The indoor and outdoor seating areas of MILA Miami.
MILA Miami is an ideal spot to treat clients, India says.
  • It's never been more difficult to get reservations at some of America's hottest restaurants.
  • Some power brokers broadcast where they're eating on social media as a badge of honor.
  • Travel agents and senior hotel staffers shared the buzziest restaurants in seven major US cities.

Remember when the hottest spot in town was a club with a line wrapped around the street corner or a swanky bar frequented by Hollywood celebrities or Wall Street bigwigs?

Well, a new after-hours status symbol has emerged: restaurants.