A couple Triangle restaurants made the list, and North Carolina came in Second with the most restaurants on the list!
Check out the 50 Best Southern Restaurants in America for 2018:
Abel Brown (Augusta, Georgia)
Acadiana (Washington, D.C.)
Acre (Auburn, Alabama)
Alligator Soul (Savannah, Georgia)
Anson (Charleston, South Carolina)
Antebellum (Flowery Branch, Georgia)
Atchafalaya Restaurant (New Orleans, Louisiana)
The Boil, Waverly (New York, New York)
Boucherie (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Brennan’s of Houston (Houston, Texas)
Cafe Dupont (Birmingham, Alabama)
Carrollton Market (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Circa 1886 (Charleston, South Carolina)
Cured (San Antonio, Texas)
Cypress Restaurant (Tallahassee, Florida)
Distilled at The Sire Hotel (Lexington, Kentucky)
Dogwood Southern Table & Bar (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Fixe (Austin, Texas)
High Street Caffe & Vudu Lounge (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
Highball & Harvest (Orlando, Florida)
Highlands Bar & Grill (Birmingham, Alabama)
Hot and Hot Fish Club (Birmingham, Alabama)
Ida Claire (Addison, Texas)
Kitchen Notes at the Omni Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)
The King’s Kitchen (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Langdon’s Restaurant (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina)
Madison’s (Highlands, North Carolina)
Mandolin (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Maple Tree Inn (Blue Island, Illinois)
Merrick Inn (Lexington, Kentucky)
Midtown Cafe (Nashville, Tennessee)
Mozelle’s Fresh Southern Bistro (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
See the rest via forbes.com.