America's Best new Restaurants - Bon Appetit
- Andrew Knowlton and Julia Kramer
- Aug 5, 2015
- 1 min read
Every year, we announce the Bon Appétit Hot 10, our list of America’s Best New Restaurants. And it all starts with these 50 nominees. Over the last several months, Andrew Knowlton and Julia Kramer criss-crossed the country seeking out the truly original, innovative, and unexpected cooking taking place right now. These are the spots that killed it this year. The restaurants range from a quintessential French bistro to a place that serves pretty much only hummus, an eclectic brewpub to a vodka-soaked Russian joint. The one thing they have in common is this: flat-out deliciousness. Which ones of these 50 nominees will earn a spot in the Hot 10? Check back August 18 to find out.
Saltine
Get schooled on oysters, po' boys, and craft beers at this local hangout in Jackson, Mississippi.
Raw, wood-fired, fried: You can have your oysters pretty much any way imaginable at this seafood heaven. Chef Jesse Houston’s nautical takeover (complete with a mural of an octopus) of a former elementary school has become a hangout for Fondren District locals, who sit at the long bar, slurping down $1 oysters on the half shell during happy hour and sipping one of the 30 beers on tap. Soon families arrive, and the place starts to feel like the coolest after-school program in town. Textbook po’boys, over-stuffed with roast beef, fried chicken, or fried catfish, could more than hold their own in nearby New Orleans. Want to order like a local? Try Houston’s famous-around-these-parts pork cracklins with French onion dip and salmon caviar.
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