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Alpine ski vibes, but without leaving the U.S. ❄️ Our associate director of audience, Frances Dumlao, took us along on a cozy date night at Detroit’s Alpino, which is featured on our 38 Essential Restaurants list for the city. Inspired by the Swiss and Italian Alps, this spot serves up rich, comforting dishes that will make you feel like you’re in the mountains. Dumlao’s meal featured decadent raclette on focaccia, buttery Piedmontese ragu, crispy pork schnitzel, and a showstopping flower-shaped fritter for dessert. No wonder Alpino was named Best New Restaurant in 2023 by Eater Detroit. Presented by @tmobile #detroit #detroitfood #alpino #eater

These melt-in-your-mouth al pastor tacos are just one reason Pascual in Washington D.C. made our list of Best New Restaurants of 2024. 🔥 At the Mexico City-inspired restaurant run by husband-and-wife duo Matt Conroy and Isabel Coss, just about every dish touches wood fire. The juicy tacos al pastor are made with layers of marinated pork and onions, piled high onto a trompo — a vertical rotisserie — and placed next to their burn box, cooking low and slow for hours. The meat is sliced, served on homemade corn tortillas, and topped with salsa cruda, salsa morita, and roasted pineapple. This is the only taco on Pascual’s menu, but clearly the only taco they need. Presented by @capitalone #dc #dcfoodie #mexicocity #tacos #eater

If you haven’t been to Anju in Washington D.C., it’s time to book that reservation — or plane ticket. ✈️ Anela Malik (@feedthemalik) took us along to dinner at the highly-awarded Korean restaurant, which is featured on our 38 Essential Restaurants Around D.C. list. This spot, led by James Beard-nominated chef Angel Barreto, is serving up a rotating menu of Korean bar food with a refined touch, like three different takes on mandu, a smoky gochujang-glazed fried chicken with white barbecue sauce, and a decadent jujube sticky toffee pudding for dessert. Presented by @visitdc #dcfoodie #dc #koreanfood #anju #eater

Hall in NYC is serving up some seriously decadent burgers made with a rich mix of American wagyu and Japanese A5 wagyu beef. You won’t find ketchup and mustard here, these patties are topped with a special sansho pepper sauce, American cheese, Japanese mayo, and your choice of A5 wagyu steak or foie gras. Hall makes some of the best burgers in New York, all while sharing the same kitchen with their sister restaurant, two-Michelin-starred kaiseki restaurant Odo. Presented by @capitalone #burger #nycfood #wagyu #wagyubeef #eater

This video goes out to anyone who carries a bottle of hot sauce with them. 🫡 Sergio (@sergescardigno) set out to see what a few drops of hot sauce could add to some classic New York slices at spots from our NYC best pizza slices map — like 2 Bros. Pizza, Scarr’s Pizza, and Di Fara Pizza. Presented by @tabascobrand #nycfood #pizza #nycpizza #tabasco #hotsauce

Who else is already excited for corn season? ✋ No matter which way you enjoy the versatile crop, you have Mexico to thank. Dozens of heirloom corn varieties have been carefully cultivated and preserved by families and communities in Mexico for thousands of years — all of which make up most, if not all, of the corn we use today. Masienda, a small-batch masa company, works with over 2,000 farmers across Mexico to bring heirloom corn to kitchens and restaurants around the world. Founder Jorge Gaviria takes great care to ensure that when working with a crop as sacred as corn, equitable farming practices like preserving heirloom seeds and making sure enough corn is left for communities in Mexico, are a top priority. Presented by @yeti

Meet the roasted duck expert of Los Angeles. 🦆 Chef Bob Vongsanikul is the duck savant at the newly opened Roasted Duck by Pa Ord, the 11th restaurant by chef-owner Lawan Bhanduaram. Vongsanikul is known for his meticulous roasting techniques, which he’s perfected over the last 15 years. The result? A tender and juicy bird with craggly, crispy skin. We’ll take three plates of the duck over rice, please. Presented by @visitcalifornia #lafood #duck #roastduck #thaifood #la #eater

If you haven’t eaten your way through Washington, D.C., here’s your sign to plan a trip ASAP. Nick Barahona browsed our D.C. maps to find three must-try destinations for breakfast, a sweet treat, and dinner. He started the day at La Tejana, a popular Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded breakfast taco spot before going to Baked & Wired, a local favorite for colossal cupcakes and other decadent baked goods. He ended the day at Ilili, a stylish Lebanese restaurant with sharable dishes like a tender duck shawarma and mixed grill. Presented by @visitdc #dc #washingtondc #washingtondcfood #tacos #cupcakes #eater

We’ll bet you’ve never had this kind of caviar before. 👀 India’s first edible seaweed company, the Good Ocean, ethically harvests local varieties of seaweed from the coast of Goa, and sells it to restaurants across the country — including fine dining destination Masque in Mumbai. Chef Varun Totlani uses the “caviar” — aka the seaweed air bladders that have fallen off during washing — to top his version of pani puri, a popular Indian street food. Presented by @yeti #caviar #seaweed #mumbai #goa #india #eater

Pickles in soda: chaotic… or genius? 🤔 If you ask nicely, burger scholar George Motz will make you a “Witch Doctor”, a North Carolina-inspired concoction on the ‘secret menu’ at his popular NYC burger joint, Hamburger America — which serves up a whopping 7,000 burgers every week. #nycfood #burger #nyceats #hamburgeramerica #soda #eater

What if a chef made your school lunch? In between precalc and English class, 500 students at the San Francisco Unified School District are getting a top-notch culinary experience. Chef Josh Davidson and his team at McAteer Culinary Center work closely with local producers to source fresh ingredients for the school’s seasonal lunch menu, which can include dishes like Singapore noodles and tofu, and chicken tikka masala. You won’t find premade food here — everything is prepared and cooked in-house. Turns out that working in a school cafeteria is a lot like working in a restaurant — except the diners rush off to dissect frogs at the end of the meal instead of paying the check. 🎥: Sergio Scardigno, social video producer Presented by @schoolfoodpros #lunch #cafeteria #schoollunch #eater

We bet you’ve never seen a Dover sole tomahawk before. 🐟 At Michelin-starred Esmé in Chicago, they’re giving fish the rack of lamb treatment. The intricate process involves wrapping a filet of Dover sole with ribbons of zucchini, which is served with sea buckthorn and banana, making for one delicate and flavorful bite. #chicagofoodie#michelin#chicagofood #fish #eater

There’s nothing like a good ol’ burger with American cheese. 🍔 Hall in NYC is serving up classic, juicy burgers paired with Japanese ingredients like A5 wagyu beef and sansho pepper sauce. Of course, it wouldn’t be complete without the scientific miracle that is American cheese. Whether you love it or hate it, the burgers at Hall — which shares a kitchen with their sister restaurant, two-Michelin-starred Odo — are proof that a classic burger might just be better without “real” cheese. #nycfood #nyceats #burger #cheeseburger #eater

There’s a lot more to the Midwest than just meat and potatoes. Restaurants like the Diplomat, run by James Beard-winning chef Dane Baldwin, are giving Milwaukee’s food scene a new reputation. By putting inventive twists on classic comforts, like their famed knife-and-fork chicken — which is deboned, pounded flat, and seared, resulting in a crispy yet juicy bite — Baldwin and his team are putting this Midwest city on the map as a true dining destination. #thediplomat #milwaukee #milwaukeefood #chicken #eater

Now *that* is how you cook a rib-eye. 🥩 When Curtis Stone (@curtisstoneofficial) opened Gwen, earning a Michelin star wasn’t the goal — but it certainly hasn’t hurt. At its core, this Los Angeles restaurant is a butcher shop first, and it shows. From expert cuts to flawless live-fire cooking, they take their steaks very seriously. #curtisstone #gwen #steak #lafood #ribeye #michelin #eater

No, not *that* kind of BDSM. 🫣 Wenwen, a Taiwanese restaurant in Brooklyn, is serving up a whole fried chicken with a name that will make you do a double-take. The yellow fat “BDSM” chicken is deboned, marinated for two days in a savory furu (fermented bean curd) mixture, and then fried whole with the skin and talons attached. The painstaking process, combined with their small kitchen, only allows Wenwen to serve five birds each night, so you better get there early. #nycfood #nyc #brentmeatsworld #eater #wenwen #taiwanese