The Restaurant

List 2022

50 places in America we’re most excited about right now.

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We traveled widely and ate avidly as we built the annual list of our favorite restaurants in America. From Oklahoma City to Juncos, Puerto Rico, to Orcas Island off the coast of Washington State, our food reporters, editors and critics found revelatory Ethiopian barbecue, innovative Haitian cooking and possibly the most delicious fried pork sandwich in the United States.

While we love to see a dynamic new dining room open its doors, we’re equally impressed by kitchens that are doing their best work years in. So while some of our picks debuted just this summer, others have been around for decades. The one thing they do have in common: The food is amazing.

These are the 50 restaurants we love most in 2022.

West Chester, Pa.

Bacoa Finca + Fogón

Chicken’s Kitchen

Washington, D.C.

Cambridge, Mass.

Gabriella’s Vietnam

The Harvey House

Here’s Looking at You

Kabob Grill N’ Go

Kansas City, Mo.

Charlotte, N.C.

Portland, Maine

Healdsburg, Calif.

Lucian Books and Wine

Washington, D.C.

Ma Der Lao Kitchen

Coral Gables, Fla.

Eastsound, Wash.

The Musket Room

Smoke’N Ash B.B.Q.

Arlington, Texas

Chandler, Ariz.

Portland, Maine

Bentonville, Ark.

Coral Gables, Fla.

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West Chester, Pa.

Bacoa Finca + Fogón

Chicken’s Kitchen

Washington, D.C.

Cambridge, Mass.

Gabriella’s Vietnam

The Harvey House

Here’s Looking at You

Kabob Grill N’ Go

Kansas City, Mo.

Charlotte, N.C.

Portland, Maine

Healdsburg, Calif.

Lucian Books and Wine

Washington, D.C.

Ma Der Lao Kitchen

Coral Gables, Fla.

Eastsound, Wash.

The Musket Room

Smoke’N Ash B.B.Q.

Arlington, Texas

Chandler, Ariz.

Portland, Maine

Bentonville, Ark.

Coral Gables, Fla.

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