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best restaurants stories: 10 news summaries
GLOSSIES

Michelin 'Star Wars' Unappetizing for Chefs

French master Roellinger latest to step back citing exhaustion, pressure

Nov 19, 08 6:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Being awarded 3 stars from the Michelin Guide was once the highest honor for any chef, but non plus, reports Gourmet. Changing tastes and fancy-food fatigue have now pushed three of France’s biggest culinary kings to close their doors—by choice. "Running a three-star restaurant is an honor,... More »

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France • best restaurants • chef • Michelin star • Gourmet • Olivier Roellinger • Alain Senderens • Joël Robuchon

GLOSSIES

 20 Best New Places to Dine 

Esquire's picks from all over the US

Oct 23, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - After surveying restaurants across the US, Esquire gave the country props for its chops, proclaiming "the emergence of American cooking as the most diverse and most innovative in the world." It highlighted 20 favorite new restaurants of the year:
  1. L20 (Chicago): Overlook its Midwest locale; this place
... More »

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best restaurants • gourmet dining • list • restaurant • eating • dining

Noodle Chain Rules London Dining Scene

Wagamama tops
pricey competitors in new Zagat survey

Sep 9, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wagamama, a chain of inexpensive Japanese-inspired noodle bars, is London’s most popular restaurant in the latest Zagat survey, the Telegraph reports. The low-key chain topped fine-dining establishments such as the Ivy and Gordon Ramsay for the top honor, which also takes price, atmosphere, and overall value into account. Ramsay’... More »

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London • best restaurants • England • restaurant criticism • restaurant • cheap • Zagats • Gordon Ramsay

OPINION

El Bulli Repeats as World's Top Restaurant 

Catalonian chemistry lab keeps Britain's Fat Duck in No. 2 slot

Apr 22, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the third year in a row El Bulli, the restaurant-cum-chemistry lab outside of Barcelona, has been named the world's best restaurant. Feran Adrià's "gastronomic temple" got the top gong from a group of 700 chefs and critics. For Bloomberg's food writer El Bulli is "highly technically... More »

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Spain • best restaurants • El Bulli • Fat Duck • chef • French Laundry • Per Se

 Top New Chefs: Read 'Em & Eat! 

Food & Wine takes a look at the freshest cooking talent the US has to offer

Apr 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food & Wine has posted its Best New Chef awards for 2008. Look for their profiles in the July issue, but take a peek at the winners here:
  1. Jim Burke: owner of James, a modern Italian restaurant in Philadelphia's Bella Vista neighborhood.
  2. Gerard Craft: owner and chef at
... More »

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food • best restaurants • wine • list • restaurant • chef • Food & Wine

Now Taking Reservations
for Sometime Next Year

The country's hardest-to-get dinner reservation is in ... Pennsylvania?

Mar 22, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, French Laundry. The US' most in-demand dinner seat is in "flyspeck" Kennett Square, Pa., 35 miles from Philadelphia, Portfolio writes. Talula's Table takes reservations for its single, 12-seat table one year in advance. "My parents paid me $30 to stand out here," says one teen... More »

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food • best restaurants • gourmet dining • Pennsylvania • restaurant • French Laundry • menu • Talula's Table • Per Se • waiting list • John Turturro • Bryan Sikora

Michelin Guide Knocks Classic Paris Eatery

After losing crown to Tokyo, more bad news for French cuisine

Mar 4, 08 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that the Michelin food critics have declared Tokyo the world's culinary capital, this week's publication of the 2008 guide to France had the feeling of a day of reckoning. Sure enough, the red book reduces Paris' vaunted Le Grand Véfour from three stars to two, citing inconsistency at... More »

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Japan • France • best restaurants • restaurant criticism • restaurant • Paris • Michelin • L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon • Le Grand Véfour • Le Petit Nice

Dining by the Dozen

Restaurants with communal tables offer a great way to meet new people

Nov 5, 07 9:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Care for a cozy table for a 10 or more? More restaurants are embracing the idea of communal dining, in which strangers sit down to eat together at a big table. Dana Cowin of Food & Wine magazine tells USA Today her favorite spots:
  1. Cibo, Austin, Texas
  2. Resto, New
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San Francisco • New York • best restaurants • list • Austin • restaurant • dating • communal dining

Michelin Stuns Critics, Gives Ramsay 2nd Star

Vulgar chef's restaurant is only NY newbie to get coveted grade

Oct 8, 07 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelin parted with NY critics today by branding 2 stars on Gordon Ramsay’s namesake restaurant, halting the ex-soccer player's recent ratings drop. Ramsay, known for his crude tongue, was the only newbie to take the double-star in Manhattan; none earned a coveted third. Michelin saved its biggest hit for... More »

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food • Manhattan • best restaurants • restaurant criticism • chef • Michelin star

7 Best New Wine Lists of 2007

These restaurants pair great food with excellent wines for the full dining experience.

Jul 18, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Food & Wine magazine names its favorite new restaurant wine lists from around the country.
  1. Catalan, Houston, TX
  2. Addison, San Diego, CA
  3. Perbacco, San Francisco, CA
  4. Craftsteak, New York, NY
  5. Osteria di Tramonto, Wheeling, IL
More »

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food • best restaurants • wine • list • restaurant criticism • restaurant

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