The 100 Places I would Like to Eat at in 2008
I always thought that posts on other blogs that included a list of where that blogger wanted to go eat were a bit cheesy. But given the number of reviews I have to write for the survey these days, and given how it is easier to write them after visiting a restaurant, I found myself compiling such a list over the weekend. Of course I'm so busy with the survey that it didn't take long for me to realize that it's a simple way to update the site, and by listing the names of lots of different restaurants, a good way to attract additional hits to your site. So forgive me if I get a little cheesy here but, here is a list of the 100 places I would like to eat at in 2008.
I'm sure some of you ware going to be surprised by some of the choices. Especially places that serve traditional French cuisine which anyone who reads this site knows, often makes me feel like I am drowning in a sea of veal demi-glace. So I feel it is important to explain myself. I like to think of myself as a dining martyr. Someone who will take consume gallons of gooey, over-reduced and over-salted stocks in order to take one for the team so to speak. But also, there is some benefit to sampling styles of cuisine that have become passe which is to understand what it was that made a chef important at the height of their culinary powers. And on occasion I come across a chef who has lightened his cuisine and is turning out some top-notch food. Witness my review of L'Auberge D'Ill below.
So without further delay, here is my list of 100 Restaurants I Would Like to Eat at in 2008. Of course if you happen to have been at any of the restaurants on this list, click the link at the bottom of the page and rate them for the survey.
| Adour - New York City |
| Allen & Delancey - New York City |
| Amador - Langen, GR |
| L' Amphitryon - Lorient, FR |
| Arnolfo - Colle Val d' Elsa, IT |
| Au Pied de Cochon - Montreal |
| August - New Orleans |
| Bacchanalia - Atlanta |
| Back Bay Grill - Portland |
| La Bastide de Capelongue - Bonnieux, FR |
| Bernard Loiseau - Saulieu, FR |
| Bistrot d'Eygalières - Eygalieres, FR |
| Blackberry Farm - Walland, TN |
| Blackbird - Chicago |
| Botafumeiro - Barcelona |
| Botín Restaurante - Madrid |
| Cafe Annie - Houston |
| Canlis - Seattle |
| Carlos' - Highland Park, IL |
| Carré des Feuillants - Paris |
| Charleston - Baltimore |
| Château Cordeillan Bages - Bordeaux |
| Cibrèo - Florence, IT |
| Le Cinq - Paris |
| City Grocery - 0xford, MS |
| Le Clos des Sens - Annecy. FR |
| Club Chasse et Pêche - Montreal |
| Coi - San Francisco |
| La Côte St-Jacques - Joigny, FR |
| Craigie Street Bistrot - Cambridge, MS |
| Da Fiore - Venice, IT |
| Dal Pescatore - Canneto sull'Oglio, IT |
| De Karmeliet - Brugges, BE |
| De Librije - Zwolle, NE |
| Dieter Mueller - Schloss Lerbach, GR |
| Dining Room, The - Pasadena |
| Eigensinn Farm - Singhampton, CA |
| El Calima - Marbella, SP |
| Eve - Alexandria, VA |
| Enoteca PinchiorrI - Florence, IT |
| Everest - Chicago |
| Fiamma Osteria - New York City |
| Frasca Food and Wine - Boulder, CO |
| Galatoire's - New Orleans |
| Gambero Rosso - San Vicenzo, IT |
| Graham Elliot - Chicago |
| Guggenheim Bilbao - Bilbao, SP |
| Guy Savoy - Las Vegas |
| Hatfield's - Los Angeles |
| Highlands Bar & Grill - Birmingham, AL |
| Hugo's - Portland, ME |
| Inn at Little Washington - Washington, VA |
| Le Jardin des Remparts - Beaune, FR |
| Joe Beef - Montreal |
| Joël - Atlanta |
| Joel Robuchon at The Mansion - Las Vegas |
| L2O - Chicago |
| La Rosetta - Rome |
| Lai Wah Heen - Toronto |
| Lameloise - Chagny, FR |
| Le Champignon Sauvage - Cheltenham, U.K. |
| Le Pont de Brent - Montreaux, SW |
| Lucques - Los Angeles |
| Madonnina del Pescatore - Senigalia, IT |
| Marc Veyrat, La Maison de - Annecy, FR |
| Marinus - Carmel, CA |
| Mélisse - Los Angeles |
| Michael's Genuine Cuisine - Miami |
| Michy's - Miami |
| Noma - Copenhagen |
| O Ya - Boston |
| Olivier Roellinger - Cancale, FR |
| Ortolan - Los Angeles |
| Osteria La Francescana - Modena, IT |
| Palena - Washington D.C. |
| Patrick Guilbaud - Dublin |
| Paul Bocuse - Lyon |
| Perbelini - Isola Rizza, IT |
| Le Petit Nice - Marseille, FR |
| Pic - Valence, FR |
| Primo - Rockland, ME |
| Quince - San Francisco |
| Régis et Jacques Marcon - St. Bonnet, FR |
| Restaurant Heinz Winkler - Aschau, GR |
| Sa Qua Na - Honfleur, FR |
| Schwa - Chicago |
| Schwarzwaldstube - Baiersbronn, GR |
| Sona - Los Angeles |
| Sooke Harbour House - Sooke, CA |
| Splendido - Toronto |
| Spring - Chicago |
| Texture - London |
| Toqué - Montreal |
| Torre del Saracino - Massa Lubrense, IT |
| La Tupina - Bordeaux |
| Ubuntu - Napa, CA |
| Vau - Berlin |
| Vendôme - Cologne, GR |
| Villa Crespi - Lake Orta, IT |
| Zalacain - Madrid |
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