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Eater's 2016 Year in Review
Eater had a big year: From winning big-deal awards to launching a guide to the whole world, 2016 was a great one. Eater launched in-depth guides to Paris, Mexico City, and food culture and immigrant food traditions in cities across America. It continued the brand’s traditions — and made them better than ever before — with Eater Awards, Young Guns, Best Restaurants in America, and the Global 38. Eater also brought on great new talent and started several new partnerships.
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Cosmopolitan: One of the most authoritative voices in dining culture.
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Winner, Visual Storytelling, James Beard Foundation Award: One Night: Kachka
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Winner, Best in Leisure Interests, Ellie Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors: Eaters Guide to Surviving Disney World
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The 7th Annual Eater Awards Is Biggest Yet
Eater’s annual award celebration in 2016 was the biggest ever. Co-hosted by Eater editor in chief Amanda Kludt and Carla Hall in NYC, Eater’s event honors the year’s best restaurants and chefs with bites from award winners, specialty cocktails served in a speakeasy, and hundreds of industry players in attendance.
New Class of Eater Young Guns Take the Stage
The newest class of up-and-coming restaurant industry talent included 19 trailblazers hand-picked from hundreds of entries. 2016 winners dined and celebrated at a party in Los Angeles and then took their skills to host a series of dining experiences in select Ace Hotels across the country.
Finally, the Eater Guide to Entire World
From tapas in Barcelona to the perfect roast goose in Hong Kong, Eater's iconic Heatmaps went global to reveal the best, weirdest, and most inspiring culinary experiences in cities around the world. Better still, this guide is growing all the time with new insider tips from local experts.
MOFAD City Revealed How America Eats Today
In a partnership with the Museum of Food and Drink and supported by Infiniti, Eater’s immersive, interactive guides tell the stories of immigrant food cultures in neighborhoods around the country — from Haitian food in Miami to Mexican food in Chicago — with video, beautiful photography, and audio narration.
Find Eater’s Essential Restaurants on OpenTable
As part of a new partnership with OpenTable, diners can now book tables at Eater’s Essential Restaurants in more than 20 cities through the newly redesigned OpenTable app. To grab your own Eater-approved dining experience, download the OpenTable iOS app and check Discover.
Get Going: Paris and Mexico City Guides Are Here
Book a ticket, brush up on your bonjours and holas, and hold tightly to Eater’s most immersive travel and dining guides beyond the US borders: Mexico and Paris. With dozens of experts on the ground, the packages offer something for every budget and taste — along with all of the dos (sip your mezcal) and don’ts (croissants are for amateurs).
Best Restaurants in America
After a great year of dining, Eater revealed its annual list of the Best Restaurants in America: 38 restaurants that defined US dining in 2016, compiled by Eater’s roving restaurant critic Bill Addison, who spent the past 12 months zigzagging across the country.
Eater Brings a Taste of Austin to SXSW
Amid five days of panels and parties at SXSW Interactive, Eater treated SXSW to some of the best of Austin’s food scene, including bacon cheeseburger sausage, sweet potato nachos, and crispy noodles with broth.
Eater Expands
While investing in video and social media, Eater also welcomed features editor Matt Buchanan and newsletter editor Jenny Zhang, and named Helen Rosner the brand’s first executive editor.