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6 new american places in Durham we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Durham | New American across every city.

Durham's New American range runs from art gallery to fairway. Counting House serves brunch amid rotating exhibitions at the 21c Museum Hotel, NanaSteak plates prime and dry-aged beef under a tobacco-leaf bar inlay at American Tobacco Campus, and the Fairview Dining Room at the Washington Duke Inn holds AAA Four Diamond status for its refined cooking.

NanaSteak ★ 4.6

$$$$American steakhouseAmerican Tobacco Campus

Matt Kelly's steakhouse at American Tobacco Campus features tobacco-leaf bar inlay, Prime beef and wood-fired dry-aged cuts at the centrepiece.

OrderDry-aged ribeye, Chopped salad, Tobacco leaf bar cocktails

Fairview Dining Room ★ 4.3

$$$$New AmericanDowntown

The formal dining room at the Washington Duke Inn holds AAA Four Diamond status and serves refined New American cooking with NC producers and Sunday brunch.

OrderSeared scallops, NC lamb rack, Seasonal tasting selections

Counting House ★ 4.2

$$$New AmericanDowntown

The restaurant at the 21c Museum Hotel sources from NC farms and fisheries. Weekend brunch among rotating contemporary art is the best hotel-brunch downtown.

OrderNC shrimp and grits, Smoked salmon benedict, Local vegetable sides

NanaSteak ★ 4.6

$$$$American steakhouseAmerican Tobacco Campus

Matt Kelly's steakhouse at American Tobacco Campus has a tobacco-leaf bar inlay. Prime and dry-aged beef anchor a celebration-restaurant room.

Fairview Dining Room ★ 4.3

$$$$New AmericanDowntown

The AAA Four Diamond dining room inside the Washington Duke Inn serves refined New American cooking with NC producers. Sunday brunch is an occasion.

Counting House ★ 4.2

$$$New AmericanDowntown

The 21c Museum Hotel restaurant serves brunch amid rotating art. NC shrimp and grits and smoked salmon benedict are the strongest plates on the local menu.

OrderNC shrimp and grits

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