Popular Columbus restaurant makes Yelp’s ‘Top 100 Restaurants 2026’ among one other in Ohio

We already knew that some of the best restaurants in the country were right here in Ohio, but Yelp confirmed it.

According to Yelp’s “Top 100 Restaurants in 2026” list, a Cincinnati Italian restaurant is one of the best in the country, and an ever-popular restaurant that serves elevated American-fare.

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Pepp & Dolores, which Yelp is calling a “grandma-core” restaurant, is number 10 on this esteemed list. Yelp said of the Over-The-Rhine restaurant, “The kitchen (which can be seen from the street) is always busy whipping up handmade pastas for popular entrees, like the “must-order” Spicy Vodka Pasta or the bestselling, “light and delicious” Limone Pasta. And don’t forget that new dessert, two different flavors of soft-serve gelato — hazelnut-chocolate or vanilla mascarpone — that can be dressed with olive oil, sea salt, crushed pistachios, or dusted with crushed Amaretti cookies.”

Also on the list is a familiar (and local) favorite—Kitchen Social—coming in at #92. This elevated American restaurant, located in Polaris and Dublin, is known for their cheddar scallion biscuits, fish n chips, and much more, including an incredible brunch.

Congrats, Pepp & Dolores and Kitchen Social, for putting Ohio on the map!

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