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Rather than displaying an array of Michelin-starred establishments, the list is made up of food carts, delis and feel good BBQ spots that rarely exceed the “$$” price range. This could be because rankings were determined based on consumer reviews. (And who doesn’t like getting more bang for your buck?) Here’s a sampling of the top 10: 1\. [Copper Top BBQ](http://yelp.com/biz/copper-top-bbq-big-pine) – Big Pine, CA 2\. [Art of Flavors](http://yelp.com/biz/art-of-flavors-las-vegas) – Las Vegas, NV 3\. [Soho Japanese Restaurant](http://yelp.com/biz/soho-japanese-restaurant-las-vegas) – Las Vegas, NV 4\. [TKB Bakery and Deli](http://yelp.com/biz/tkb-bakery-and-deli-indio-2) – Indio, CA 5\. [Ono Seafood](http://yelp.com/biz/ono-seafood-honolulu) – Honolulu, HI 6\. [Shark Pit Maui](http://yelp.com/biz/shark-pit-maui-lahaina) – Lahaina, HI 7\. [Gaucho Parilla Argentina](http://yelp.com/biz/gaucho-parrilla-argentina-pittsburgh) – Pittsburgh, PA 8\. [Bobboi Natural Gelato](http://yelp.com/biz/bobboi-natural-gelato-la-jolla) – La Jolla, CA 9\. [Golden Bear Trading Company](http://yelp.com/biz/golden-bear-trading-company-san-francisco-3) – San Francisco, CA 10\. [Little Miss BBQ](http://yelp.com/biz/little-miss-bbq-phoenix-2) – Phoenix, AZ [Check out the rest of the list at Yelp.](http://officialblog.yelp.com/2015/01/yelps-top-100-places-to-eat-in-the-us-for-2015.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3679401/yelp-top-reviewed-restaurants-america/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3679401/yelp-top-reviewed-restaurants-america/"},"headline":"Yelp Has Spoken: These Are the 100 Best-Reviewed Places to Eat in America","datePublished":"2015-01-22T22:44:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:11.769Z","description":"Yelp's list of top-rated spots across the U.S. might surprise you","url":"https://time.com/3679401/yelp-top-reviewed-restaurants-america/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","viral","Yelp","Restaurant"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3be772f627c459d1/69877b725f570f7b31b14ddf/140245454.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3be772f627c459d1/69877b725f570f7b31b14ddf/140245454.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Yelp IPO Puts Consumer-Review Site up for Review","caption":"Yelp IPO Puts Consumer-Review Site up for Review","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3679401/yelp-top-reviewed-restaurants-america/","name":"Yelp Has Spoken: These Are the 100 Best-Reviewed Places to Eat in America"}}]}] ```