Top 100 Independents

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

Top 100 Independents

Lavo New York

Decor for this industrial-chic Italian restaurant uses antique mirrors, reclaimed subway tiles and bricks repurposed from old factories.

Top 100 Independents

Le Diplomate

Successful menu additions in 2016 included the Le Diplomate Glaces Cart with house-made ice creams and sorbets sold streetside in nice weather.

The 10 highest-grossing Italian independent restaurants include bar-forward nightclubs, fine-dining destinations, and red sauce and spaghetti giants.

Started as a six-stool coffee shop on Pier 47.*RB estimate...

Tom Colicchio’s classic steak house in the MGM Grand.*RB estimate...

A collection of historic buildings; popular for special events.*RB estimate...

Winner of a James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant award in 2014...

Baguettes are house-baked at Stephen Starr’s ode to French brasseries on Philly’s Rittenhouse Square...

Reopened in April 2014, but business was so strong it makes the list...

In the year of “Hamilton,” Clyde’s Restaurant Group’s restaurant and live music space got even hotter...

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