Yelp Just Dropped Its List of the Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. This Year

[Celerity]

Most spots on the list offer meals for $30 or less.

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/yelp-100-best-restaurants-in-the-us



Yelp has become many people's go-to tool over the years—it's really the only thing powerful enough to end the "what's for dinner tonight?" debate. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing many restaurants and local businesses to shutter their doors, Yelp is still helping everyone find the best places to eat. With the new year upon us, the site just dropped its Top 100 US Restaurants 2022 list.

The ninth annual Top 100 list features a diverse array of cuisines. The top slot went to Cocina Madrigal, a Latinx, father-and-son owned eatery in Phoenix, while Afghan cuisine took No. 2 with Aracosia–McLean in McLean, Virginia. To make the list even more enticing, most of the spots are relatively affordable, with meals coming in at $30 or less.

To come up with this list, the crowd-sourced review site said that it "reach[ed] out to Yelpers for their favorite dining spots" before ranking each "by total number of submissions, ratings, reviews, and geographic representation, among other factors." From vegetarian fare in Massachusetts to pizza in Michigan to sushi in Oregon, check out the Top 100 US Restaurants of 2022.

These venues made the top 25 spots on the list:

1. Cocina Madrigal – Phoenix, AZ
2. Aracosia - McLean – McLean, VA
3. Fermentation Farm – Costa Mesa, CA
4. Oriole – Chicago, IL
5. Bird Bird Biscuit – Austin, TX
6. Jackrabbit Filly – North Charleston, SC
7. Junkyard Bistro – Salmon, ID
8. The Goodwich – Las Vegas, NV
9. OSH Restaurant & Grill – Nashville, TN
10. The Riv – The Dalles, OR
11. The Vox Kitchen – Fountain Valley, CA
12. Food + Drink – Reno, NV
13. Santo Bruklin – Brooklyn, NY
14. Skull's Rainbow Room – Nashville, TN
15. Altura Bistro – Anchorage, AK
16. Cultured – Louisville, KY
17. Cafe Kacao – Oklahoma City, OK
18. Machete – Greensboro, NC
19. Copine – Seattle, WA
20. The Bakeshop on 20th – Philadelphia, PA
21. Raku – New York, NY
22. Lola – North Charleston, SC
23. WoodBarn BBQ – Queen Creek, AZ
24. ShabuRo – Palisades Park, NJ
25. 016 Restaurant & Sandwich Shop – Chicago, IL

To check out the full list, click here.

[bottomofthehill]

1. Been to 5 but will hit more.

There are a bunch local to DC

[dem4decades]

2. You said dropped the list, I thought they stopped doing it. LOL.

I'm an idiot.

[hlthe2b]

3. If you go through the whole list, some are bars showing drinks and one a cafe highlighting chicken

salad sandwich? Well, I guess it is a poll of some kind and some of the food items certainly look good, but?

[Celerity]

4. It is based off millions of ratings from the past 12 months, not a poll.

[hlthe2b]

5. Even worse.

[Celerity]

7. I do not understand what your issue is

[Ocelot II]

6. Got hungry just looking at the pictures.

One of the restaurants on the list is one I used to go to pretty often - they've been around for ages, a Greek place, food is terrific. Haven't been there in a long time but when the plague subsides around here a bit I'll have to go back.

[iemanja]

8. I don't remember being terribly impressed by Christos

I'll have to try it again.

[Ocelot II]

9. It's been some years since I've been there, but I really enjoyed the food at the time.

The owner (at the time) was really friendly, too. Used to go there often with some friends; we were kind of regulars. Don't know if he's still there, though.

[iemanja]

10. It's at 26th and Nicollet

The website says that's their original location, opened in 1988. I remember when a drug store stood on that spot, before Whittier was gentrified.

[Ocelot II]

11. Yes, still the same place.

When I worked downtown in the '90s it was on the way home, so it was a kind of regular hangout, along with the Rainbow Chinese restaurant in the same area. I'll be glad when that dumb K-Mart is gone and that street opens up again.

[Coventina]

12. I'm gobsmacked that the #1 place is in Phoenix, AZ!

We've never been known to be a foodie town.
Having said that, our Mexican/LatinX food is excellent!

[DFW]

13. Number 2 is ten minutes from where my brother lives!!!

And we love Afghan food! I had never even heard of the place. My only other favorite Afghan place is in Prague. Maybe we can check it out before I head back to Europe on Saturday.

I noticed one of the places in is Waikoloa, where we'll all be in a little over 2 months, although they also listed a place in Waimea (Big Island), and there never used to be anything of note there. New place maybe?

[Emile]

14. With the pandemic we don't eat out to often.

Made it this far and playing it safe.