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Top 100 Independents

Restaurant Business magazine ranks the top-grossing independent restaurants in America

Top 100 Independents

St. Elmo Steak House

 Oct. 13, 2017

An Indianapolis favorite since 1902, but modern, too: Its online store sells its famous cocktail sauce and seasonings.

Top 100 Independents

Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab

 Oct. 13, 2017

This first partnership between Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises and Joe’s Stone Crab owners opened in 2000.

Top 100 Independents

Tavern on the Green

Oct. 13, 2017

Two years after its dramatic remodeling and reopening, this Central Park landmark is regaining its momentum.

Top 100 Independents

Buddakan

Oct. 13, 2017

The $150-per-person beef tasting menu includes carpaccio, rib-eye, beef marrow and more.

Top 100 Independents

Angus Barn

Oct. 13, 2017

A scholarship fund for culinary students was created to memorialize Chef Jimmy Alfano, who died in October 2016.

Top 100 Independents

Carnevino Italian Steakhouse

Oct. 13, 2017

The $65 Martini Lunch includes three courses and, of course, martinis (two of four choices).

Top 100 Independents

Bazaar Meat by Jose Andres

Oct. 13, 2017

Two new tasting menus: “The Classics” ($125 per person) and “Jose’s Way” ($185), which starts with Cotton Candy Foie Gras.

Top 100 Independents

Shaw’s Crab House

Oct. 13, 2017

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ seafood flagship has both a white-tablecloth dining room and more casual oyster bar.

Top 100 Independents

SW Steakhouse

Oct. 13, 2017

Chef David Walzog’s steakhouse boasts a view of the Wynn hotel’s nightly shows on the Lake of Dreams.

Top 100 Independents

Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar

Oct. 13, 2017

Self-described home of “off-the-hook scratch-made food, hand-crafted signature beers, killer cocktails and rockin’ tunes.”

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