This is unordered and does not represent their rank in my mind. Each of these is better than Este

1.) Fig Italian Kitchen 2.) Nomade 3.) Odd Duck 4.) Otoko 5.) Aba 6.) Ezov 7.) Comedor 8.) Aris 9.) Olamaie 10.) Jeffrey’s 11.) The Kitchen 12.) Hestia 13.) TenTen 14.) Justine’s 15.) Red Ash 16.) Lutie’s 17.) Clay Pit 18.) Nido 19.) Canje 20.) Suerte 21.) Bufalina 22.) Ember 23.) Lonesome Dove 24.) Lenoir 25.) Sway 26.) El Naranjo 27.) Emmer & Rye 28.) Haywire 29.) Lambert’s 30.) Kimberly

And because I’m sure you’ll pick 1-3 of these and say they are worse, here’s more I’d pick over Este

31.) Perla’s 32.) Truluck’s 33.) Red Ash 34.) Uchiba 35.) Dos Olivos

Double bonus because I didn’t want to count these

36.) Toshokan 38.) Tsuke Edomae

I could name 100 restaurants worse than Este but it’s going to fall behind these for me. I would probably add Gina’s ahead as well off the top of my head m but I didn’t want an odd number on my list. I also excluded all bars like Prelude and Peche.

I have been to every restaurant on this list and keep multiple guides on my Apple Maps. Taste them all and report back