1 FL Restaurant Makes Daily Meal's 101 Best In U.S. List

FLORIDA — If you're looking to dine out on a patio — or get to-go dinners from some of the region's top restaurants — we've got some tasty news for you. The Daily Meal published its list for the "101 Best Restaurants In America," and the online food and dining site included one restaurant from Florida.

These restaurants serve food that’s thought-provoking, a stellar level of service, a good beverage list and a true sense of personality, imagination and consistency, the editors said. "Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience," the site said.

Here is the best restaurant in Florida, according to The Daily Meal's rankings, and what the food writers said about it.

No. 67 Bern's Steak House, 1208 S Howard Ave. in Tampa: "The key to its greatness, aside from its old-school steakhouse vibe and spot-on service, is its unabashed sense of excess. There are 20 kinds of caviar, four kinds of steak tartare (one with truffles), 15 different cheeses, more than 50 desserts (enjoyed in a separate “dessert lounge”), and a 500,000-bottle wine cellar. Six different steaks are available in a total of 51 different sizes, and “luxe beef” options including a 100-day dry-aged Delmonico and dry-aged Japanese wagyu. All this and more puts Bern’s in the No. 1 spot of America’s best steakhouses."

To compile the rankings, The Daily Meal contacted hundreds of dining experts around the country to ask which restaurants they considered the absolute best in their respective cities. Those restaurants were then added to other establishments that have "garnered near-universal acclaim" and eateries that have been featured on previous Daily Meal lists. The restaurants were ranked according to metrics such as food, service, beverage options and environment.

"These 101 restaurants serve food that's thoughtful and thought-provoking, and they also have a dining room and a level of service that suit the quality of what's on the plate, a good beverage list and a true sense of personality, imagination and consistency," authors of The Daily Meal rankings wrote in an introductory statement to the list. "Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience."

Alinea, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago, was ranked as the No. 1 eatery in the United States, according to The Daily Meal. The top five restaurants were rounded out by Eleven Madison Park in New York City, Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, Le Bernardin in New York City and Inn at Little Washington.

The full list of the 101 best restaurants is available on The Daily Meal.