California
California carries 105,819 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
This is the front door to every U.S. state guide on Restaurant Award. Start with the national ranking, move into the busiest state pages, then step down into the city-level lists where the shortlist turns local.
Each card below opens a state rankings page and surfaces a few of the busiest city guides nested beneath it.
California carries 105,819 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
Texas carries 84,464 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
Florida carries 60,029 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
New York carries 54,770 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
Illinois carries 29,685 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
Pennsylvania carries 27,697 ranked venues and one of the deepest ranking pools in the guide. The list balances marquee rooms with dependable neighborhood institutions.
Open any card to land on the matching state rankings page, then step further into city-level lists from there.
The Atlantic corridor, New England rooms, and dense mid-Atlantic city guides.
Capital cities, coastlines, barbecue strongholds, Gulf markets, and long-haul dining corridors.
Great Lakes dining capitals, plains metros, and sturdy regional institutions across the interior.
Mountain states, Pacific cities, desert markets, and destination food towns across the American west.