North America’s 50 Best Restaurants were announced on September 25 at a live ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel. This marked 50 Best’s first time ranking restaurants specific to the North American continent.
The inaugural top 50 hail from the United States, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean. Mexico is absent from this list because the country is already included on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
The big winner was Atomix, the New York City restaurant serving a 12-course Korean tasting menu. Each course is plated on bespoke ceramics and accompanied by a card explaining the dish’s ingredients, origin, and inspiration.
Mon Lapin in Montréal, Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station, Ontario, Smyth in Chicago, and Tanière3 in Québec City, Québec, rounded out the top five.
New York City was dominant overall, scoring 13 restaurants in the top 50, more than twice that of any other city. San Francisco was next with six, followed by Montréal with five.
Single Thread in Healdsburg, Calif. (no. 8) serves kaiseki-influenced dishes. | Photo by John Troxell
It wasn’t just huge cities that received nods. Restaurants in Denver, Charleston, Nashville, New Orleans, and Portland, Ore., also made the list, along with one restaurant each in Barbados and Jamaica.
Beyond the 50 Best list, a few other awards were doled out. SingleThread in Healdsburg, Calif., received the Sustainable Restaurant Award. Tanière3 was given the Art of Hospitality Award, and Ladder 4 in Detroit received the Resy One to Watch Award.
Michael Cimarusti, co-owner and chef of Providence in Los Angeles, has been awarded the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award 2025, the only accolade voted for exclusively by fellow chefs. And Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon, chef-owner of Kalaya in Philadelphia, was named North America’s Best Female Chef.
In creating North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list, votes were compiled from an anonymous 300-member academy of regional experts consisting of chefs, restaurateurs, journalists, educators, and experienced diners.
Here’s the full 2025 North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
1. Atomix, New York City
2. Mon Lapin, Montréal
3. Restaurant Pearl Morissette, Jordan Station, Ontario
4. Smyth, Chicago
5. Tanière 3, Québec City
6. Dakar NOLA, New Orleans
7. Kalaya, Philadelphia
8. SingleThread, Healdsburg, Calif.
9. Le Bernardin, New York City
10. Le Veau d’Or, New York City
11. Quetzal, Toronto
12. Baan Lao, Richmond, British Columbia
13. Benu, San Francisco
14. Californios, San Francisco
15. The Four Horsemen, New York City
16. Friday Saturday Sunday, Philadelphia
17. Moon Rabbit, Washington, D.C.
18. Via Carota, New York City
19. Chubby Fish, Charleston, S.C.
20. Locust, Nashville
21. Saison, San Francisco
22. Montréal Plaza, Montréal
23. Kono, New York City
24. Aska, New York City
25. Lazy Bear, San Francisco
26. Kato, Los Angeles
27. Kann, Portland, Ore.
28. Published on Main, Vancouver
29. Le Violon, Montréal
30. Emeril’s, New Orleans
31. Kasama, Chicago
32. Royal Sushi and Izakaya, Philadelphia
33. Saga, New York City
34. Albi, Washington, D.C.
35. Jungsik, New York City
36. Corima, New York City
37. Dōgon, Washington, D.C.
38. César, New York City
39. Café Carmellini, New York City
40. Penny, New York City
41. Buzo Osteria Italiana, Bridgetown, Barbados
42. Holbox, Los Angeles
43. Alma, Montréal
44. Mhel, Toronto
45. Alma Fonda Fina, Denver
46. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco
47. Providence, Los Angeles
48. Quince, San Francisco
49. Stush in the Bush, St. Ann, Jamaica
50. Beba, Montréal
