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The Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in the United States

Across the United States, this selection covers 60 restaurants with deep wine lists in the En Primeur Club guide or recognition from the World's Best Wine Lists awards, including Eleven Madison Park, Saison and Single Thread Farm. Many hold Michelin stars, and many have recognition from independent sources including Wine Spectator and Opinionated About Dining.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries are in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here pours from a deep wine list or is recognized by the World's Best Wine Lists awards. En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

  • Acquerello

    San Francisco, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Open since 1989, Acquerello holds two Michelin stars and operates from a converted chapel on Sacramento Street, where classical Italian cooking — shaped by French technique — meets one of San Francisco's most serious wine programs. Wine Director Gianpaolo Paterlini oversees a cellar of 15,000 bottles with particular depth in Piedmont, Tuscany, and California. La Liste placed it among the world's top restaurants in both 2025 and 2026.

    Also recognized by Bureau du Champagne, USA, James Beard Award, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

  • Addison

    San Diego, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Addison is San Diego’s high-form tasting-menu address for California gastronomy, framed through French technique, regional produce, and a resort setting that keeps the room insulated from the city’s casual dining tempo. William Bradley’s kitchen carries heavy external validation, including La Liste 95 points for 2026, Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, and an Opinionated About Dining North America ranking.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

  • Albi

    Washington DC, United States

    1 Michelin star

    A Michelin-starred live-fire destination in Washington D.C.'s Navy Yard, Albi channels Palestinian culinary tradition through a wood-burning hearth and peak-season Mid-Atlantic produce. Chef Michael Rafidi's five-course tasting menu earned the 2024 James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef, placing the restaurant among the more decorated in the American capital.

    Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, RAMMYS, Robb Report

  • Alinea

    Chicago, United States

    2 Michelin stars

    Alinea remains Chicago's defining modernist dining room: theatrical, technical and more concerned with changing the grammar of American fine dining than with repeating luxury-restaurant conventions.

    Also recognized by AAA, Chef's Table, Forbes, James Beard Award

  • Angler SF

    San Francisco, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    A Michelin-starred seafood restaurant on San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront, Angler operates around a wood-burning hearth and Bay Bridge views that few comparable dining rooms can match. Under Saison Hospitality Group, the kitchen works in concert with a wine program of 2,530 selections and deep Burgundy and California strengths. Ranked #61 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2024, it sits at the serious end of the city's contemporary seafood tier.

    Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

  • Aquavit

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Aquavit has served Scandinavian cooking in Midtown since 1987. Today Emma Bengtsson leads the two-Michelin-star kitchen, with lunch and two tasting-menu formats that bring seafood, preserved flavors and seasonal produce into a contemporary Nordic dining room.

    Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining

  • Atelier Crenn

    San Francisco, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Atelier Crenn is San Francisco fine dining at its auteur end: Modern French technique filtered through California sourcing, seafood, vegetables, and the biographical poetry of Dominique Crenn. The restaurant carries Michelin three-star recognition and a 2026 OAD Top Restaurants in North America ranking, placing it in a rarefied bracket where provenance and precision matter more than luxury theater.

    Also recognized by Chef's Table, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Atera

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Atera holds two Michelin stars and an AAA 5 Diamond rating, placing it among a small tier of New York tasting-menu counters where Danish-influenced technique and seasonal ingredients converge. Chef Ronny Emborg's menu spans numerous courses that move between delicacy and richness, anchored by a wine program of 1,500 selections across 7,000 bottles. Dinner runs nightly at 77 Worth Street in Tribeca.

    Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

  • Atlas

    Atlanta, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Atlas Atlanta merges Michelin-starred seasonal American cuisine with a rotating contemporary art program inside the St. Regis Buckhead, where Chef Freddy Money's daily-changing tasting menus unfold among works by Alexi Torres, Hunt Slonem and Hijack, curated with Carousel Fine Art Galleries. This intimate 60-seat sanctuary represents Atlanta's pinnacle of fine dining sophistication. Atlas is a restaurant with a full bar, not a wine bar.

    Also recognized by Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

  • Atomix

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars

    Atomix is where New York's Korean fine-dining conversation becomes precise, formal, and deeply contemporary. The counter format, illustrated course cards, and Junghyun Park's modern Korean cooking turn the meal into a study of accompaniment, sequence, and cultural translation rather than a conventional luxury tasting menu.

    Also recognized by James Beard Award, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, New York Times

  • Aubergine Carmel

    Carmel-by-the-Sea, United States

    2 Michelin stars

    Aubergine at L'Auberge Carmel holds two Michelin stars in 2025 and a La Liste score of 88 points, placing it among the more decorated fine-dining rooms on the California Central Coast. Chef Justin Cogley runs an eight-course tasting menu built around Monterey-sourced ingredients in a nine-table dining room that books at least a month ahead. Smart business casual dress is required; reservations open Wednesday through Sunday evenings.

    Also recognized by Bureau du Champagne, USA, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

  • Benu

    San Francisco, United States

    3 Michelin stars

    Benu sits in San Francisco's serious tasting-menu tier, using French structure and Chinese-Korean reference points with uncommon technical control. Corey Lee's restaurant has the external validation to match the ambition: No. 12 on Opinionated About Dining's 2026 North America ranking, La Liste recognition, a 2025 James Beard Outstanding Restaurant semifinalist nod, and long-running Michelin three-star status.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Blue Hill at Stone Barns

    Tarrytown, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Blue Hill at Stone Barns is the Hudson Valley's defining argument for farm-led American dining: a working agricultural campus, a progressive kitchen, and a wine program with serious depth. The restaurant's recognition, from Michelin 2 Stars in 2024 to Star Wine List accreditation and La Liste scoring, matters because the format is not conventional luxury; it is a meal built around land, season, and supply.

    Also recognized by AAA, Chef's Table, Forbes, James Beard Award

  • Canlis

    Seattle, United States

    Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Open since 1950 and now in its third generation of family ownership, Canlis holds a position near the upper end of Seattle fine dining that few restaurants in any American city can match across seven decades. Ranked #64 in North America by Opinionated About Dining (2025), it pairs mid-century architecture and Lake Union views with a multicourse tasting menu rooted in Pacific Northwest sourcing, anchored by one of the region's most decorated wine programs.

    Also recognized by Food & Wine, James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Relais Chateaux

  • Caruso's

    Montecito, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Michelin one-star Caruso's sits within Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito, serving a seafood-forward, Italian-leaning tasting menu with direct Pacific views. Chef Massimo Falsini builds each course around hyper-local ingredients — Santa Barbara uni, onsite-garden produce, and coastal California seafood. Reserve at least a week ahead; patio tables facing the ocean book fastest.

    Also recognized by Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars

    Tucked behind a Hell's Kitchen grocery store, The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare operates at the summit of New York's counter-dining tier — two Michelin stars, a La Liste score of 91 points in 2026, and a ranked position in Opinionated About Dining's North America list. Chefs Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins lead a seafood-forward Japanese-French tasting menu served at a walnut counter where the kitchen has nowhere to hide.

    Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, New York Magazine, Opinionated About Dining

  • Commis

    Oakland, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Two Michelin stars since 2010, Commis operates from Oakland's Piedmont Avenue as the East Bay's most decorated tasting counter. Chef James Syhabout draws on Laotian, Thai, and Chinese heritage alongside precise French technique to produce a menu rooted in local sourcing. Ranked 53rd in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it earns its place among the Bay Area's serious fine-dining tier.

    Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

  • Cote

    New York City, United States

    1 Michelin star

    America's only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse, Cote occupies a dark, atmospheric room in the Flatiron District where tableside grills and dry-aged A5 Wagyu reframe what a steakhouse can be. The Butcher's Feast at $65 remains the entry point. Ranked No. 2 on Robb Report's 50 Best Steakhouses in North America 2025 and holding a Michelin star since 2024, it draws a global following without straying from its core premise.

    Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

  • Daniel

    New York City, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Daniel Boulud’s Upper East Side restaurant offers seasonal French cooking by Executive Chef Eddy Leroux. Guests can choose prix-fixe, tasting or vegetarian menus in the formal dining room, or visit the Lalique-designed bar and lounge.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Eleven Madison Park

    New York City, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Eleven Madison Park is where New York fine dining's old signals of luxury meet a plant-based tasting-menu format built around provenance, restraint, and a serious wine program. Daniel Humm's kitchen carries major recognition, including OAD's 2026 North America ranking, La Liste scoring, Star Wine List inclusion, and Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, but the more interesting story is how the room tests what luxury means without meat at the center.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Enclos

    Sonoma, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Enclos earned two Michelin stars in its first full year on Sonoma's East Napa Street, placing contemporary Californian cooking at the summit of the town's dining tier. Chef Brian Limoges and Wine Director Ian Cobb run a tight, focused operation with a 320-label list strong in California and France. For serious dining in Wine Country, this is the address that matters in 2025.

    Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Resy, San Francisco Chronicle, Sonoma Magazine

  • Ever

    Chicago, United States

    2 Michelin stars

    Two Michelin stars, a La Liste score of 96 points in 2026, and an AAA 5 Diamond rating place Ever among Chicago's most decorated fine dining rooms.

    Also recognized by AAA, Esquire, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

  • Frasca Food & Wine

    Boulder, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    The kitchen draws exclusively from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a mountainous northeast Italian region where Slavic, Austrian, and Mediterranean influences converge, matched by a 910-selection wine list with deep Italian and French depth.

    Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

  • Frevo

    New York City, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Frevo holds one Michelin star and consecutive Opinionated About Dining North America rankings (#174 in 2024, #186 in 2025) from an 18-seat counter in the West Village. Chef Franco Sampogna runs a dinner-only tasting menu that fuses French technique with Brazilian influence, drawing on Japanese-sourced proteins, long-aged European cheese, and a Star Wine List White Star-recognized cellar of 2,500 bottles weighted toward Burgundy, Italy, and Spain.

    Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, The Best Chef, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

  • Gabriel Kreuther

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Two Michelin stars, an AAA Five Diamond rating, and a La Liste score of 93 points position Gabriel Kreuther among Midtown Manhattan's most serious fine-dining addresses. The kitchen channels French-Alsatian technique through a menu that runs from foie gras terrine to hay-smoked duck, while a 10,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in Alsace, Burgundy, and Bordeaux makes it as strong a wine destination as a culinary one.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Gary Danko

    San Francisco, United States

    Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Open since 1999, Gary Danko has occupied a specific position in San Francisco fine dining: French-rooted technique, tableside ceremony, and a prix-fixe format that rewards guests who treat dinner as an event rather than a meal.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Gramercy Tavern

    New York City, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Thirty years into its run, Gramercy Tavern remains one of New York's most dependable American restaurants — a Union Square Hospitality Group landmark that holds nine James Beard Awards and a La Liste ranking, serving seasonal farm-to-table cooking across two distinct formats: a walk-in Tavern and a reservations-only Dining Room. Chef Michael Anthony leads a kitchen anchored in local sourcing, backed by a wine list of 2,225 selections and sommelier depth that few American restaurants match.

    Also recognized by Esquire, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Harbor House

    Elk, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 95.5 points place Harbor House among the more decorated dining destinations on the California coast. Chef Matthew Kammerer's hyper-local tasting menu draws from the Inn's own land and the Mendocino tidepools, placing it in the same conversation as Blue Hill at Stone Barns for sourcing discipline. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #7 in North America in 2024.

    Also recognized by James Beard Award, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report

  • Herons

    Cary, United States

    Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Herons at The Umstead Hotel and Spa holds a Michelin Plate, AAA 5 Diamond recognition, and a 2026 La Liste score of 79 points, placing it among the Raleigh-Durham area's most formally recognized dining rooms. Chef Steven Devereaux Greene runs a menu that moves between three-, four-, and eight-course kaiseki formats, drawing produce from an on-site organic farm and grounding American fine dining in a distinctly Southern register.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

  • Jean Georges

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Jean Georges holds two Michelin stars and, where Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's French technique meets Thai-inflected flavor logic across an ever-evolving tasting menu. The dining room's curved white seating and sheer drapes overlook Central Park, framing one of Manhattan's most recognized fine-dining addresses. A member of Les Grandes Tables du Monde and a La Liste Top 100 entry with 95 points in 2026.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

  • Jeffrey's

    Austin, United States

    Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Few Austin restaurants have held their position across five decades the way Jeffrey's has. Operating from a restored 1930s cottage in Clarksville since 1975, and reimagined in 2013, the restaurant pairs a Michelin Plate-recognised kitchen with one of the city's most serious wine programmes: 700 selections, 4,000 bottles in inventory, with deep verticals across Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Napa Cabernet.

    Also recognized by OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Steaks, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

  • Jônt

    Washington DC, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Washington D.C.'s two-Michelin-starred tasting counter at 1904 14th Street NW, Jônt sits above Bresca and operates within the Relais & Châteaux network. Chef Ryan Ratino's progressive menu draws on Japanese ingredients and French technique, earning placement at No. 13 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America ranking and 92 points from La Liste in 2025.

    Also recognized by La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining

  • Jungsik New York

    New York City, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Jungsik New York helped move Korean fine dining in Manhattan from novelty to serious dining category. The TriBeCa restaurant links Korean structure and fermentation with contemporary tasting-menu technique, backed by James Beard recognition, La Liste scoring, Opinionated About Dining placement, and a cellar noted for Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, California, Italy, and Germany.

    Also recognized by AAA, James Beard Award, La Liste, New York Magazine

  • Kato

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Kato reads Los Angeles through Taiwanese American fine dining rather than through imported tasting-menu orthodoxy. Jon Yao's cooking carries the speed, heat, and precision of Chinese technique into a composed dinner format, while Ryan Bailey's beverage program has become a major part of the restaurant's national standing.

    Also recognized by Chinese Restaurant Awards, James Beard Award, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining

  • Lazy Bear

    San Francisco, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Lazy Bear holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste placement in San Francisco's Mission District, running a dinner-party format that seats guests communally across a mezzanine and ground-floor dining room. The cooking draws on nostalgic American reference points, executed with technical precision, and a 10,500-bottle cellar overseen by a James Beard-nominated beverage director operates from a separate facility across the street.

    Also recognized by James Beard Award, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report

  • Le Bernardin

    New York City, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Le Bernardin New York reigns as the city's premier seafood destination, where Chef Eric Ripert's three-Michelin-starred artistry transforms ocean treasures into transcendent cuisine. This well-known Midtown institution has maintained The New York Times' four-star rating for over two decades, offering an unmatched fine dining experience centered on the philosophy that "the fish is the star."

    Also recognized by AAA, Eater, Forbes, James Beard Award

  • March

    Houston, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    March holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining North America ranking, positioning it at the summit tier of Houston fine dining. Chef Felipe Riccio and wine director June Rodil bring a Venetian-inflected Mediterranean menu to Westheimer Road, backed by a 10,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in Burgundy, Champagne, and Piedmont. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 PM.

    Also recognized by Esquire, James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

  • Mélisse

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    A two Michelin-starred tasting counter inside Josiah Citrin's larger Citrin restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard, Mélisse operates at 14 seats with a menu that layers classic French technique over California seasonal produce. Recognized by La Liste (91pts, 2025), Les Grandes Tables du Monde, and the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants, it represents the city's most sustained argument for French fine dining on the Westside.

    Also recognized by La Liste, LA Times, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

  • minibar

    Washington DC, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

    Two Michelin stars, a 2025 Opinionated About Dining ranking of #8 in North America, and a curved counter built around a stainless-steel workspace: minibar operates at the precise intersection of science and spectacle that defines avant-garde American tasting menus. Chef Sarah Ravitz leads a progressive format where each course is constructed to upend expectation, from chicharron-and-avocado bites to a fried ice cream donut that closes the meal.

    Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report

  • One White Street

    New York City, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    A Michelin-starred farm-to-table address in a 19th-century Tribeca townhouse, One White Street pairs a 6,000-bottle cellar with a menu built around produce from the team's upstate New York farm. The wine program ranks among the more decorated in the city, with three consecutive Star Wine List top-three finishes. Dinner runs à la carte or tasting menu format, with a market operating next door.

    Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

  • Penny

    New York City, United States

    Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Penny opened above Claud in 2024, converting the East Village building's bright second floor into one of New York's most closely watched raw seafood counters. Chef Joshua Pinsky works from little more than a binchotan grill and a refrigerator, and the restraint shows in every dish. With a 6,000-bottle wine list anchored in Burgundy and Champagne, the bar-only format rewards early arrivals and walk-in diners equally.

    Also recognized by Esquire, Food & Wine, James Beard Award, New York Times

  • Per Se

    New York City, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Per Se is New York's formal French-contemporary counterpoint to the city's looser bistro revival: a tasting-menu room built on ceremony, cellar depth, and Central Park views rather than neighborhood spontaneity. Chef Chad Palagi leads the kitchen, with Thomas Keller as owner; recognition includes three Michelin stars in 2024, La Liste 92 points in 2026, and OAD North America ranking in 2026.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Press Restaurant

    St. Helena, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Press Restaurant holds a Michelin star and ranks among Napa Valley's most serious wine destinations, with a cellar of 2,700 selections and 10,000 bottles weighted heavily toward California. Chef Philip Tessier brings fine-dining credentials to a modern American menu that reads as distinctly Napa: produce-forward, technically precise, and calibrated to complement the valley's wines rather than compete with them.

    Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, We're Smart World, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

  • Providence

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Providence is Los Angeles fine dining at its seafood end: formal, sustainability-minded, and built around Michael Cimarusti's long commitment to precise contemporary cooking. Its 2026 James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality and OAD North America ranking place it in the city's serious dining bracket rather than its casual seafood lane.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Quince

    San Francisco, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Quince sits in San Francisco’s Jackson Square at the formal end of the city’s Italian-Californian dining spectrum, with three Michelin stars, a Michelin Green Star, and deep farm sourcing behind the polish. Michael Tusk’s kitchen uses Northern Italian structure rather than red-sauce nostalgia, placing pasta, produce, and cellar depth in a conversation with Bay Area seasonality.

    Also recognized by Esquire, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Restaurant Ki

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 Michelin star

    A ten-seat chef's counter in Little Tokyo, Restaurant Ki earned a Michelin star in 2025 within its first full year of operation. Chef Ki Kim, trained at Atomix and Jungsik in New York, delivers a seafood-centric tasting menu that draws on both Korean tradition and French technique.

    Also recognized by Eater, Esquire, James Beard Award, LA Times

  • Saison

    San Francisco, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Saison belongs to the Bay Area's serious farm-to-table lineage, but its vocabulary is fire, coastal sourcing, and a dining room built around the kitchen rather than separated from it. Richard Lee's current era keeps the restaurant in San Francisco's high-end Progressive American conversation, backed by OAD, La Liste, James Beard, Relais & Châteaux, AAA, and World's 50 Best recognition.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • Sierra Mar

    Big Sur, United States

    Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Sierra Mar at Post Ranch Inn holds a Michelin Plate and ranks #562 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North American list, serving prix fixe menus at lunch and dinner with daily-changing Coastal Californian cuisine. The dining room sits behind floor-to-ceiling glass on a cliffside above the Pacific, open to the public for lunch and dinner. The wine program runs to 3,200 selections and 12,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, California, and the Rhône.

    Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

  • Single Thread Farm

    Healdsburg, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Single Thread Farm sits at the point where Sonoma agriculture meets the discipline of Japanese multi-course dining. The Healdsburg restaurant carries three Michelin stars for 2025, La Liste 99 points for 2026, and a 2026 OAD North America rank of No. 4, with the farm, inn, wine program, and kitchen operating as one tightly controlled hospitality system.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

  • Somni

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Somni, a 14-seat tasting counter in West Hollywood, holds three Michelin stars under Chef Aitor Zabala, whose training at El Bulli informs a menu that bridges Basque and Catalan technique with Californian produce. Wine Director Caroline Costarella oversees a 1,050-bottle list with particular depth in Spain, California, and France. La Liste placed Somni at 96 points in its 2026 ranking.

    Also recognized by La Liste, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report

  • Sons & Daughters

    San Francisco, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Sons & Daughters holds two Michelin stars and draws from new Nordic principles to frame the abundant produce of Northern California inside a focused tasting menu format. Chef Harrison Cheney leads a kitchen where Scandinavian restraint and seasonal sourcing meet California's ingredient depth. The Mission District address and a 630-selection wine list anchored in Burgundy, France, California, and Italy complete the picture.

    Also recognized by Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

  • Sushi Noz

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    A two-Michelin-star Edomae-style omakase on the Upper East Side, Sushi Noz operates at the precise end of New York's high-end sushi market. Chef Nozomu Abe presides over a 200-year-old hinoki counter in a hushed, temple-like room, where seasonal otsumami give way to nigiri of considerable technical discipline. Ranked 29th in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it belongs to a small peer group of counters where Tokyo-calibre sourcing meets Manhattan pricing.

    Also recognized by La Liste, New York Times, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining

  • The Four Horsemen

    New York City, United States

    1 Michelin star

    A Williamsburg wine bar and restaurant built around natural wine and seasonal New American plates, The Four Horsemen holds a 2022 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine Program and ranks #26 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list. With 40 seats and a list spanning over 750 bottles, it operates in a tier where the wine program and the cooking carry equal weight.

    Also recognized by Eater, James Beard Award, New York Magazine, New York Times

  • The French Laundry

    Yountville, United States

    3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    Three Michelin stars and a Michelin Green Star since 2025, The French Laundry in Yountville operates a nightly tasting menu with reservations opening two months in advance. Chef David Breeden leads the kitchen under Thomas Keller's ownership, with a wine program spanning 3,000 selections across 22,000 bottles and a cellar weighted toward California, Burgundy, and Bordeaux.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • The Inn at Little Washington

    Washington, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    The Inn at Little Washington belongs to the rare American country-restaurant category where the drive is part of the dining premise, not an inconvenience. Its New American cooking, cellar depth, and long farm-to-table lineage place it outside ordinary city tasting-menu logic, with Patrick O’Connell’s formal, theatrical style anchored by Virginia produce and sustained national recognition.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

  • The Kitchen

    Sacramento, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Sacramento's most decorated dinner destination, The Kitchen holds a Michelin star, AAA 5 Diamond recognition, and an 87-point La Liste score. Chef Kelly McCown leads a format-forward evening service at the Broadway address, drawing on California's agricultural abundance and a wine program of 2,500 selections weighted toward Burgundy and California producers. Book well ahead.

    Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

  • The Modern

    New York City, United States

    2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

    The Modern sits inside New York's museum-district version of fine dining: contemporary American cooking shaped by French technique, a formal dining room overlooking MoMA's sculpture garden, and a looser Bar Room for à la carte eating. Recognition from Michelin, La Liste, Forbes Travel Guide, AAA, OAD and New York Magazine places it firmly in the city's serious tasting-menu conversation without making the room feel sealed off from Midtown life.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, New York Magazine

  • The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil

    Napa, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Perched on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford, The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil has held a Michelin star since 2024 and a place in Napa's fine-dining conversation since 1981. Chef Robert Curry's California-rooted menu leans into local sourcing and Provençal sensibility, with a wine list that reads as a survey of the valley below. Ranked #560 on the 2024 Opinionated About Dining North America list.

    Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining, Relais Chateaux

  • The Restaurant at JUSTIN

    Paso Robles, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Set among the working vineyards of JUSTIN Winery on Chimney Rock Road, this Michelin-starred restaurant operates at the serious end of Paso Robles dining. Chef Rachel Haggstrom draws nearly 70 percent of her ingredients from the property's gardens, producing a four-course dinner menu that shifts with the harvest. La Liste ranked it among the leading restaurants in the world in both 2025 and 2026.

    Also recognized by AAA, Condé Nast Johansens, Forbes, La Liste

  • Victoria & Albert's

    Orlando, United States

    1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

    Victoria & Albert's at Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort holds a Michelin star, AAA 5 Diamond recognition, and a La Liste score of 93 points — placing it among Florida's most formally ambitious dining rooms. A seven- or ten-course tasting format, a 1,650-bottle wine inventory, and tableside French trolley service distinguish it from any comparable room in the state. Dinner runs three to four hours and requires advance planning.

    Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste

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