Recipients of the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant include:

1995: Nobu, New York City 1996: Brasserie Jo, Chicago 1997: Rose Pistola, San Francisco 1998: Jean-Georges, New York City 1999: Babbo, New York City 2000: Gary Danko, San Francisco 2001: Alain Ducasse, New York City 2002: Craft: New York City 2003: L'Impero, New York City 2004: Bradley Ogden, Las Vegas 2005: Per Se, New York City 2006: The Modern, New York City 2007: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, New York City 2008: Central Michel Richard, Washington, D.C. 2009: Momofuku Ko, New York City 2010: Marea, New York City 2011: ABC Kitchen, New York City 2012: Next, Chicago 2013: State Bird Provisions, San Francisco 2014: Pêche Seafood Grill, New Orleans 2015: Bâtard, New York City 2016: Shaya, New Orleans 2017: Le Coucou, New York City 2018: JuneBaby, Seattle 2019: Frenchette, New York City 2022: Owamni, Minneapolis 2023: Kann, Portland, Oregon 2024: Dakar NOLA, New Orleans 2025: Bûcheron, Minneapolis 2026: Lei, New York City

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