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Dining guides, chef spotlights, and restaurant coverage from a team of editors and writers who don’t miss a meal.

No One Makes a Rice Bowl Like Baroo in Los Angeles
Staplehouse, Atlanta Is the Best New Restaurant in America
Ask a Local: An Insider's Guide to Anchorage, Alaska
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Ask a Local: An Insider's Guide to Anchorage, Alaska

What to do, where to go, and what to eat (and drink) in Anchorage, Alaska—according to Ian Doumit of SteamDot Coffee, a local in-the-know.
The Best New Bakeries in America
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The Best New Bakeries in America

You know a good bakery when you smell it. And by “it,” we mean butter, morphing into crumbly croissants or gooey cookies or sugary kouign amann.
The 5 Best Bars We Drank at This Year
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The 5 Best Bars We Drank at This Year

The best bars are never pretentious nor unfriendly—no matter if the bartenders are mixing $17 martinis or slinging double shots of Wild Turkey.
The Burger to End All Burgers and More Highlights From the Hunt for the Year’s Best New Restaurants
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The Burger to End All Burgers and More Highlights From the Hunt for the Year’s Best New Restaurants

From next-level bar snacks to museum-worthy plating, these restaurants proved they did it better than the rest.
The 3 Best Tacos of 2016
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The 3 Best Tacos of 2016

We are living in a boom time for tacos, as evidenced by these three new standouts in Dallas, Philly, and San Francisco.
Always Order the Goat Lasagna: The Best Pastas of 2016
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Always Order the Goat Lasagna: The Best Pastas of 2016

Sorry carb-phobics and gluten-free zealots, but pasta’s not going down without a fight.
The Best Desserts We Ate on the Road for the Hot 10
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The Best Desserts We Ate on the Road for the Hot 10

Spoiler alert: There’s bourbon involved.
The 5 Best Fried Chicken Sandwiches We Ate in 2016
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The 5 Best Fried Chicken Sandwiches We Ate in 2016

God only knows how many fried-chicken sandwiches we ate this year. But these five were unreal.
The 3 Best New Pizza Joints in America
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The 3 Best New Pizza Joints in America

From square-cut Detroit-style pizza in New York, to the perfect crust in Portland—these are 2016's best slices.
The 5 Best New Sandwiches in America
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The 5 Best New Sandwiches in America

From a taco-gyro hybrid to an epic meatloaf sandwich that rivals your grandma's, here are the best sandwiches we ate this year.
Washington D.C. Is the Restaurant City of the Year
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Washington D.C. Is the Restaurant City of the Year

There's never been a better time to go out to eat in our nation's capital
Washington D.C. Is the Restaurant City of the Year
Step Inside the Best-Designed New Restaurants
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Step Inside the Best-Designed New Restaurants

There are well-designed restaurants, and then there are restaurants that are such fully realized worlds, they transport you.
The Most Brilliant Restaurant Dessert Requires Zero Minutes Baking
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The Most Brilliant Restaurant Dessert Requires Zero Minutes Baking

Sort of amazing, sort of baffling: Is this restaurant seriously serving raw cookie dough and charging $8 for it?
Hot 10: Best New Restaurants 2016
Ask a Local: An Insider's Guide to Burlington, Vermont
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Ask a Local: An Insider's Guide to Burlington, Vermont

What to do, where to go, and what to eat (and drink) in Burlington, Vermont—according to Magdalena Van Dusen of Brio Coffeeworks, a local in-the-know.
Chefs Couldn't Survive Road Trips Without This Coffee
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Chefs Couldn't Survive Road Trips Without This Coffee

Gas station coffee is a cruel reality of road trips—unless you're these chefs, who have figured out the best ways to drink coffee on long rides.
17 Souvenir Mugs You Won’t Want to Offload to Granny
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17 Souvenir Mugs You Won’t Want to Offload to Granny

Take a trip across America in these souvenir mugs from the country's best diners, bars, and gift shops.
A Reporter's Food Diary from the RNC: Confetti Cookies and Cans of Wine
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A Reporter's Food Diary from the RNC: Confetti Cookies and Cans of Wine

When you're a reporter on deadline at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, this isn't a time for quinoa bowls.
The Breakfast Tacos That’ll Get Anyone Out of Bed at 5 a.m.
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The Breakfast Tacos That’ll Get Anyone Out of Bed at 5 a.m.

When you smell these cooking, it's impossible to sleep in.
How to Nail the Most Important Part of Road Tripping: The Snacks
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How to Nail the Most Important Part of Road Tripping: The Snacks

And how to order healthily if you're surrounded by fast food.
Why Texans Will Ride or Die for Whataburger
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Why Texans Will Ride or Die for Whataburger

What is it about this fast food chain that Texans love so much?
Ranking the Magical Food & Butterbeer at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Inside the World’s Largest Truck Stop, Iowa 80
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Inside the World’s Largest Truck Stop, Iowa 80

There's no place in the world like it.