Andrew Knowlton
Deputy Editor. Andrew has worked at Bon Appétit since, like, forever (2000 to be exact). He oversees the magazine's restaurant coverage, including the annual Hot 10 list, and writes the rather opinionated Foodist column that has run in the magazine since 2008. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters (the older is named after a popular Southern cocktail). He likes all Atlanta sports teams, boiled peanuts, the Dead, JAWS, steal frame bicycles, and running long distances. He dislikes all New York sports teams, kiwis, kidneys, green bell peppers, and drivers who park in bike lanes. Spirit food: Hash browns scattered, smothered, covered, peppered and, if he's really tipsy, chunked
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Tailored Staff Uniforms at Jeffrey's and Josephine House
Jeffrey's and Josephone House owner Larry McGuire and creative director Ryan Smith assembled an esteemed team of designers, the likes of which have worked with Phillip Lim and Zac Posen, to design, produce, and style every staff outfit on the property.
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Top 50 New Restaurants - The Optimist, Atlanta GA
The old-school fish house has been reborn in this outsize seafood emporium, outfitted in sleek white tile and floor-to-ceiling windows
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Saison - #2 Best New Restaurant in America 2013
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Daikaya, D.C.
If you think D.C.’s dining scene begins and ends with men in suits power-lunching, this double-identity ramenya-izakaya will show you what’s what
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Top 50 New Restaurants - The Cypress Room, Miami
At this latest venture from Michael Schwartz (of the famous Michael’s Genuine), throwback French dishes—frog’s legs, onion soup, côte de boeuf for two—feel new again
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Elaia and Olio, St. Louis MO
These adjacent sibling Mediterranean restaurants—the former with a tasting menu, the latter set next door in a 1930s Standard Oil filling station—have carved out an inviting corner in a once-rough patch of St. Louis
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Carbone, NYC
The folks behind Torrisi Italian Specialties do the Italian-American red sauce joint right. How they do it: quality ingredients that make classics like a pork chop with peppers feel new again
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The Optimist - #7 Best New Restaurants in America 2013
Named for a kid's sailing dinghy, The Optimist is the creation of Atlanta chef and managing partner Ford Fry, who clearly knows how to navigate a winner: It is without a doubt the best of a growing number of big-name fish houses that have opened this year
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Fat Rice, Chicago
Macau, the former Portuguese colony of China, is better known for its casinos than for its food. And yet this unlikely region serves as the inspiration for Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo, who formerly ran the cult-hit supper club X-Marx
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Grace, Chicago
Menus change with the season, but watch for sunchokes with freekeh, braised mustard seeds, and lovage, as well as pastry chef Bobby Schaffer’s desserts and chocolates
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Top 50 New Restaurants - West Bridge, Cambridge MA
The loft-like Cambridge dining room mixes classic Tolix chairs and rope-wrapped chandeliers, but don’t let the light-hearted decor confuse you--there's high-level French-inspired food coming out of chef Matthew Gaudet's kitchen
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Lafayette, New York City
Now that he’s finished nailing Italian and New American, maybe we should have known that Andrew Carmellini would show New York what he could do with rustic French bistro food
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Top 50 New Restaurants - FT33, Dallas TX
While the food scenes in Austin and Houston continue to gather buzz, chefs like Matt McCallister are out to make sure Dallas gets cred right alongside them
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Forequarter, Madison WI
In a dining culture consumed with chef worship, this little Madison spot goes in the opposite direction: The team behind Forequarter cooks as a “collective,” drawing inspiration from their local produce and their love of cured meats
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Jeffrey's & Josephine House, Austin TX
Fine dining is alive in Austin, where 31-year-old empire-builder Larry McGuire has reinvigorated local institution Jeffrey’s and its sister spot, Josephine House
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Hinoki & The Bird, Los Angeles
Angelenos are reaping the benefits of chef David Myers’s obsession with Japan. The modern dining room at this stylish Century City spot has sleek, dark wood finishes and moody lighting to spare
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Top 50 New Restaurants - The General Muir, Atlanta
A real, New York–style Jewish deli in Atlanta? Believe it. The classics are all here: matzo-ball soup, piled-high pastrami sandwiches, lox-and-bagel
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Joule, Seattle
Rachel Yang’s been doing the Korean-American mashup thing since long before it became a national trend
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Top 50 New Restaurants - Hog & Hominy, Memphis
The young, noisy crowd packing this warehouse space comes here for two reasons: hometown love for chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman, and a casual menu that draws as much from Italy as from the American South