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"Recognized by the New York Times as one of America’s 50 Best Restaurants of 2025, this Traverse City spot from Andy Elliott and Emily Stewart has only accelerated since opening in 2022. Elliott told me, “The produce up here is incredible — as good as anything I’ve had in Spain, France, and Italy,” which fuels dishes like his trout crudo with pickled serrano peppers, smoked soy sauce, and short‑season shiro plums from Bakkers Acres on Leelanau. He added that the area’s diverse agricultural environment is the reason they opened here." - Mary Hayes Weier