Several dishes on a red table at the restaurant Rye Bunny in DC

Here are Eater’s 2026 Best New Restaurants bookable on OpenTable

Each year, Eater recognizes the best of the best across the restaurant industry as part of its annual Eater Awards, which is now in its 17th year. One of the most hotly anticipated of the bunch are Eater’s Best New Restaurants Awards.

For this edition, Eater’s team of more than 30 scoured 44 cities across the country to make their final picks. And we’ve rounded up all the ones you can book on OpenTable. Those include superstar chef Kwame Onwuachi’s Afro-Caribbean steakhouse Maroon at SAHARA Las Vegas and DC’s hyper-seasonal Rye Bunny.

Read on for the full list of Eater’s Best New Restaurants you can book on OpenTable.

Cassis (Milwaukee, WI)

Creepies (Chicago, IL)

Maroon by Kwame Onwuachi – SAHARA Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)

Maydan Market, including Maydan LA (Los Angeles, CA)

OK Chicken & Khao Soi (Portland, OR)

Rougarou (Denver, CO)

Rye Bunny (Washington, DC)

Titusz (Pittsburgh, PA)

Head to Eater to discover the full list.

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