Amherst, N.Y. — Foodies, take note: Two of Yelp’s top places to eat in 2024 are in Upstate New York.
The crowd-sourcing and business directory app’s yearly list of the top 100 restaurants in the United States includes top-rated restaurants serving up everything from sourdough-crust pizzas to plant-based tacos.
Upstate’s talented chefs frequently make Yelp’s highly anticipated, annual list. And the two restaurants on the 2024 roundup are just 20 miles apart in Western New York:
Manito Taco Shop, a taqueria in Lockport that started as a food truck, was ranked No. 69 on Yelp’s list. Anchi A La Carte, a restaurant in Amherst that features authentic Vietnamese cuisine, was rated No. 91.
Only one other New York restaurant made the list: CHILI, a Sichuan restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
The Manito Taco Shop got its start as a food truck during the Covid-19 pandemic when Manito Gonzales and his daughter Rebecca opened the business to serve farm workers, Yelp reported. Manito later opened a permanent location — celebrating the restaurant’s one-year anniversary with a candle in a taco in October.
The taqueria’s most popular dishes include its carne asada tacos, barbacoa and tres leches cake.
“Best tacos in western New York,” one Yelp reviewer wrote, giving Manito a five-star review. “Hands down if you haven’t been here yet you need to give it a try. Hola Manito!!!”
Anchi A La Carte, a woman-owned business, serves up Vietnamese comfort food. The eatery’s most beloved dishes are its spicy lemongrass beef noodle soup and its special pho.
“Tucked away in a plaza near AMC Theatre with next to no signage indicating what it was…The food was outstanding!” a Yelp reviewer gushed. “Only my 3rd or 4th dabble into Vietnamese food and this will be my go-to for it going forward.”
Past restaurants that landed on Yelp’s yearly list of America’s top restaurants include Inizio, an Italian restaurant in Buffalo and Rossi & Sons Rosticceria Deli, a sandwich…
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