District

Arts District Italian restaurant serving dinner every night in a converted industrial building, and one of Downtown's hardest tables to book.

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47. COTE Miami

Korean steakhouse$$$$Design District

COTE Miami is the Design District branch of the COTE Korean steakhouse group, recognised with a Michelin star and open for lunch and dinner every day.

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49. Frontera Grill

Regional Mexican$$$River North

Rick and Deann Bayless's Frontera Grill has served regional Mexican cooking in River North since 1987, with lunch, dinner and a Saturday brunch.

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52. Kissa Tanto

Japanese-Italian$$$$Chinatown

Upstairs in a faded Chinatown building, Michelin-starred Kissa Tanto blends Japanese and Italian cooking in a room modelled on 1960s Tokyo jazz cafés.

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53. Le Bernardin

French seafood fine dining$$$$Midtown

Eric Ripert's Midtown seafood restaurant has held three Michelin stars for years and remains a benchmark for refined French cooking with fish.

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54. Le Diplomate

French brasserie$$$Logan Circle

A large, lively French brasserie on 14th Street from Starr Restaurants, serving onion soup, steak frites, seafood platters and weekend brunch.

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56. O Ya

Omakase$$$$Downtown

Tim and Nancy Cushman's omakase restaurant on East Street, serving a creative sequence of sushi and small dishes with a sake list overseen by an advanced sake professional.

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58. Rosetta

Creative Mexican$$$Roma Norte

Elena Reygadas's one-Michelin-star restaurant on Calle Colima in Roma Norte, serving creative Mexican dishes designed for sharing, with vegetables at the centre of several signature dishes.

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60. Toqué!

Fine dining, Quebec produce$$$$Quartier international

Normand Laprise's fine-dining restaurant, founded in 1993 and a pioneer of cooking with local, seasonal Quebec produce, now in the Quartier international.

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