Looking for a sublime New American meal near you?
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end New American restaurants around Berkeley, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fulfill your urges.
1. Chez Panisse
Topping the list is Chez Panisse. Located at 1517 Shattuck Ave. (between Cedar and Vine streets.), the New American and French spot is the most popular high-end New American restaurant in Berkeley, boasting four stars out of 2,777 reviews on Yelp.
The restaurant offers a rotating menu that changes nightly. This week, the menu features such items as seared albacore with haricots verts, cucumber gelee and chervil mayonnaise; summer chanterelle agnolotti in roasted tomato brodo; grilled lamb with olive salsa; and ice cream and sherbet meringata.
2. Rivoli Restaurant
Next up is Rivoli Restaurant, situated at 1539 Solano Ave. (between Peralta Avenue and Neilson Street). With four stars out of 822 reviews on Yelp, the cocktail bar and New American spot, serving desserts and more, has proven to be a local favorite for those looking to indulge.
Rivoli Restaurant serves "seasonal food sourced from local markets, including line-caught fish and naturally raised meats," according to the business website. With a menu that is changed daily, you'll find items like dayboat scallops, corn pudding, summer beans and peach and a New York strip steak, with pommes fondant, romanos and truffle jus.
3. Iyasare
Iyasare, located at 1830 Fourth St., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the fancy bar, Japanese and New American spot four stars out of 578 reviews.
Drawing inspiration from Japan's Tohoku region, Iyasare offers entrees such as Japanese Uni gnocchi with housemade squid ink gnocchi pasta, ash-cured egg yolk and sea urchin cream sauce; wagyu bavette steak with grilled cabbage and root vegetables; and the Okonomiyaki "pancake," which comes with black tiger shrimp, bay scallops, ika squid, cabbage, ginger and Japanese barbecue sauce.
Find the full menu here.
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