USA TODAY named its Restaurants of the Year. These Rhode Island favorites made the list
Gift Horse in Providence and Sly Fox Den Tooin Charlestown made USA TODAY’s list of best restaurants in the country.
The USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2024 list, released today, features 47 restaurants ranging from fine-dining establishments to counter-service seafood shacks. Gift Horse was chosen because of its modern take on local seafood, and Sly Fox Den Too was selected because of its quality food and deep connection to place.
With a U-shaped bar as the key architectural feature, it’s clear Gift Horse is meant to be a social environment. Guests can look upon the raw bar, into the busy kitchen and at the bartenders making their drinks. Chef/owner Benjamin Sukle’s new restaurant has a clean, modern look that pairs perfectly with chef Sky Haneul Kim’s inventive menu.
“We are pumped to receive this recognition from USA TODAY!" said Sukle.
At Sly Fox Den Too, the unpretentious menu showcases Indigenous foods rooted in the forests and waterways of the Northeast, a testament to the tribes still present in the region.
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“It creates a statement, that we’re still here,” said James Beard Award-winning chef/owner Sherry Pocknett. “We still live in our ways. We still eat traditional foods. We still hunt and fish.”
USA TODAY Network food journalists from across the country pooled their expertise to create the list, which includes the places they know, love and recommend.
Our criteria for USA TODAY's Restaurants of the Year for 2024
Here’s the full list and more about Gift Horse and Sly Fox Den Too.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Gift Horse, Sly Fox Den Too named to USA TODAY list of best restaurants
