A culinary bucket list: ‘101 Best Restaurants in America’
Californians can eat at 20 of the 101 Bucket List Restaurants!
The restaurants were chosen by a panel of 176 food critics, cookbook writers and others in the food business, said Colman Andrews, the editorial director of The Daily Meal.
The results mix fine dining restaurants — like Eric Ripert's swanky Le Bernardin, with affordable options like Shake Shack and SriPraPhai in Queens.
The list serves as a sort of culinary bucket list of places to try across the country.
There are places on the list where people regularly make special trips, like French Laundry in Calif., but also places like Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, in New Haven, Conn. where pizza lovers would definitely make a detour — if not plan a trip around it.
The 101 Best Restaurants in America (2013) are:
1. The French Laundry, Yountville, Calif.
2. Gramercy Tavern, New York, N.Y.
3. Le Bernardin, New York, N.Y.
4. Momofuku Ssäm Bar, New York, N.Y.
5. Eleven Madison Park, New York, N.Y.
6. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
7. ABC Kitchen, New York, N.Y.
8. Babbo, New York, N.Y.
9. Girl & the Goat, Chicago, Ill.
10. Cochon, New Orleans, La.
11. Shake Shack, New York, N.Y.
12. Jean Georges, New York, N.Y.
13. Daniel, New York, N.Y.
14. Alinea, Chicago, Ill.
15. Chez Panisse, Berkeley, Calif.
16. Del Posto, New York, N.Y.
17. Per Se, New York, N.Y.
18. Commander's Palace, New Orleans, La.
19. Zuni Cafe, San Francisco, Calif.
20. Animal, Los Angeles, Calif.
21. Gotham Bar & Grill, New York, N.Y.
22. Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles, Calif.
23. Bouchon Bistro, Yountville, Calif.
24. Husk, Charleston, S.C.
25. Joël Robuchon, Las Vegas, Nev.
26. Franklin BBQ, Austin, Texas
27. Mission Chinese, San Francisco, Calif.
28. August, New Orleans, La.
29. Masa, New York, N.Y.
30. Bar Tartine, San Francisco, Calif.
31. Marea, New York, N.Y.
32. WD-50, New York, N.Y.
33. Vetri, Philadelphia, Pa.
34. Beast, Portland, Ore.
35. The Publican, Chicago, Ill.
DANIEL KRIEGER
Gramercy Tavern in New York City, the No. 2 restaurant on the list.
36. Ippudo, New York, N.Y.
37. Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Va.
38. Blackbird, Chicago, Ill.
39. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven, Conn.
40. Galatoire's, New Orleans, La.
41. Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria, New York, N.Y.
42. La Taqueria, San Francisco, Calif.
43. Bazaar, Los Angeles, Calif.
44. Torrisi Italian Specialties, New York, N.Y.
45. Guy Savoy, Las Vegas, Nev.
46. Spiaggia, Chicago, Ill.
47. Xi'An Famous Foods, Queens, N.Y.
48. Di Fara, Brooklyn, N.Y.
49. Spago, Los Angeles, Calif.
50. Next, Chicago, Ill.
51. Cut, Los Angeles, Calif.
52. Coi, San Francisco, Calif.
53. Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, Brooklyn, N.Y.
54. Quince, San Francisco, Calif.
55. FIG, Charleston, S.C.
56. Michael Mina, San Francisco, Calif.
57. é by José Andrés, Las Vegas, Nev.
Deborah Jones
Coffee and doughnuts at French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., the number No. 1 restaurant on the list.
58. Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder, Colo.
59. NoMad, New York, N.Y.
60. Bern's Steak House, Tampa, Fla.
61. Alan Wong's, Honolulu, Hawaii
62. O-Ya, Boston, Mass.
63. Clio, Boston, Mass.
64. State Bird Provisions, San Francisco, Calif.
65. Komi, Washington, D.C.
66. Craigie on Main, Cambridge, Mass.
67. TRU, Chicago, Ill.
68. Yardbird Southern Table and Bar, Miami, Fla.
69. McCrady's, Charleston, S.C.
70. Joe's Stone Crab, Miami, Fla.
71. Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Texas
72. Lucques, Los Angeles, Calif.
73. Le Pigeon, Portland, Ore.
74. SriPraPhai, Queens, N.Y.
75. Hominy Grill, Charleston, S.C.
76. Zahav, Philadelphia, Pa.
77. Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix, Ariz.
78. Al Di La, Brooklyn, N.Y.
79. City Grocery, Oxford, Miss.
80. The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, Calif.
81. Fore Street, Portland, Maine
82. Michael's Genuine, Miami, Fla.
83. Jaleo, Las Vegas, Nev.
84. Al Forno, Providence, R.I.
85. Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, Las Vegas, Nev.
86. Dahlia Lounge, Seattle, Wash.
87. The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tenn.
88. Canlis, Seattle, Wash.
89. Congress, Austin, Texas
90. Underbelly, Houston, Texas
91. Catbird Seat, Nashville, Tenn.
92. Woodshed Smokehouse, Fort Worth, Texas
93. Sushi Yasuda, New York, N.Y.
94. Fearing's, Dallas, Texas
95. Minibar, Washington, D.C.
96. The Four Seasons, New York, N.Y.
97. Benu, San Francisco, Calif.
98. Stella!, New Orleans, La.
99. Providence, Los Angeles, Calif.
100. Rasika, Washington, D.C.
101. Lola, Cleveland, Ohio
