It’s peak restaurant “list” season, when prestige publications reveal their favorite places and faces around the United States. Now, the reservation platform Resy is getting in on the action. For its inaugural list, Resy's team opted to look beyond “the new and shiny,” to select 100 restaurants “that define dining today.” The list was announced on Sept. 18.

To create its list, Resy considered the 10,000 restaurants on its platform and asked its nearly two dozen city contributors for their opinions. These restaurants didn't need to be new, have a flashy celebrity chef at the helm or be in located a glitzy, massive city.

“They are, simply, excellent and cherished,” the list introduction says. “They delight their communities, and make them better.”

Two Phoenix spots made the cut.

No. 49

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