NEW YORK The James Beard Foundation has selected Mary & Tito’s Café in Albuquerque, N.M., and four other restaurants as this year’s America’s Classics honorees.
The award goes to restaurants deemed to have timeless appeal and that reflect the character of their communities, according to the Beard Foundation. The other winners this year are The Bright Star in Bessemer, Ala.; Al’s French Frys in South Burlington, Vt.; Calumet Fisheries in Chicago; and Gustavus Inn in Gustavus, Alaska.
The restaurants will be recognized at the annual James Beard Foundation Awards on May 3 at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.
Among the past honorees are Yank Sing in San Francisco; Totonno’s in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Primanti Brother’s in Pittsburgh; Sam Choy’s Kaloko in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; The Shed in Santa Fe, N.M.; and Three Brothers Serbian Restaurant in Milwaukee.
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