Location Guides

Follow the shortlist by place, then open the ranking.

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.

State guides 24 Every active U.S. state page currently supported by the guide.
Ranked venues 841,942 Live inventory routed straight into the rankings stack.
Leading guide California 105,819 venues currently indexed.
Featured Places

Six high-traffic states to start with.

Each card below opens a state rankings page and surfaces a few of the busiest city guides nested beneath it.

West 105,819 ranked

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.

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South 84,464 ranked

Texas

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.

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South 60,029 ranked

Florida

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.

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Northeast 54,770 ranked

New York

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.

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Midwest 29,685 ranked

Illinois

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.

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Northeast 27,697 ranked

Pennsylvania

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.

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Full Directory

Every state guide, organized by region.

Open any card to land on the matching state rankings page, then step further into city-level lists from there.

Region

Northeast

The Atlantic corridor, New England rooms, and dense mid-Atlantic city guides.

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South

Capital cities, coastlines, barbecue strongholds, Gulf markets, and long-haul dining corridors.

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Midwest

Great Lakes dining capitals, plains metros, and sturdy regional institutions across the interior.

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West

Mountain states, Pacific cities, desert markets, and destination food towns across the American west.