St. Johns County spot named one of top Southern food restaurants in America

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OpenTable has scoured its user reviews once again to determine America’s connoisseurs of Southern cuisine − from the specialists of shrimp and grits to the champions of chicken and waffles.

On Tuesday, the dining review site released its highly-anticipated list of the 50 best Southern restaurants in America for 2018, which span across 14 states and Washington, D.C.

One spot in the Jacksonville area made it onto the elite list.

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The top 50 list stems from OpenTable’s 12 million diner reviewers’ critiques of more than 27,000 restaurants.

The compilation of restaurants, based off of reviews between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018, consider all restaurants in the “Southern” cuisine category with a minimum “overall” score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration, according to an OpenTable press release. Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to their overall food rating.

Four Florida restaurants were listed:

Take a look at the entire list of the 50 best Southern restaurants in America in 2018, according to OpenTable diners, below:

– Augusta, Georgia

– Washington, D.C.

– Auburn , Alabama

Alligator Soul – Savannah, Georgia

– Charleston, South Carolina

– Flowery Branch, Georgia

– New Orleans, Louisiana

– New York

– New Orleans, Louisiana

– Houston, Texas

– Birmingham, Alabama

– New Orleans

– Charleston, South Carolina

– San Antonio, Texas

– Lexington, Kentucky

– Charlotte, North Carolina

– Austin, Texas

– West Chester, Pennsylvania

– Birmingham, Alabama

– Birmingham, Alabama

– Addison, Texas

– Nashville, Tennessee

– Charlotte, North Carolina

– Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

– Highlands, North Carolina

– Raleigh, North Carolina

– Blue Island, Illinois

– Lexington, Kentucky

– Nashville, Tennessee

– Winston-Salem, North Carolina

– New Orleans

– New Orleans

– Savannah, Georgia

– Dallas, Texas

– Pensacola, Florida

– New Orleans, Louisiana

– New Orleans, Louisiana

– New York, New York

– Alexandria, Virginia

– Wilmington, North Carolina

South City Kitchen – Multiple locations

– Houston, Texas

– Simpsonville, South Carolina

– Buffalo, New York

– Nashville, Tennessee

– New Orleans

– Multiple locations

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