Top Modern European restaurants in United States

Hen of the Wood ★ 4.8

Burlington's flagship farm-to-table room. James Beard nominations across multiple years; chef Eric Warnstedt opened the Waterbury original in 2005.

L'Etoile ★ 4.8

L'Etoile on Capitol Square, opened by Odessa Piper in 1976 and run by James Beard winner Tory Miller since 2005, is Madison's seminal farm-to-table flagship.

Chez Nous ★ 4.7

Chez Nous in Charleston runs a two-protein, two-pasta, two-starter handwritten menu daily out of a cottage on Payne Court since 2014. Located in Upper King.

OrderWhatever pasta is on the day's chalkboard; it's always the strongest plate.

TipBook on Resy weeks ahead. The room is tiny and tables turn slowly.

Chez Nous ★ 4.7

Chez Nous in Charleston runs a daily handwritten menu of six dishes out of a six-table cottage on Payne Court since 2014. Located in Upper King.

OrderWhatever the daily pasta is; it's the kitchen's strongest run.

TipBook on Resy weeks ahead. Lunch service is the easier seat Booking ahead is essential.

Topsoil Restaurant ★ 4.7

Topsoil runs farm-to-table from a Travelers Rest storefront on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Listed in the Michelin Guide South Carolina selection.

Fete Hawaii ★ 4.7

Fete Hawaii is chef Robynne Maii's farm-to-table room in Chinatown Honolulu, awarded the 2022 James Beard for Best Chef Northwest and Pacific on first.

OrderThe daily pasta and a wedge salad with house bacon to start.

TipBook four weeks out; bar seats are walk-in and turn at 17:30. Tuesday through Saturday, dinner only.

Heritage Tavern ★ 4.7

Heritage Tavern on East Mifflin, Dan Fox's farm-to-table dining room a block off Capitol Square since 2013, anchors Madison's chef-driven new-American tier.

Au Courant ★ 4.7

Au Courant's European kitchen rotates its six-course tasting menu every week, using Nebraska ingredients in a format that changes completely by Thursday.

OrderThe six-course weekly-changing chef's tasting menu, under $80 per person at time of research.

Au Courant ★ 4.7

Au Courant's European kitchen changes its six-course tasting menu every week, making it the most frequently rotating fine dining programme in Nebraska.

Restaurant 17 ★ 4.6

Restaurant 17 runs the dining room at Hotel Domestique in Travelers Rest. Chef Haydn Shaak builds a European-meets-Upstate menu from seasonal Carolina farms.

Mot Hai Ba (Dinner) ★ 4.5

The evening programme at Mot Hai Ba, a Lakewood neighbourhood restaurant with Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition and a farm-to-table seasonal menu drawing.

TipThe wine list is short and well-chosen. Ask the server to recommend a bottle rather than scanning the list; the pairing advice is consistently good.

Buck's Restaurant and Bar ★ 4.5

Buck's Restaurant in Louisville has poured Old Louisville's continental dinner since 1992, set inside the historic Mayflower building on West Ormsby.

OrderThe crab cakes and the bacon-wrapped shrimp, two long-running classics.

TipClosed Sundays. Best for a special-occasion dinner with a view of the room's vintage piano bar.

Buck's Restaurant and Bar ★ 4.5

Buck's Restaurant in Louisville has run Old Louisville's most romantic continental dinner since 1992, set inside the historic Mayflower building on West.

A.R. Valentien ★ 4.5

A.R. Valentien in La Jolla is the farm-to-table dining room at The Lodge at Torrey Pines, a Michelin-Guide-listed Californian kitchen with its own herb.

OrderWednesday Garden Dinner four-course chef's menu; the wine pairing with North County producers.

TipBook the patio at golden hour for the Pacific-and-fairway view; Wednesday's Garden Dinner is the deepest value.

Nine ★ 4.4

Allan Rodriguez opened Nine in August 2025 in the former No. 9 Park space on Beacon Hill in Boston, with longtime chef Andrew Simonich on the line.

OrderThe uni spaghetti, the only dish Simonich carried over from No. 9 Park.

TipThe Gin Palace bar pours 80 gins from around the world; sit there for the easier walk-in seat.

Nine ★ 4.4

Nine opened in the former No. 9 Park space on Beacon Hill in Boston in August 2025. Restaurateur Allan Rodriguez, chef Andrew Simonich, French-European menu.

Anton & Michel ★ 4.4

Anton & Michel faces the Court of the Fountains in Carmel with white-tablecloth European dining, open daily for both lunch and dinner services.

OrderA window table over the fountain court matters as much as the menu.

TipThis is one of the few formal rooms in the village serving a full daily lunch; the fountain courtyard is the seat to request.

Customshop ★ 4.4

Customshop on Elizabeth Avenue is a long-running Charlotte neighbourhood room drawing from Spanish, Italian and French traditions with North Carolina produce.

OrderThe pasta course and whichever wood-fired protein is on the board. The menu changes with the season.

TipOpen Tuesday to Saturday for dinner only. Reserve on Resy a week ahead.

Customshop ★ 4.4

Customshop on Elizabeth Avenue is a chef-driven European-leaning room with seasonal Spanish, Italian and French menus built from North Carolina farms.

OrderThe pasta course and the wood-fired protein of the night.

TipOpen Tuesday to Saturday for dinner only. Tables on weekends move quickly.

Olympia Provisions Southeast ★ 4.4

Portland's first salumeria, now a refined European bistro in the Central Eastside with house-cured charcuterie and a long pastry bar at the front.

OrderThe chef's charcuterie board with house-baked rye

TipChoucroute royale is on the menu year-round but tastes right in winter. Brunch on weekends from 10:00.

The Coronet ★ 4.4

The Coronet on West Cushing in Tucson's Barrio Viejo serves Sally Kane's European small plates in the historic Cushing Street building, with weekend brunch.

OrderMussels frites, House charcuterie

The Inn at Shelburne Farms ★ 4.3

Vermont's pioneering farm-to-table fine-dining room inside the 1899 Webb-Vanderbilt estate on Lake Champlain, eight miles south of Burlington.

Supper at Hotel Emma ★ 4.3

Supper at Hotel Emma is the Pearl's farm-to-table flagship, where market-driven specials change with the season and the bar and brunch rival dinner itself.

OrderSeasonal market plates and the pasta of the day.

TipBrunch and the bar at the Emma are as worth it as dinner. The market-driven specials change with the season.

Boston Title and Abstract ★ 4.3

Tulsa's underground speakeasy-style restaurant hidden behind an unmarked alley door on Boston Avenue, serving contemporary European plates in a moody.

Commonwealth ★ 4.2

Commonwealth fills the Angad Arts Hotel ground floor in Grand Center with a modern European menu that draws on more than 50 Commonwealth nations.

TipPair dinner with a show across the street at the Fox or Powell Hall; reserve on OpenTable. The room runs 4-10pm Tue-Thu and 4-11pm Fri-Sat.

Naked Farmer ★ 4.2

Naked Farmer on Water Street in Tampa runs a fast-casual farm-to-table kitchen with locally sourced bowls, salads and Florida grouper sandwiches.

OrderThe Farmer bowl with grilled chicken and the citrus farro salad; pick the seasonal vegetable side.

TipLunch-only at the downtown location; the chef rotates produce sourcing from Florida growers each week.

Naked Farmer Water Street ★ 4.2

Naked Farmer on Water Street runs a fast-casual farm-to-table kitchen with locally sourced bowls, grain plates, salads and grouper sandwiches.

OrderFarmer bowl with grilled chicken and the citrus farro salad.

TipLunch focus; produce sourcing rotates weekly from Florida growers.

The Coronet ★ 4.1

The Coronet on West Cushing in Tucson's Barrio Viejo serves Sally Kane's European small plates in the historic Cushing Street building, with weekend brunch.