Whether you’re a seafood, meat, or veggie lover–food is the bond that unites all us. In fact, before stepping foot in a restaurant, millions of people connect online to learn the inside scoop on delis, restaurants, food trucks, and more. Keeping that in mind, Yelp, a mobile search application with more than 95 million reviews on everything from spa’s to restaurants, compiled the “Top 100 Places to Eat in the US for 2016.â€
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According to Yelp, the list of best places to eat honors businesses that rank so highly in the Yelp community’s opinion that they have earned the status of “must try within this lifetime.†From fancy to casual, long-time favorite to new up-and-comer, barbecue to udon, this list runs the gamut of gastronomical experiences.
Here’s a snapshot of a few restaurants that made the list:
1. Porto’s Bakery & Cafe, Burbank, CAÂ
2. Cheese Board Pizza, Berkeley, CA
4. Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, Kansas City, KS
5. TKB Bakery & Deli, Indio, CA
6. Gary Danko, San Francisco, CA
7. The Morrison, Los Angeles, CA
8. Mama D’s Italian Kitchen, Newport Beach, CA
9. Franklin Barbecue, Austin, TX
10. Marukame Udon, Honolulu, HI
13. Little Miss BBQ, Phoenix, AZ
15. Da Poke Shack, Kailua-Kona, HI
16. Los Agaves, Santa Barbara, CA
17. Tacos El Gordo, Chula Vista, CA
18. Bogart’s Smokehouse, Saint Louis, MO
20. Joe’s Falafel, Los Angeles, CAÂ
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