Bardea Food & Drink in Wilmington has made USA TODAY’s list of best restaurants in the country.
The USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2025 list, released today, features 44 restaurants from fine-dining establishments to roadside burger shacks.
Executive Chef and Co-owner Antimo DiMeo serves a variety of dishes at Bardea Food & Drink in Wilmington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Bardea was named one of USA Today Restaurants of the Year 2025.
USA TODAY Network food journalists from across the country pooled their expertise to select the list, which includes the places they know, love and recommend.
How many have you been to? Check out USA TODAY’s 2025 Restaurants of the Year.
See last year’s list: USA TODAY’s 2024 Restaurants of the Year.
Bardea Food & Drink a snazzy, innovative Italian restaurant in downtown Wilmington from owners Scott Stein and Antimo DiMeo, has easily become the town’s most talked about restaurant since it opened in 2018. The restaurant and executive chef DiMeo have each been nominated for James Beard Awards. Bardea also attracted the attention of The White House, which chose Bardea to cook for former President Joe Biden’s 2024 Quad Summit in Delaware. Shared plates are highly suggested. Don’t miss the Burrata “Pop Tart” with sweet onion fennel jam; housemade pastas like the Ravioli with Duck Confit, Gorgonzola and Pear-Walnut Pesto; or share a dry-aged, bone-in ribeye and a side of maitake mushrooms with sunchoke garum and caramelized onion crema.
Here’s the full list and more about Bardea Food & Drink.
Patricia Talorico writes about food and restaurants. You can find her on Instagram, X and Facebook. Email [email protected]. Sign up for her Delaware Eats newsletter.
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