As part of the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, the Best Restaurants in America have been announced and seven American eateries were on the list.
Of the seven best restaurants in the U.S, four are located in New York. The highest ranked on the San Pelligrino World's 50 Best Restaurants was New York's Eleven Madison Park, taking fourth place overall and beating out other US eateries. The restaurant owned by Daniel Humm was bumped up a spot from fifth best last year.
Eleven Madison Park offers a set multi-course tatsting menu for $225 which "focuses on the extraordinary agricultural bounty of New York and on the centuries-old culinary traditions that have taken root here."
The second best US eatery, taking ninth overall was Chicago's Alinea. Alinea also has an extensive tasting menu. The third top US restaurant was Le Bernardin, also located in New York. Le Bernadin was 21 overall. Per Se in New York took fourth and was 30 overall. Another New York restaurant, Daniel, was fifth and No 40. overall. Ending the US restaurants was two California eateries including French Laundry in Yountville, California and Coi in San Francisco, which were 44 and 49 respectively.
The top restaurant overall on the list wasn't a U.S. eatery. The No. 1 restaurant was Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark. Noma opened in 2004 and gets thousands of reservation requests a day. It was second on the list last year. This year it replaced El Celler in Spain and was followed by Osteria Francescana in Italy.
Here is a list of the Top US restaurants:
1. Eleven Madison in New York
2. Alinea in Chicago
3. Le Bernadin in New York
4. Per Se in New York
5. Daniel in New York
6. The French Laundry in Yountville, CA
7. Coi in San Francisco, CA
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