Gone are the days when Southern cuisine meant home-cooked comfort food or greasy spoon fare. Chefs all around the South (including Texas) are reinventing, fusing and elevating Southern dishes and ingredients, making this region one of the best in the U.S. for foodies.

We asked USA TODAY 10Best readers to help us name the top 10 Southern Fine Dining establishments, and after four weeks of voting, the polls are closed and we have a winner!

Taking home top honors and the title of Best Southern Fine Dining is Cotton Row Restaurant in Huntsville, Ala. With Chef James Boyce at the helm, Cotton Row serves an always-changing menu of modern American fare.

Runner up River and Rail in Roanoke, Va. wins over diners with its elevated Southern, Appalachian and French traditional dishes, crafted weekly by Chef Aaron Deal.

The top 10 winners in the category Best Southern Fine Dining are as follows: