24 CA Restaurants Make Daily Meal’s 101 Best In U.S.

If you’re looking to dine out more as the weather gets warmer, we’ve got some tasty news for you.

The Daily Meal recently unveiled its list for the “101 Best Restaurants In America,” and the Golden State held its own — taking up nearly a quarter of the spots on the list. The online food and dining site included 24 restaurants from across California.

Here are the best restaurants in our state, ranked in reverse order, according to the Daily Meal’s rankings.

• #92 State Bird Provisions (San Francisco)
• #90 Bestia (Los Angeles)
• #74 Addison (San Diego)
• #70 Animal (Los Angeles)
• #69 Nopa (San Francisco)
• #65 Zuni Cafe (San Francisco)
• #55 Trois Mec (Los Angeles)
• #49 Saison (San Francisco)
• #48 Rustic Canyon (Santa Monica)
• #47 Cotogna (San Francisco)
• #44 Spago (Beverly Hills)
• #43 Lucques (Los Angeles)
• #40 Delfina (San Francisco)
• #31 Gary Danko (San Francisco)
• #30 Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
• #28 Providence (Los Angeles)
• #27 Benu (San Francisco)
• #16 Quince (San Francisco)
• #14 Dialogue (Santa Monica)
• #13 Coi (San Francisco)
• #12 Manresa (Los Gatos)
• #9 The French Laundry (Yountville)
• #7 The Restaurant at Meadowood (St. Helena)
• #3 Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)

Alinea, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago, was ranked as the No. 1 eatery in the United States, according to the Daily Meal. The top five restaurants were rounded out by Eleven Madison Park in New York City, Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, Le Bernardin in New York City and Inn at Little Washington in Washington, Virginia.

“These 101 restaurants serve food that’s thoughtful and thought-provoking, and they also have a dining room and a level of service that suit the quality of what’s on the plate, a good beverage list and a true sense of personality, imagination and consistency,” authors of the Daily Meal rankings wrote in an introductory statement to the list. “Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience.”

To compile the rankings, the Daily Meal contacted hundreds of dining experts around the country to ask which restaurants they considered the absolute best in their respective cities. Those restaurants were then added to other establishments that have “garnered near-universal acclaim” and eateries that have been featured on previous Daily Meal lists.

The remaining restaurants were subsequently ranked according to metrics such as food, service, beverage options and environment.

The full list of the 101 best restaurants is available on the Daily Meal.