30 fine dining worth the trip across United States, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All United States guides.
Cúrate ★ 4.9 · Asheville
downtown · 13 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
Katie Button's Cúrate on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville won the 2022 James Beard Outstanding Hospitality award. The Pintxos tasting menu at the chef's counter.
Tip: Counter tasting menu at the long bar requires booking 30 days ahead on Resy. The dining room is à la carte.
Chez Panisse Restaurant ★ 4.9 · Berkeley
gourmet-ghetto · 1517 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Michelin 1 Star + Green Star. Alice Waters' 1971 prix fixe restaurant: one menu per evening, market-determined, no choices. Reserve a month ahead at 09:00 PT.
Husk ★ 4.9 · Charleston
downtown · 76 Queen St, Charleston, SC 29401
Husk in Charleston opened in 2010 under Sean Brock and rebuilt Southern fine dining on heritage grains and hyper-local produce. Located in Downtown.
Tip: Book on the website. Bar seats walk-in at 17:00 and serve the full menu.
FIG ★ 4.9 · Charleston
downtown · 232 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
Mike Lata and Jason Stanhope's FIG in Charleston has anchored the city's fine-dining scene since 2003. Both chefs hold James Beard Best Chef Southeast awards.
Tip: Book 30 days ahead on Resy at 10:00. Bar seats fill within an hour of opening.
Counter- ★ 4.9 · Charlotte
west-charlotte · 2001 W Morehead St Suite D, Charlotte, NC 28208
Sam Hart's Counter- on West Morehead is the only Michelin-starred restaurant in North Carolina, with a one-star and a Green Star earned in 2025.
Tip: Book on Tock the day reservations open for the next season. Demand has been heavy since the November 2025 awards.
Mamani ★ 4.9 · Dallas
2681 Howell Street, BU4, Dallas, TX 75204
Michelin one-star French bistro in Uptown's The Quad that earned its star 48 days after opening in 2025. Led by chef Christophe De Lellis. Book 30 days ahead.
Tip: Reservations release 30 days ahead at midnight CST. Order the Dover sole and save room for the Paris-Brest.
Tatsu Dallas ★ 4.9 · Dallas
3309 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75226
Dallas's original Michelin-starred restaurant, retained its one star for the second consecutive year in 2025. Tasting menu $170 per person. At 3309 Elm St.
Tip: Reservations open on the 1st and 15th of each month at 8am CST on Tock and sell out within minutes. Set a calendar reminder.
Frasca Food and Wine ★ 4.9 · Denver
1738 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder is Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson's James Beard-winning Friulian dining room since 2004, a 40-minute drive.
Goldee's Barbecue ★ 4.9 · Fort Worth
near-northside · 4645 Dick Price Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76140
Goldee's Barbecue in Fort Worth is a Michelin-recognised pitmaster destination open only Friday through Sunday, and sells out early most days.
Tip: Arrive at opening or call ahead. They sell out most Fridays by 13:00 and do not restock once the pit is empty.
Joel Robuchon ★ 4.9 · Las Vegas
3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Joel Robuchon at MGM Grand in Las Vegas is the late chef's only US restaurant, the only three-Michelin-star kitchen in Nevada and a tasting-menu room.
Tip: The 16-course menu degustation is the full experience; shorter four to six course menus run at lunch and earlier seatings.
Sanford ★ 4.9 · Milwaukee
1547 N Jackson St, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Sanford on North Jackson is Milwaukee's fine-dining anchor since 1989; Justin Aprahamian, a James Beard Best Chef Midwest winner, leads the Surprise menu now.
Demi ★ 4.9 · Minneapolis
north-loop · 212 N 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Gavin Kaysen's Demi in the North Loop runs a 20-seat tasting-counter dining room in Minneapolis since 2017. James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur 2023.
Indigena by Owamni ★ 4.9 · Minneapolis
mill-district · 818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Sean Sherman's Indigena by Owamni inside the Guthrie Theater runs the country's pre-eminent Indigenous tasting kitchen in Minneapolis since June 2026.
Spoon and Stable ★ 4.9 · Minneapolis
north-loop · 211 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Gavin Kaysen's flagship in the old North Loop livery has run modern-American fine dining in Minneapolis since 2014. James Beard Best Chef Midwest 2018.
Dakar NOLA ★ 4.9 · New Orleans
937 Leonidas St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Dakar NOLA in New Orleans is James Beard winner Serigne Mbaye's Senegalese Creole tasting room in a Carrollton cottage, the 2024 Best New Restaurant.
Commis ★ 4.9 · Oakland
piedmont-avenue · 3859 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611
Commis is Oakland's only two-Michelin-star restaurant. Chef James Syhabout runs a ten-course tasting on Piedmont Avenue with Thai-Chinese influences.
Sorekara ★ 4.9 · Orlando
baldwin-park · 4979 New Broad St, Orlando, FL 32814
Sorekara on New Broad Street in Baldwin Park holds two Michelin stars in the 2026 Florida guide, with a tasting menu rooted in Japanese technique.
Langbaan ★ 4.9 · Portland
northwest-nob-hill · 1818 NW 23rd Pl, Portland, OR 97210
Earl Ninsom's regional Thai tasting counter in Portland, hidden behind sister restaurant Phuket Cafe with 33 seats and two seatings a night.
Tip: Reservations open monthly on Resy. The five-course menu rotates by Thai region and changes every six weeks.
Al Forno ★ 4.9 · Providence
577 South Water Street, Providence, RI 02903
Johanne Killeen's Al Forno on South Water Street invented grilled pizza in 1980. Wood-fire kitchen, baked pasta, Providence's most enduring fine-dining room.
Tip: No reservations for parties under five; arrive by 17:15 or book parties of five-plus on Tock.
The Kitchen ★ 4.9 · Sacramento
land-park · 915 Broadway, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95818
The Kitchen is Sacramento's only Michelin-starred restaurant, a chef's counter format with a six-course tasting menu on Broadway in Land Park.
Tip: Bookings open 90 days out via Exploretock. Single shows nightly, around 18:00, dietary requests at booking only.
Mixtli ★ 4.9 · San Antonio
812 S Alamo St Suite 103, San Antonio, TX 78205
Mixtli is San Antonio's first Michelin-starred restaurant, where chefs Diego Galicia and Rico Torres build a rotating tasting menu around one Mexican region.
Tip: The menu changes every several weeks around a single region of Mexico. Seats are limited; book on Tock well ahead.
Atelier Crenn ★ 4.9 · San Francisco
3127 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
Atelier Crenn in San Francisco is Dominique Crenn's three-Michelin-star Cow Hollow flagship, a poetry-of-cuisine vegetable-and-seafood tasting in 30 seats.
Tip: Sit at the chef's counter in the back for a longer hand-off and more conversation with the line.
The Grey ★ 4.9 · Savannah
109 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA 31401
Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano's flagship in a 1938 Greyhound bus terminal. Bailey: 2019 James Beard Best Chef Southeast, 2022 Outstanding Chef winner.
Canlis ★ 4.9 · Seattle
2576 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Canlis in Seattle is the city's enduring fine-dining room: chef Aisha Ibrahim runs a five-course tasting that draws on her Filipino heritage and Pacific.
Pavilion ★ 4.9 · St. Louis
5201 Shaw Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
Nick Bognar's 18-course omakase sits in a glass pavilion behind Sado on The Hill, ranked the best restaurant in St. Louis by the Post-Dispatch since 2024.
Tip: Chef-led nights run around $250 and the trained-team nights around $175; book through Sado. Eighteen small courses, so come hungry.
Bern's Steak House ★ 4.9 · Tampa
1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606
Bern's Steak House in Hyde Park is the 1956 dry-aged steakhouse running the largest restaurant wine cellar in the world: 500,000 bottles, 6,500 labels.
Campo at Los Poblanos ★ 4.8 · Albuquerque
north-valley · 4803 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
Campo at Los Poblanos on Rio Grande Boulevard is the farm to table tasting room on a working lavender farm in Los Ranchos
Luminosa ★ 4.8 · Asheville
downtown · 20 Battery Park Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
Luminosa inside the Flat Iron Hotel earned both a Michelin Green Star and a Bib Gourmand in the first 2025 Michelin Guide American South for its Italian.
Tip: Book on OpenTable; the chef's counter at the open kitchen takes walk-ups from 17:00. Closed Mondays.
The Market Place ★ 4.8 · Asheville
downtown · 20 Wall St, Asheville, NC 28801
William Dissen's The Market Place on Wall Street moved here 1990 (founded 1979 by Mark Rosenstein). Dissen is a 2025 JBA Outstanding Chef semifinalist.
Tip: Book on the restaurant's reservation page. The walk-up bar pours small plates from the main menu.
Lazy Betty ★ 4.8 · Atlanta
candler-park · 1530 Dekalb Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
Chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips' Candler Park tasting room in Atlanta opened 2019 and earned a Michelin Star in 2023 for an inventive seasonal prix-fixe.
Tip: The chef's counter for six is the seat to angle for; reservations open 60 days out on Tock.