#10: Solera restaurant Minneapolis, Minn.
www.solera-restaurant.com The menu features 40 small plate items.
#9: Sierra Mar restaurant Post Ranch Inn
Big Sur, Calif.
www.postranchinn.com Features rotating exhibits by local artists and offers a four-course, prix fixe menu
#8: Spice restaurant Atlanta, Ga. Now Closed Holds wine tastings every Thursday night and is also popular for Sunday brunch
#5: Tizi Melloul restaurant and bar Chicago, Ill.
www.tizimelloul.com Tizi Melloul gets its name from a region in the Atlas Mountains and many of the ultra-modern bar accents were designed in Milan.
#4: Toka Café 1140 19th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
202-429-8652
Bar menu items include yellow fin tuna tempura and grape leaves with duck confit.
#3: Public restaurant New York City, N.Y.
www.public-nyc.com Located in the former industrial neighborhood of Soho, menu includes New Zealand venison, Tasmanian sea trout and a selection of Australian and New Zealand wines
#2: Monsoon restaurant Toronto, Ontario
www.monsoonrestaurant.ca The building used to be a pool hall.
#1: Morimoto restaurant Philadelphia, Pa.
www.morimotorestaurant.com Chef Masaharu Morimoto is also one of the Iron Chefs.
