3 Atlanta Restaurants Among Nation's Best For 2017

ATLANTA, GA — We all know that Atlanta is a great food town. Turns out, people in the rest of the country have noticed, too.

Three Atlanta restaurants have been named to reservations website Open Table's 100 Best Restaurants in America for 2017. The results are based on an analysis of more than 12 million reviews left by users of the site.

Steakhouse and local institution Bones, Italian eatery La Grotta and hot sushi spot UMI made the list, which was not ranked.

"The 100 Best Restaurants in America for 2017 are consistently putting out delicious dishes, providing impeccable service, and paying attention to every detail to orchestrate one-of-a-kind dining experiences time and again," Open Table wrote.

More than 26,000 restaurants were considered based on reviews by verified diners.

A go-to spot for Atlanta diners for 38 years, Bones, at 3130 Piedmont Rd. in Buckhead, is a frequent entry in national best-of lists. It has received the Best of Atlanta Steakhouse award every year for 16 years and was recognized by Zagat with the highest rating for food and service of any steakhouse in America.

Another well established Buckhead spot, La Grotta has been serving authentic northern and regional Italian cuisine since 1978. It has been voted the Best Italian Restaurant by Atlanta Magazine for 18 straight years and is a AAA Four Diamond Award recipient for the last 20 years as well as a regular winner of the DiRona Award, given by Distinguished Restaurants of North America.

It is located at 2637 Peachtree Rd.

A third Buckhead spot, UMI is the newest Atlanta spot to make the list. The sushi restaurant is run by executive chef Fuyuhiko Ito, who started the restaurant with wife and pastry chef Lisa Ito after an award-winning run at MF Buckhead.

The Tokyo-born chef combines classic and modern Japanese flavors at the restaurant at 3050 Peachtree Rd.

To see the entire Open Table list, click here.

Photo courtesy UMI Buckhead