Food

The best Vietnamese restaurants in Philadelphia run from the cash-only pho counters of South Philly’s Washington Avenue to Chinatown banh mi and a modern room on East Passyunk.

Buford Highway is metro Atlanta’s great immigrant food corridor. Here are the Vietnamese, Chinese, Malaysian, and Korean restaurants worth building a crawl around right now.

Five places in Honolulu serving the local food locals actually eat — from a James Beard-honored Hawaiian institution to the classic plate-lunch counter that’s been on the same corner since 1961.

From a Michelin-recognized Dupont Circle gastropub to a Sinchon-style seolleongtang in Annandale, here’s where to eat Korean food in the DC metro area in 2026.

Chicago’s Chinese food scene runs from a James Beard-honored Peking duck institution in Uptown to a dumpling specialist with 120 options in Chinatown. Here’s where to eat right now.

Seattle’s Filipino food scene has grown into one of the country’s most exciting — anchored by James Beard nominees, tasting menus, and an institution at Pike Place Market.

The best Japanese American restaurants Los Angeles has to offer span a range no other American city can match, a fact inseparable from the city having the largest Japanese American population in the United States. They cover the widest spectrum: from the oldest surviving Japanese American neighborhood in the country in Little Tokyo, to a…

Houston’s Vietnamese restaurants reflect the third-largest Vietnamese American population in the country. Here’s where to eat: from a Bib Gourmand newcomer to the cash-only pho joints locals have lined up for since 1983.

Los Angeles has the largest Korean American population outside of Korea, and Koreatown — the dense, extraordinary neighborhood at the heart of the city — is the culinary center of that community. The best Korean restaurants Los Angeles are not just good Korean restaurants. They are some of the best restaurants of any kind in…

The best boba shops Los Angeles has to offer span a range that no other American city can match — from the founders who turned boba into a national institution to the Taiwanese tea houses taking the drink back toward craft. Los Angeles has the deepest relationship with boba of any American city. The drink…

The best Asian American restaurants Bay Area has to offer span one of the oldest and most layered food cultures in the United States. Chinese immigrants arrived with the Gold Rush. Japanese Americans farmed the Central Valley before internment upended those communities entirely. Filipino laborers built the Alaskan salmon canneries. Vietnamese refugees rebuilt their lives…

American ramen’s rise is one of the more unlikely food stories of the past two decades. A dish associated with cheap instant noodles and college dorms became, through a combination of Japanese immigration, food media, and shifting American palates, one of the most beloved and discussed cuisines in the country. Understanding why ramen became America’s…