The Most Exciting Restaurants Opening Across the US

If there’s one restaurant trend to get excited about, it’s pedigreed chefs reinventing the concept of walk-up counters.

Kassie Curiel, left, and Johnny Curielion attend Esquire's 2024 Best New Restaurants In America Celebration X Four Twenty Five's One Year Anniversary at Four Twenty Five on Dec. 11, 2024, in New York City. Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Hearst Magazines/TNS

By Kat Odell Bloomberg News

Get ready to step up to the counter for some of the year’s more anticipated cooking.