SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of the holiday dining season, OpenTable (OPEN) (NASDAQ: OPEN), a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, is pleased to announce the 2012 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Top 100 American Fare Restaurants in the United States .  These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 15,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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The list of winners, which includes Annisa in New York City, Lola in Cleveland, and Sweet Basil in Vail, Colo., spans 31 states and Washington, D.C.  Texas has the greatest number of winners with 10, followed by California with eight winners, and New York and South Carolina with seven each. Maryland boasts six winning restaurants, trailed by Colorado and Missouri with five honorees apiece. Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all have four winning restaurants, while Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia have three each.  Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington, D.C. all have two award winners. Arkansas earned a single spot, as did Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Oregon, and Washington.

"Food is the cornerstone of holiday celebrations, and American fare is the perfect fit with which to fete them," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable Chief Dining Officer.  "These winning restaurants are serving the finest of the fall harvest in ways both familiar and unique, giving family and friends dishes that help remind them of years past and anticipate those to come."

The Diners' Choice Awards for the Top 100 American Fare Restaurants are generated from more than 5 million reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners between November 1, 2011 and October 31, 2012.  All restaurants with a minimum number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of qualifying reviews for which "American cuisine" was selected as a special feature.

Based on this methodology, the following restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, comprise the Top 100 American Fare Restaurants in the U.S. according to OpenTable diners.  The complete list may also be viewed at http://www.opentable.com/American.

2012 Diners' Choice Award Winners for the Top 100 American Fare Restaurants in the U.S.

1789 Restaurant Washington, D.C.
A Toute Heure Cranford, New Jersey
Abacus Dallas, Texas
The American Restaurant Kansas City, Missouri
Annie Gunn's Chesterfield, Missouri
Annisa New York, New York
Aria Atlanta, Georgia
Ashley's Restaurant-Capital Hotel Little Rock, Arkansas
Bartlett Pear Inn Easton, Maryland
Baxter's Lakeside Grille Lake Ozark, Missouri
Blue Hill New York, New York
Blue Hill at Stone Barns Pocantico Hills, New York
The Blue Ox Lynn, Massachusetts
Bluestem Kansas City, Missouri
Boulevard San Francisco, California
Bouquet Restaurant and Wine Bar Covington, Kentucky
Cabernet Grill Texas Wine Country Restaurant Fredericksburg, Texas
The Cafe at Brookwood Brookshire, Texas
Canoe Atlanta, Georgia
Carpe Diem Restaurant Charlotte, North Carolina
Castagna Portland, Oregon
Charleston Baltimore, Maryland
Charleston Grill Charleston, South Carolina
Cheever's Cafe Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Chef's Table at the Edgewater Winter Garden, Florida
The Classic Cafe Roanoke, Texas
Coldwater Cafe & Catering Tipp City, Ohio
Communal Provo, Utah
Corbett's Fine Dining Louisville, Kentucky
Corduroy Washington, D.C.
Craft New York, New York
Dal Rae Pico Rivera, California
DANTE Tremont, Ohio
Devereaux's Greenville, South Carolina
The Dock Newport Beach, California
Eleven Madison Park New York, New York
Ellerbe Fine Foods Fort Worth, Texas
Fearing's Dallas, Texas
FIG -- Charleston, South Carolina
Flagstaff House Boulder, Colorado
Gramercy Tavern New York, New York
Grove Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hamptons Sumter, South Carolina
Harry's Restaurant Manhattan, Kansas
Herons Cary, North Carolina
Joan's in the Park Saint Paul, Minnesota
John Bentley's Redwood City, California
K Restaurant Orlando, Florida
Lahaina Grill Lahaina, Hawaii
Lilly's Bistro Louisville, Kentucky
LJ's & The Kat Lounge Hagerstown, Maryland
Lola-A Michael Symon Restaurant Cleveland, Ohio
The Macintosh Charleston, South Carolina
Manhattan Beach Post Manhattan Beach, California
Masraff's Houston, Texas
McEwen's on Monroe Memphis, Tennessee
Mica Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
The Mill at 2T Tariffville, Connecticut
Millwright's Simsbury, Connecticut
Milton's Cuisine and Cocktails Alpharetta, Georgia
Mokomandy Sterling, Virginia
Mulvaney's B&L Sacramento, California
Murray's Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nana's Restaurant Durham, North Carolina
Niche Clayton, Missouri
The Orchard Restaurant Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Orchids at Palm Court Cincinnati, Ohio
The Parson's Table Little River, South Carolina
Paseo Grill Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Patti's 1880's Settlement Grand Rivers, Kentucky
Peli Peli Houston, Texas
Peninsula Grill Charleston, South Carolina
Per Se New York, New York
The Prime Rib Baltimore, Maryland
The Pullman Glenwood Springs, Colorado
The Ranch Restaurant Anaheim, California
Restaurant Tallent Bloomington, Indiana
Root Down Denver, Colorado
The Root Restaurant & Bar White Lake, Michigan
Saddle Peak Lodge Calabasas, California
The Schoolhouse at Cannondale Wilton, Connecticut
Seasons 52 Phoenix, Arizona
Shoemaker's Grille Lynchburg, Virginia
Silo Elevated Cuisine-1604 San Antonio, Texas
Silo Elevated Cuisine-Alamo Heights San Antonio, Texas
Splendido Beaver Creek, Colorado
St. John's Meeting Place Chattanooga, Tennessee
St. Johns' Restaurant Chattanooga, Tennessee
Story Prairie Village, Kansas
Sweet Basil Vail, Colorado
Talula's Garden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tilth Seattle, Washington
The Tree Room at Sundance Sundance, Utah
Vernick Food & Drink Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vie Western Springs, Illinois
Vintage Tavern Suffolk, Virginia
VOLT Frederick, Maryland
Washington Inn Cape May, New Jersey
White Barn Inn Kennebunk, Maine
Woodberry Kitchen Baltimore, Maryland

Diners can also read more about the Diners' Choice Awards for the Top 100 American Fare Restaurants in the U.S. by visiting OpenTable Chief Dining Officer Caroline Potter's "Dining Check" blog.

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