Best Restaurants in the US 2018
Summer is right around the corner and hopefully, you will be traveling somewhere new. One of the best things about visiting a new city is finding the best places to eat. Last week I shared a post that featured the best places to eat in Northern Virginia. Northern Virginia is a great place to stay if you are visiting the Nation’s Capital. DC is a great family destination. Museums are free, there are lots of lovely monuments to visit, and you will have a great vacation here. In case you are in the midst of planning a trip. I have lots of helpful restaurant recommendations across the United States. Bookmark this post and plan your next trip around some of these great places to eat. The restaurant reviews below are divided between the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western US. Where are you going on vacation this summer?
Eastern US
Asheville, North Carolina – A Thousand Country Roads
Baltimore, Maryland – Theresa’s Reviews
Boston, Massachusetts – Bianca Blogs
Charleston, West Virginia – Honey and Pine
Fairfax, Virginia – Cook With 5 Kids
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Acupful
Lanham, Maryland – Jenny Day by Day
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania – Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
Miami, Florida – Sabrina’s Sea of Colors
New York City, New York – Smiling Notes
North Jersey, New Jersey – Crayons and Cravings
Western Finger Lakes, New York – Home in the Finger Lakes
Western US
Austin, Texas – Kitchen Concoctions
Austin, Texas – My Big Fat Happy Life
Austin, Texas – Hi Lovely
Forney, Texas – My Life Homemade
Houston, Texas – Pop Shop America
Houston, Texas – It’s Pam Del
Los Angeles, California – Moore or Less Cooking
Palm Desert, California – Tabler Party of Two
San Antonio, Texas – Sincerely Onyi
Seattle, Washington – Revel and Glitter
Seattle, Washington – Satsuma Designs
Skagit County, Washington – Long Wait for Isabella
Northern US
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois – Become A Coupon Queen
Canton, Ohio – Hall of Fame Moms
Carmel, Indiana – Home Maid Simple
Cleveland, Ohio – Greatest Escapist
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Kiddies Corner Deals
Grand Rapids, Michigan – The Epicurean Traveler
South Suburbs, Chicago – Home Everyday
St. Louis, Missouri – And Hattie Makes Three
Southern US
Atlanta, Georgia – Sunshine and Holly
Charleston, South Carolina – My Borrowed Heaven
Greenville, South Carolina – Joann’s Food Bites
Macon, Georgia – Intelligent Domestications
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee – Creative Southern Home
There are so many wonderful and fun restaurants scattered around the U.S. We love visiting and trying out all kinds of different and local food when we travel.
Local food is the BEST food, right? I hope you found a few new restaurants to try from this list.
I enjoy a good restaurant review. It’s so helpful to know what to expect at a restaurant you’re not familiar with while traveling, and to get recommendations from people in that area.
The locals really know where to find the best food! I hope you found a few new favorites.
I love to eat, so I want to try all of these places. I’ll have to look these up and remember them if we’re ever nearby. Trying out new places is always fun.
It is so hard to choose which restaurant I want to try on our next trip!
We are always looking for new places to try out. What a fun list to highlight all this country has to offer.
Thanks! This was a really fun project to work on with some other awesome bloggers!
I LOVE visiting local restaurants when I am traveling. I’m kind of a chain restaurant snob. I must say you missed some amazing places in North Carolina. We do so much more than barbecue!!
Please leave a link to some of your favorite NC spots!
Oh wow what a great list of restaurants. Bookmarked a few as I’ll be in that area later this year. I hope to see more in the Southwestern U.S. on future lists as I know a few great please that would be shoe-ins for your list.
Please leave some links to your favorite Southwestern spots! Thank you for sharing.
I am definitely going to pin this post because I do travel quite a bit and I would love to know where to eat and what to eat. My mouth is watering looking at some of these places in seeing what they offer to eat.
This is a great post to bookmark and save for the future. You never know when you need a great spot for a delicious meal.
This is the perfect post! I hate when I travel somewhere and have no idea where to eat. I’m bookmarking this post for our future travel plans.
I am so glad you enjoyed this post! Now you have a long list of great places to eat.
My husband and Zi be love trying out restaurants especially since we’re huge foodies. Thanks for this list of best ones! I hope we can try as much places as we can.
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Wouldn’t it be fun to travel all around the US stopping at all these local spots! What a fun time that would be.
This is such a fun list, though I missed seeing Utah on here. I wanted to know what the best restaurant here is… Then I thought I’d suggest it to you but it’s so hard to say haha! I’m not even sure what I would say the best here is…
Please leave me some links to your favorite spots in Utah! I would love to see what they are.
I am saving this list. Every time my husband and I go on a little trip, we want to try and find a great place to eat we’ve never been before. I’ve not been to any of these!
I am so glad you found this list to be helpful!
Woah what a comprehensive list! This is perfect no matter where you’re traveling. Definitely saving for my next vacation
Thank you! I hope this will help you plan where to eat on your next trip.
I love to eat, so checking out new restaurants are a favorite pastvtime. I almost always check reviews before I decide on a place.
I also read reviews before choosing where to eat. These reviews are the bloggers favorite spots, so I am sure they are really good!
Ohhh wow, great compilations on where to eat in the US. I guess i need to bookmark this so that I can make sure I’ll be able to pay a visit to these must-try restaurants.
I hope you have a great trip and enjoy some new restaurants!
This is such a great list. I’ve never heard of the restaurant that’s near me. I need to look it up and check it out!
I hope you have found a new favorite restaurant from this list!
I want to try all of them! I love watching restaurant shows and plotting the next places I want to try out when I am on vacation!
It is so much fun discovering new restaurants.I hope you found a new favorite on this list.
Imagine planning a trip around these places just so you can try all the good food! That would be fantastic. One of the things that I love about traveling is sampling the local food and I’d love to take note of these.
I would love to rent an RV and travel the US this summer and visit all these awesome spots! What a dream that would be.
This is such a useful and convenient compilation of restaurants in the US. Great information especially for first timers in the region to check out the best restaurants as per their tastes and preferences.
It is such a great list that covers a great bit of the US!
A woman after my own heart. Love looking for things to eat when we travel – this is just the list I need! Will be bookmarking this.
It is crucial to plan good places to eat while traveling. I hope you find this post useful for your next trip!
Thank you for this post! I’m checking out the New Jersey list right now.
So many great places to eat in Jersey!