Theres a restaurant not far from me, just one neighborhood away in a strip mall so low rent youll double check that the car is locked. Pass through the parking spots that seem entirely too tight to be real and youll find one of Miamis best restaurants, Boia De, where the theme is quite simple: put out things that are delicious. Like other Time Out contributors and editors, I make a pilgrimage there yearly on my birthday. To do this, I check the reservations incessantly. I put my name on a waitlist. And I text the chef as if Im hoping hell take me to the spring formal. Eventually, usually, I get that coveted reservation, albeit at a time that most people would say its too early to begin happy hour.

　　The crazy thing, as we found in trying to book these restaurants below, is that Boia De isnt even the toughest reservation to be had in this fair land. Some of the toughest reservations in America are just simply impossible to getunless youve been headlining at Madison Square Garden. For others, getting a reservation will require a combination of computer skills and patience, and some planning well in advance. So, break out your laptops, set your calendar with reminders, and prepare to call in favors because were about to take a trip to the restaurants in America that are just near impossible to book.

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