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Dining out can often be a memorable experience, but the meal can often be elevated by the restaurant's environment, whether that's from striking views of surrounding lakes and mountains or through an exquisitely decorated interior with a charming atmosphere.
Using reviews, awards and accolades and first-hand experiences, LoveFood compiled a list 39 "most beautiful" restaurants around the country, "from enduring classics to spots with incredible views."
Among eateries in stunning locales like Honolulu, San Francisco and St. Augustine, is one restaurant in Missouri that managed to make the list. Located in Ridgedale, Osage Restaurant ranked at No. 30 overall. Here's what LoveFood had to say about the Missouri restaurant named one of America's most beautiful:
"Part of Big Cedar Lodge's Top of the Rock, Osage Restaurant specializes in elevated comfort food such as seared crab cake, wood-fired rotisserie chicken, and macadamia nut-crusted seabass. It's also elevated in other ways, too, from its setting on a bluff overlooking the Ozark Mountains and Table Rock Lake to its rustically elegant decor. Chunky wooden tables surround a cylindrical fireplace, which forms the glowing heart of the circular room, while artwork decorates the walls. Huge windows bring the outside in, with the views especially spectacular at sunset."
Check out the full list at lovefood.com to see the other restaurants named among the "most beautiful" in the country. You can also check out our previous coverage of the Missouri eatery crowned the most beautiful restaurant in the state.