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Gilda Bruno

People Who Always Know the Best Restaurants Secretly Judge Eateries Based on These 5 Overlooked Details, Pro Restaurateurs Reveal

A rotating gif of restaurant interiors with a candle-lit atmosphere, original artwork, and quirky details.

There are people who have a knack for choosing the best restaurants and know instinctively how to recognize a reservation-worthy establishment the moment it opens its doors, looking for the details that will either confirm or refute their first impressions of a just-inaugurated spot, and others who, to put it very plainly, don't.

But if you think that identifying these addresses amid the myriad of new eateries that grace our cities every month is a talent you are either born with or, else, you can't acquire with dedication and time, well, we might have something that will make you change your mind.

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