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Restaurant magazine names the Top 50 Restaurants

The French LaundryIs it bad that I haven't visited any of the top 50 restaurants in the world? Not even once?

I guess it's not surprising, considering only 8 of the top 50 are here in the United States and none are near me. Thomas Keller's The French Laundry in Yountville, CA is the top U.S. restaurant at #4. Other U.S. spots include Per Se, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, Charie Trotter's, Daniel, Alinea, and Chez Panisse. The top restaurant is El Bulli in Spain (the site also lists restaurants 51 to 100).

I really have to get out more.

[via Gastronomic Fight Club]

Filed Under: Magazines, Raves & Reviews, Lists, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: alinea, charlie trotter's, chez panisse, daniel, el bulli, ElBulli, french laundry, jean georges, le bernardin, per se, restaurant magazine, thomas keller, top 50 restaurants in the world

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Mike

4-24-2007 @12:41PM Mike said... Chez Panisse is the most accessible of the American entries, especially if you do the upstairs cafe. Well worth the visit if you're remotely in the area. The closest I've come to eating at the French Laundry is about where the photographer is.
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Scotto

4-25-2007 @1:39AM Scotto said... wow, at least i've been to one out of the top 100...
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beanspants

4-26-2007 @11:29AM beanspants said... i think that list is pretty crappy, not because the restaurants aren't the best but because they don't even tell what they ate, what service they had, how much it cost, how long it took to eat, or anything about them. it's just a list. this is the internet, it's easy to make hyperlinks and there are no word count limitations.

anyways, do you infer that anything you order would be "the best" or do they have special dishes? No question of "best vs price" either? what makes them the best?

Also, the sponsors of the "best" list seem to have really close ties to the "best". if i believed in conspiracies, i'd say this list has more to do with marketing than restaurant quality. fortunately, i give them the benefit of the doubt.


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Kim Parry

4-27-2007 @1:18AM Kim Parry said...
My wife and I have been fortunate to have eaten in several of the restaurants on your list (all of the London & Bray based ones), including Yountvilles finest and without doubt agree that El Bulli leads where others follow and richly deserves its top position. If you ever get the chance, jump at it and savour the experience, you’ll never forget it, the “Gastronomic tasting menu” (27 courses and 4 hours to eat) is awesome. Take time to look around you at the other diners, during our visit everybody was so excited to be there (from the Florida, Brazil, France)
We have also eaten in many more that deserve to be on the list such as;
Susur Lee in Toronto; Comerce 24 in Barcelona; El raco den Freixa in Barcelona.

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