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Restaurant Features

Browse our selection of restaurant features below, arranged geographically from the Americas to Europe and beyond. Read about and drool over photographs of tasting menus at fine restaurants such as Manresa and Chef Mavro, get informed with an article that covers the controversy over foie gras, or check out reviews of New York restaurants by John Mariani.

Check out our Annual Restaurant Issue!

• Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
• Top 40 Cheap Eats
• Top 10 New Restaurants
• Top 10 Steakhouses...and more!

FEATURED ARTICLE

JOHN MARIANI REVIEW
Felidia Ristorante
John Mariani brings his appetite and his pen to Lidia and Felice Bastianich's fine Italian restaurant, Felidia Ristorante, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

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• Best Romantic Restaurants
• Top 10 Honeymoon Hotels Worldwide
• Top 10 Wines for Romance
• Top 10 Romantic Gifts

AMERICAS

California

• Top 10 Los Angeles Bakeries NEW!
• An Evening at Manresa (Los Gatos) NEW!
• Aubergine's Tasting Menu (Carmel)
• The Dining Room at The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco (San Francisco)
• Gary Danko: An Interview (San Francisco)
• Urasawa (Los Angeles)
• Top Ratings Comparison (Los Angeles)
• Top Ratings Comparison (San Francisco)
• Wolfgang Puck vs. Wolfgang Zwiener (Los Angeles)

Connecticut

• Grants Restaurant & Bar (Hartford)

Hawaii

• Chef Mavro (Oahu)
• Merriman's Kapalua (Maui)

Louisiana

• ZydeQue Bayou Barbeque (New Orleans)

Missouri

• Kansas City Barbecue (Kansas City)

Ohio

• Anthony Bourdain Visits Cleveland (Cleveland)

Massachusetts

• Boston's Seafood (Boston)

Nevada

• The Birth of a Culture
• Joël Robuchon at The Mansion
• Guy Savoy Hits Las Vegas
• Top Ratings Comparison
• Top Restaurant Town in the World
• Wynn Las Vegas Star Chefs

New York

• ‘21’ Club
• Allen & Delancey
• Anthony Bourdain Visits New York
• Anthos
• Apiary
• Asiate
• Bar Boulud
• Bar Stuzzichini
• BLT Market
• Chin Chin
• Corton
• Cru
• Daniel
• Diner 24
• Dining in the Hudson Valley
• Dovetail
• Eighty One
• Elettaria
• En Plo Sets Sail
• Felidia Ristorante NEW!
• Insieme
• Kampuchea

• Kefi
• Kittichai
• Klee Brasserie
• La Caravelle
• Le Bernardin
• Le Château
• Masa
• Mai House
• Minetta Tavern
• Momofuku Noodle Bar
• Morimoto
• Oceana
• Olana
• Porter House New York
• The Real Little Italy
• 7SQUARE Steaks its Claim
• Time Warner Center
• Top Ratings Comparison
• Tocqueville
• Toloache
• Wolfgang's Steakhouse
• Zeytin

Pennsylvania

• Jean-Marie Lacroix (Philadelphia)

Vermont

• The Jackson House Inn (Woodstock)

Canada

• Will Québec Replace the Maple Leaf with a Vine Leaf? (Montréal)

Mexico

• One & Only Palmilla (Cabo San Lucas)

EUROPE

England

• Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

France

• Alain Ducasse: The Classics, Revisited
• Alain Ducasse and Joël Robuchon bury the war hatchet in the ovens
• Alain Ducasse Takes La Tour
• Alain Senderens Declines Michelin Stars
• All the Rage About Loiseau
• Asian Eateries in Paris
• Finding the Best Tripe in Paris
• Cold Weather Calls for Choucroute
• Couscous is Big in the Capital
• Death of Modern Hero
• The Fall Dining Season
• Gaston Lenôtre dies at 88
• Gastronomy and Astronomy
• The GaultMillau Controversy
• Lasserre: The Return of a Star
• Lyon's Cuisine is Alive and Well
• Michelin Winners: Three Stars and a Kingdom?
• A Pizza Renaissance
• Quality Asian Restaurants in France
• The Return of the Brasserie
• The Return of Soup
• The Rising Chefs of France
• Romanian and Bulgarian Food in Paris
• Summer Dining in Paris
• To Sauce or Not to Sauce

Italy

• Anthony Bourdain Visits Tuscany

Spain

• A Savory Walk in the Basque Country
• elBulli
• Culinary Controversy: Santamaria vs. Adrià
• Ferran Adria: Culinary Genius or Gastronomic Dead End?
• Papa Hemingway, Paella and More Pure Culinary Joy

ASIA

Tokyo

• Top Ratings Comparison

OTHER FEATURES

• www.AmericanFineDining.com
• Anthony Bourdain Visits Hong Kong
• Anthony Bourdain Visits Shanghai
• Attack on the Avant-Garde
• The 10 Best Steakhouses in the U.S.
• Should Foie Gras Be Banned?
• America's Best Barbecue
• Moms Who Cook Professionally
• Fine Dining at Modest Prices
• Restaurants for Romance
• Dine on the Lighter Side
• Dining and Wining Near the Vine
• Meet the New Culinary Vanguard
• Prime Primer: Beef Terms
• Potato Greats

• Chefs Collaborative
• Forks on the Road
• Julia Child
• Michelin Controversy
• Molecular Cuisine
• Nouvelle Cuisine
• Slow Food, Fast Food
• Tapas from Madrid to New York
• 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards
• 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards
• 2007 James Beard Foundation Awards
• 2006 James Beard Foundation Awards
• 2005 James Beard Foundation Awards
• 2004 James Beard Foundation Awards
• Gourmand Media Award Winners 2005

(Updated: (02/02/10 HC)

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