In less than two weeks from now, chefs, bartender, and restaurateurs from across the country will receive big tomato cans bearing their names at a blow-out bash in Manhattan. It's time to vote in the Eater Awards category of So Hot Right Now. This award honors the restaurant that everyone couldn't stop talking about this year. All of these places were burning up in 2015. Now it's time to pick the apex predator of the restaurant kingdom. The nominees:
Here's how the voting works across the board: Eater editors have named nominees for each of five major categories. Eater readers will vote, narrowing the nominees to three finalists. From those three finalists, the Eater editorial team will select a winner. Ready to play your part? This poll will be open for 24 hours; voting irregularities will be strictly policed.