2 – OCTOBER 2019
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX LAU
LET’S PRETEND
WE’RE IN PARIS—
IN BALTIMORE.
P. 92
October
AMERICA’S BEST NEW RESTAURANTS
HOT TEN
THE 2 019
Introducing the L.A.–based best new restaurant of 2019, where the croissants are perfect and the hype is
real.p. 58 In Dallas, a Laotian-American chef tells his life story with boat noodles.p. 64 An incredible tasting
menu where you’d least expect it (Richmond!).p. 68 Try the Danish at this humble Detroit bakery. And the
bread. And the cookies. And the coffee.p. 70 We’d like to spend our lazy afternoons at this New Orleans
church turned bar, thanks.p. 76 This Malaysian café in NYC is reviving Baba-Nyonya cuisine, one nasi
lemak at a time.p. 80 The Nashville restaurant where dinner feels like a dinner party.p. 84 Welcome to
Baltimore’s natty-wine-loving, pig’s-head-butchering, good-vibes-only wine bar.p. 92 The year’s best
Texas-style BBQ is in...Portland, OR.p. 96 The obsessive chef giving fusion a good name in Denver.p. 98
by JULIA KRAMER with AMIEL STANEK
