To celebrate our 20th birthday (!), we put together the All-Time Eater 38 — the most essential (and influential) restaurants in America from the past 20 years. Check them out below and let us know: What restaurant would you add to the list?

The collaboration may be the most unsuccessful restaurant promo attempt in TikTok history.

We can't stop thinking about these inescapable food trends.

Eater is officially 20 years old! 🎂 To celebrate, we’re teaming up with restaurants for limited-edition menu drops and rolling out stories, videos, and so much more fun content that explores how the restaurant industry and food culture have evolved over the past two decades.

Correspondent @jayasaxena.com dug into how restaurants are switching things up to tariff-proof their menus.

Rick Martínez didn't move to Mazatlán for the food, but it's one of the main reasons he never left. Check out how he eats his way around his city.

Our shopping team has been mining for gold in the streams of Amazon, and here are the absolute best deals we’ve found from our favorite brands.

A little essay about the drive to make art, public service v. personal gain, and restaurants www.eater.com/food-culture...

A successful restaurateur with a Michelin-starred spot in NYC is now the spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a shady aid org that sets up distribution centers where people seeking food wind up getting shot by the IDF www.eater.com/politics/890...

I binged the entire season of THE BEAR, and idk y'all this is the most infuriating goddamn show i've ever watched. so many great moments yet so much slog, here's my review for @eater.bsky.social #thebear www.eater.com/the-bear/888...

"Soon after I moved to the Catskills at age 30, I started coming out. At last I was somewhere so pleasant, so peaceful, I couldn’t help but finally let my guard down and my truth out — whatever and all that might bring." Grateful to the folks at @eater.bsky.social: www.eater.com/food-culture...

just re-floating for anyone who's not yet seen: new @eater.bsky.social essay by me!! on being a trans guy who lives in the woods and grows my own food and such ... www.eater.com/food-culture... proud of this one💚 shares/reposts (always) appreciated! thanks all! #pride

Love this piece from @aemccarthy.bsky.social about lunchtime at an LGBTQ+ senior center in Houston www.eater.com/queer-table/...

I updated this piece from February with new guidance on what workers and owners can do if ICE shows up at your restaurant www.eater.com/24364171/ice...

In case you missed it, here are the winners from last night's awards. Several winners addressed the current political moment directly in their speeches — three specifically emphatically declared “fuck ICE” at the end of their remarks.

Tonight, thousands gathered at the Lyric Opera in Chicago to honor restaurants and chefs from across the country at the James Beard Awards. Here’s who took home medals.

We’re officially live! Tune in now to watch the 2025 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards live from Chicago.

Tonight’s the big night! Chefs from around the country are in Chicago for the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards, which is among the highest honors in the American restaurant industry. Watch the awards live at 5:30 p.m. CT.

Canola oil is one of the so-called “hateful eight” seed oils: RFK says it’s among the most deadly things you can eat, and Joe Rogan agrees. But is that actually true? In a recent episode of Gastropod, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley get to the bottom of the seed oil scare.

A lot of people want third places, fewer want to actually experience the spontaneous socialization with strangers that is the entire point of a third place www.eater.com/24433384/wha...

Planning a wedding in LA? @eater.bsky.social points out that DTLA has some of the best restaurants to get married in. These 3 bring the vibes & flavor: 🌿 LA Cha Cha Chá – Rooftop views & carnitas 🎷 Cicada – 1920s dance-all-night energy & lobster pasta 🌇 Cara Cara – Rooftop sunsets & seasonal menu

Discover where chefs and food writers like Eric Ripert, Alicia Kennedy, Dan Pelosi, and Yara Herrera eat when they’re not on the job — now in the Eater app.

We have *thoughts* on the bombshell of a story food critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan dropped about visiting the three-Michelin-starred restaurant the French Laundry, wherein chef Thomas Keller asked her to leave.

While I was on vacay, this super nerdy story I wrote about what goes into oyster pricing — the labor, the environmental stewardship, the risk — went up at @eater.bsky.social. If you miss $1 oysters, here's why they're disappearing, and why that might be a good thing. www.eater.com/2025/5/14/24...

Feeling overwhelmed by tariff talk? Because same. 🫠 Everything from vanilla extract to blenders could see a big increase in import costs which will then be passed on to consumers. Now may be a good time to think about finally bringing home that Ninja CREAMi or stocking up on your favorite spices.

I appreciate how @eater.bsky.social talks about Palestine and Israel’s constant efforts to destroy Palestinian culture and livelihood, particularly through destruction of olive trees 🫒🇵🇸 www.eater.com/24430125/bes... via @eater.bsky.social

In case you missed it, Ben Cohen was among the protesters taken into police custody at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing. Correspondent @jayasaxena.com tells us more.

From over-the-top cakes to cocktail-inspired Jell-O shots and slurp-worthy noodles, we’ve got everything you need to get your wildly exuberant, food-filled party started. 🪩

Gorgeous. Love seeing everything at Joon look as incredible as it tastes. 10/10 reco, DMV pals.

Do we need this kind of show in the year 2025? Senior editor @jesseasparks.bsky.social dives in.

Saw some familiar faces on last night's Top Chef episode. 👀 Sign up for 'From the Editor' to hear about editor-in-chief Stephanie Wu's experience behind the scenes on Restaurant Wars in a newsletter this weekend: www.eater.com/pages/newsle...

Lobster spaghetti with a side of Xanax anyone? How to make a luxe shellfish feast for your S.O. without trauma. My latest for @eater.bsky.social www.eater.com/24415800/joe... Photo: @dinaavila.bsky.social #recipes #foodsky #food

Have we reached... peak pickle? Correspondent @jayasaxena.com has thoughts.

In case you missed it, popular Santa Monica sandwich shop 'Bread Head' is expanding with new locations in Manhattan Beach and Westwood. Tap for more LA food news from this week.

Disco fries > all other fries

I live in Point Loma, San Diego — and I love to eat. Come for the recs on sandwiches, sushi, and Italian food; stay for me trying to find a nice way to describe a restaurant that's clearly for people with AARP memberships. My first piece for @eater.bsky.social: sandiego.eater.com/maps/best-re...

At the first Queens Night Market in 2015, John Wang hoped for a couple thousand visitors, which would have been a remarkable turnout for the launch of a fair without much promotion. Over the next hours, nearly 40,000 people would come, selling out every vendor almost immediately.

"I’m donut?" It’s the existential question a new bakery from Japan posits at its first American location, that landed in Times Square this week.

“Iranians are excited that they are able to see these dishes in a restaurant — sometimes they have not seen or had these dishes in years,” says Misha Sesar, who owns Azizam in Los Angeles (also known to many by its nickname, Tehrangeles) with her partner Cody Ma.

Brb, moving to a country that cares about food safety. 🫠

And he didn't even show up.

The latest venture from RXBAR's cofounder hopes to "disrupt the candy industry". Correspondent @jayasaxena.com says, "Hormbles Chormbles sounds like the Teletubbies trying to curse you out."

Correspondent @jayasaxena.com spoke with Kim Chi about her journey into cookbook writing, getting people to cook the world, and why every girlie needs a nonstick pan.

Padma Lakshmi announced today that her documentary show, which explored immigrant food cultures across the United States, won’t be returning for a third season

This is not a drill: South Korea’s most popular dessert cafe and cream doughnut specialist, Cafe Knotted, has landed in the U.S. for the first time ever.

Turns out, egg prices aren't such a big deal for some small farmers. Reporter @aemccarthy.bsky.social dives into how smaller egg farmers have found new demand.

We spoke to four entrepreneurs from businesses that rely on imports about how they expect these tariffs to impact their bottom lines — and everyone else’s.

In case you missed it, the 2025 James Beard Awards finalists are in. Here's the full list:

Things we do not need to bring back in 2025: diet culture. Reporter @aemccarthy.bsky.social makes a case for leaving the phrase "guilt-free" in the past.

Here is the incredible 100% scratch lasagna Bolognese I developed for @eater.bsky.social. I love my job, and I got to be a hand model! 📸 By brilliant @dinaavila.bsky.social www.eater.com/24392911/how...