This Alameda Restaurant Is Among America's Top 50, NYT Says

ALAMEDA, CA — The New York Times recently announced its 50 favorite restaurants in America for 2024, with two from Los Angeles making the cut.

“Over the last 12 months, reporters and editors traveled to nearly every state scouting restaurants for our annual list,” according to the newspaper. “As always, there were no-brainers and tough choices — the United States has a vast, diverse spread of great restaurants these days — but these are our 50 favorites for 2024.”

Fikscue in Alameda was named among the nation’s best, along with Quince and Four Kings in San Francisco as well as Camélia and Azizam in Los Angeles. California had more restaurants on the list than any other state.

Courtesy of Reka and Fik Saleh, Fikscue opened in November and combines halal Texas-style barbecue with Indonesian cuisine, according to the Times.

"Ms. Saleh deftly weaves together the electric brightness and texture of Indonesia’s underrepresented cuisine with the stalwart comfort of barbecue," the newspaper raved.

Of the 50 resturants highlighted by the Times, 32 are newly opened, including all five in California.

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