A meal here is a celebration of modern Israeli cooking, and there’s nothing else like it in Colorado. Every night, the eight- to 10-course tasting menu features vegetable-driven dishes highlighting the season’s produce, much of which is grown on a Bolinas, California, organic farm exclusively for Tusk. Chef Naomi Pomeroy’s Beast opened in Portland, Oregon, in 2007. Eat in Le Bernardin’s modern dining room against a backdrop of painted waves and enjoy dishes from the chef’s tasting menu like warm langoustine with seaweed-mushroom salad and dashi broth; sauteed Dover sole with almonds, chanterelles and soy-lime emulsion; and barely cooked Faroe Islands salmon with black truffle pot-au-feu. Tucked away in a West Loop alley, Chicago’s Oriole opened in 2016, and it’s since earned itself two Michelin stars. This wine is almost impossible to come by and is best drunk with Chris — tell him I sent you! Enjoy a moment and go to one of our fine dining restaurants in France to taste amazing flavours. Imaginative cocktails and a large selection of Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese and Turkish wines complete the picture. Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience. The arrival of an outpost of New York's 144-year-old Old Homestead Steakhouse at Caesars Palace joins the two while simultaneously taking steakhouse fare to the next level. Unfortunately, Ryan Hidinger died in 2014. What makes a good restaurant a “best”? Galatoire’s in New Orleans has been a Bourbon Street staple since its 1905 founding, and it remains a composed and elegant bastion of fine Creole dining on an otherwise rowdy thoroughfare. Today, it’s still blazing new trails while keeping the classics, such as the famous Canlis salad (romaine, bacon, mint and lemon), on the menu. Hugo’s opened in 2002 and launched into a diverse regional approach to Mexican food. At Gary Danko, everything is expertly executed and everything has a purpose and place. Chef Andrea Reusing’s Lantern is an Asian-influenced Chapel Hill, North Carolina, restaurant with a strong priority for using local ingredients and has won widespread recognition. Oh, and it also serves one of the best brunches in America. Rose’s Luxury, a small, limited-reservations converted townhouse in Washington, D.C., is the brainchild of chef Aaron Silverman, who opened the restaurant in 2013. The stunning modern dining room is a perfect setting for both an a la carte and tasting-menu experience. Macanese cuisine incorporates the flavors of Portugal, India, Southeast Asia, Africa and China, and salty, earthy, sour flavors are everywhere on the distinguishable menu. Under the guidance of chefs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, New York’s Frenchette has become one of the city’s most popular dining spots and picked up the James Beard Award in 2019 for Best New Restaurant. It is best aged for a little more than two years. Cochon is the New Orleans domain of pork-loving chef Donald Link and his partner Stephen Stryjewski. Humm and his team work their magic inside a soaring and elegant dining room overlooking Madison Square Park, where they serve an eight-to-10-course tasting menu with a modernist French twist. Chef Marc Vetri's Philadelphia flagship, Vetri Cucina, opened in 1998 and serves astoundingly delicious Italian fare to Pennsylvanians via multi-course tasting menus personalized by chef de cuisine Matt Buehler after a discussion with your server. At this Boston sanctuary, which is easily one of America’s best sushi restaurants, opt for the $285 omakase. Led today by chef de cuisine Richard Lee, Saison in San Francisco focuses its kitchen around a blazing wood fire, in which fresh seasonal ingredients sourced from local fishermen, hunters, gatherers, ranchers and farmers are simply prepared with expert precision. Nopa, a 2019 James Beard Award nominee for Outstanding Restaurant, specializes in simple fare made with seasonal ingredients from local producers and cooked in a wood-fueled fire. This is where chef/owner Tyler Anderson is showcasing New England ingredients like few other chefs do. What started off as a place to serve fried quail to the masses ended up as one of San Francisco’s most beloved restaurants. At Chester, Connecticut, restaurant Grano Arso, chef/owner Joel Gargano and his wife Lani are so committed to serving America’s best pastathat he mills native New England grains in-house. town that looks like it’s stuck in time, America’s best restaurants for celebrating a special occasion, the best things to eat in the entire country, the most difficult reservations to snag in the entire country,  best restaurants in America for a special-occasion meal, The 101 Best Casual Restaurants in America. Inspired by Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole culinary traditions, they’re sourcing many ingredients from local farms and purveyors and turning them into cravable, unabashedly NOLA dishes like crawfish pie with basil mayo and the namesake cochon (a seared patty of pulled slow-roasted pork) with cracklins and pickled peaches. It isn’t cheap, but it is truly delicious. Before Chez Panisse opened in 1971, practically nobody in America served only fresh, local foods and wrote daily menus based around the season. If it’s not Southern, they won’t cook with it, not even olive oil. Here, you’ll find traditional steaks with non-traditional accompaniments (a filet mignon with crab bearnaise, a dry-aged rib-eye with umami butter and grilled endive) and seriously delicious non-steak entrees like beef cheek pierogies with horseradish. Few restaurants have done more to influence American dining culture than chef Wolfgang Puck’s Beverly Hills, California, flagship. Honorable mention goes to Cochon Butcher, the hybrid meat and housemade charcuterie market, incredible sandwich shop and wine bar located right next door. This is an extremely friendly wine made by an extremely friendly person! On the plate, this all translates to a $325 tasting menu featuring “a wide variety of seafood and vegetables, a few meat courses and some sweets.” Set aside three hours for your meal and a few days to come down from the high. Sample such items as chili prawns with garlic and fermented black bean; stir-fried rice noodles with shrimp, char sir pork, tofu and egg; and traditional Macanese “fat rice” loaded with meats, seafood and sausages. Expect whimsically named dishes like “thoughts on oysters,” “three years of plums” and “onion, entirely…”. Ripert is an artist working with impeccable raw materials. Today, diners hoping to enjoy the multi-course, $255, two-and-a-half-hour, daily-changing tasting helmed by Momofuku veteran chef Sean Gray will thankfully find dishes that sound simple on the menu — “wagyu - foie gras,” “duck - celery root, calamansi,” “butternut squash - black truffle” — that are anything but simple in execution. But instead of just telling you what will set you back $15,000 (or more! Think pork loin and belly with collard greens and hazelnuts, duck confit with beets and citrus and butternut squash with burrata and chiles. The menu at Chicago’s three-Michelin-starred Alinea, which trailblazing chef Grant Achatz and business partner Nick Kokonas opened in 2005, can sometimes sound deceptively simple and opaque (“Contrast | Osetra, Sesame, Yogurt,” for example), but what shows up on the plate is guaranteed to be dazzlingly good and unlike anything you’ve ever tried before. There are only 22 seats and eight tables at James Beard Award-winning chef Dominique Crenn’s three-Michelin-starred flagship Atelier Crenn, where guests drop $345 on advance reservations in order to experience her acclaimed multi-course modernist tasting menu. A meal here is a ridiculously fun experience presided over by some of the country's hottest chefs, and its $110 price tag is a steal. One item that never leaves the menu? Menu items at The Inn at Little Washington might include a “sandwich” of pan-roasted quail with braised endive and huckleberries, green bean tartare with tomato vinaigrette, and a crispy Napoleon of chilled Maine lobster with caviar and spicy bloody mary coulis. Now the trio are making wine together I am glad I don’t have to choose between them; their combined efforts are a delight. At Washington, D.C.’s two-Michelin-starred Minibar, legendary chef José Andrés channels Spanish avant-garde cuisine into a tasting counter experience. You might end up with, for instance, a sweet onion crepe with white truffle fondue, busiate with pork shank ragu, squab with boudin noir and sweet potatoes, and a chocolate polenta souffle for dessert. Surprises are the name of the game at Komi, an upscale, modern Greek restaurant in Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle. One thing is certain, however: Guests are in for a singular dining experience featuring only the freshest seasonal ingredients at one of America’s most consistently exciting restaurants. The menu sounds pretty basic — foie gras empanada, truffle tree, clams in escabeche — but these dishes are anything but. Spring for the signature whole roasted dry-aged duck, which is served with grilled heart, apple and rutabaga. We're glad you have chosen to leave a comment. A true Washington landmark, Canlis has been open in Seattle since 1950, serving fresh, seasonal dishes. Just be prepared to shell out — it’s one of the most expensive restaurants on Earth. This wine is best offered and shared with very good friends — they’ll owe you one! Don’t be mistaken, the crisp linens, whitewashed brick and flickering lighting are undeniably upscale. The menu is variable, but standouts include local beef sashimi with smoked chestnuts, salt and pepper shrimp with fried jalapenos, a hotpot with housemade soba, and steamed wild local black bass with local bok choy. Wish they had been served during my 2003 TdF bike ride with B&R. Offerings include charred squash with mustard greens, pecan, smoked feta and local maple syrup; Eastern shore-style chicken and dumplings; and the must-order fried sugar toads, the tails of a type of pufferfish, with hot honey and buttermilk dressing. Since 2011, Acadia chef/owner Ryan McCaskey has been channeling the flavors and ingredients of his time spent in Maine into stunning seasonal tasting menus, with many ingredients sourced from Maine’s Deer Isle area. He formed alliances with local farmers and artisanal producers long before it was fashionable and developed into a sophisticated modern American chef of the highest order. Open since 2003, Michelin-starred Boka is the flagship fine-dining restaurant of Boka Restaurant Group. With its minimalist interior, Paul Kahan’s Chicago flagship Blackbird continues to please diners with a highly imaginative menu executed by executive chef Ryan Pfeiffer. Lauded as one of the best restaurants in Asia, ... all of which can be washed down with an impressive selection of wines from France's Burgundy and Bordeaux regions. Chef Gio Osso’s Virtù opened in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2013, and almost immediately, his menu of handmade pastas, impeccably sourced seafood, prime meats and regional vegetables began to rack up accolades. Most diners opt for a tasting menu of dishes like sturgeon with fennel and green onion, Grandma Lillian’s potato bread and duck sausage with pepper shoyu and cashew. Please keep in mind that all comments are moderated according to our comment policy, and all links are nofollow. The two-Michelin-starred restaurant was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2019 for Outstanding Service, and the kitchen and dining room are both a part of the same open space. The Las Vegas version of Guy Savoy (the original is in Paris) is in Caesars Palace and is airy and modern. Expect modern American cuisine featuring masterful technique and deft mixes of texture and flavor — alternately playful, straightforward and serious. If you opt for the tasting menu, expect dishes like smoked black cod with apple and horseradish, and lamb with polenta, squash, broccoli rabe and wild mushroom. Spago is one of those rare touristy restaurants locals love. Relaxed, approachable, and one of the city’s best restaurants since opening in 2003, Charleston, South Carolina, gem FIG serves seasonally inspired food using locally sourced, sustainable ingredients. There’s also a bar there that’s up there with America’s best cocktail bars. There is also a wine cellar of more than 2,500 bottles to choose from. The food? Burgundy is synonymous with wine. This is to me what Burgundy is all about: simplicity, generosity, discretion, friendship… You have all of this in David’s bottles. Charly pours all of his passion and energy into his wines, making for a truly charming find! Gary Danko has received accolades from the likes of the James Beard Foundation and Michelin since he opened his eponymous 75-seat San Francisco wharf-area restaurant in 1999. Simple, farmstead-inspired cooking is the name of the game at chef Steven Satterfield’s down-home Atlanta eatery Miller Union. At Comedor in Austin, Texas, chef Gabe Erales serves modern Mexican cuisine, combining cutting-edge culinary techniques and flavors with ones that have been used in Mexico for hundreds of years. Chef Bryan Voltaggio’s Volt is a Frederick, Maryland, must-visit, serving eclectic seasonal fare in a Victorian-era brownstone. We wish the best to Paul Zinetti, the new “régisseur” of this prestigious vineyard. ), it is my idea to tell you what I like, what I can afford and even more importantly, enlighten you to some of the best wines I have ever tasted! Self-taught chef Patrick O'Connell opened his Washington, Virginia, restaurant Inn at Little Washington in 1978, and it is ornate, eclectic, and one of America’s most romantic restaurants. There’s one seating nightly, and diners can expect a cavalcade of endlessly creative dishes served alongside bread (The Willows grows and mills its own wheat) with chicken pan drippings for dipping. The cuisine may appear to be simple at first glance, but with the freshest, highest-quality ingredients available, the food speaks for itself. But if you order one thing, make it his signature tortilla soup, one of America’s most iconic dishes. But this restaurant is so much more than that: these dishes are executed perfectly, with the precision and technique of a fine-dining chef. Located in a circa-1906 horse stable, chef Gavin Kaysen’s Spoon and Stable’s menu focuses on seasonal Midwestern ingredients and deft French-inspired artistry, evident in menu items including pasta made with heritage grains, Minnesota foie gras with black lentils and celeriac fondant, and pot roast inspired by his grandmother’s recipe with slow-cooked flat iron roast, pommes aligot and mushroom confit. The offerings at his stylish and inviting Old Town restaurant change regularly based on what comes in, but expect truly creative Mediterranean fare like asparagus with a local duck egg, feta, bacon candy and foie gras hollandaise, or gnocchi with housemade sausage, fava beans, chanterelles and marsala butter. I’ll start by saying it is beautiful, sensitive, wild and delicate. There’s an a la carte menu as well as both vegetarian and non-vegetarian prix fixe menus, with sample offerings including flounder with local chanterelles, shrimp and blue crab; and smoked ricotta cappelletti with fresh corn and chiles. Located inside a 1938 Art Deco Greyhound bus terminal, The Grey is speaking Southern in a completely new language via dishes like sunflower seed hummus with cauliflower and chimichurri; sheepshead with chow chow, lemon and jalapeno; and smothered quail with blackening spice, Creole sauce and grit cake. Burgundy is synonymous with wine.Some of the best wines in the world come from my home in this quaint region—as do some of the most expensive. Chef Hugo Ortega prepares scratch-made food inspired by the many regional cuisines of Mexico, from traditional ceviche to cochinita pibil tamales to crispy duck in mole poblano. Chef Alon Shaya opened the absolutely stunning Safta in Denver in 2018. There’s a tasting menu that changes regularly and there are no clues as to what might be on it until diners arrive. Inspired by a 17th-century Florentine villa, the rustic “gastroteca” Via Carota is the playground of chefs Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, who have turned it into an essential New York Italian restaurant. Achatz consistently turns out some of the most imaginative and delicious modernist cuisine in the country — his goal is to completely rethink what a restaurant can be. Santé ! One visit, and you’ll understand why. Chef Laurence Jossel works with his team to create a menu that changes weekly, but representative dishes include wood baked white beans with feta and oregano pesto, Dungeness crab (which you absolutely need to try when you’re in Northern California) with garlic potatoes and grilled lemon, and rotisserie herb chicken with romanesco and ricotta. As of 2019, the restaurant is meat free, focusing only on sustainable, seasonal seafood and vegetables. Thomas Keller is a perfectionist who approaches contemporary American food with classical technique. A good representative of what’s on offer is a hearth fried farm egg with grilled broccolini, roasted mushrooms, crispy chicken skin and honey gastrique. 1 spot of America’s best steakhouses. Stephanie Izard’s always-packed Chicago restaurant Girl & the Goat is a daily party where endlessly creative, boldly flavored, globally inspired family-style dishes comfortably walk the line between envelope-pushing and comfort food. Then move on to mezze including halloumi in brik with passion fruit, walnuts and pickled onion before finishing with a coal-grilled entrée like chicken shashlik with olives, preserved lemon and ginger. Zuni Cafe is an icon of San Francisco cuisine, with top-notch seasonal and organic ingredients and sustainably raised fish and meats simply prepared with French and Italian inspiration and cooked in a wood-burning oven. 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