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Bacchus
Nibbles
20817 N. Quentin Road
Kildeer, IL
(847) 43-3212 |
At Bacchus Nibbles Restaurant
& Wine Shop, in Kildeer, a northwest Chicago suburb, wine can be
appreciated in an atmosphere of civility and subdued refinement that even a
sommelier might welcome. Connoisseurs of fine cuisine will also
appreciate the refined continental menu.
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Bellagio Buffet
3600 Las Vegas Blvd
S
Las Vegas, NV
693-7111 |
Comparing the Bellagio Buffet to the buffets
proffered at other casino hotels isn't quite akin to comparing a
Bacchanalian festival to a swinish feeding troth. That's because the
difference in quality between the Bellagio Buffet and its nearest competitor
is several degrees of magnitude.
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Bob
Chinn's Crab House
3993 S. Milwaukee Avenue
Wheeling, IL
(847) 520-3633 |
Over 900,000 customers in 1999 couldn't be
wrong when they spent over $28M, the third largest revenue for the year
among independent (non-chain) restaurants at Bob
Chinn's Crab House in land-locked Wheeling, Illinois. In
2004, Bob Chinn's was fifth in revenue among America's independents.
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Bobby
Q's
1279 North Rand Road
Arlington Heights, IL
847-590-0400
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Even before you enter Bobby Q's, you're
greeted in the parking lot by the wafting, seductive and smoky aroma of
meats smoked slowly over hickory (cherry for poultry). Answer the
aromatic siren's call and you're treated to some of the best barbecue in the
Chicago area. More... |
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BOUCHON
3355 Las Vegas
Blvd, South, Suite 10101
Las Vegas, Nevada
(702) 414-60200 |
Thomas Keller is the owner and chef of
French Laundry, one of the world’s most highly acclaimed and famous
restaurants and he's also the owner of Bouchon, another scintillating fine
dining, to-be-experienced masterpiece. Bouchon is one of the very best
restaurants in Las Vegas and one of the best I've ever visited.
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Buckingham
Smokehouse Bar-B-Q
2341 North Rainbow
Blvd
Las Vegas, NV
702-638-7799 |
Don't
assume that because of its gentrified, British sounding name Buckingham
Smokehouse Bar-B-Q is a high-end establishment with starched
linen-tablecloths and a bowtie-sporting wait-staff. Take a close
look at the "Buckingham" logo--a rodeo wrangler on a bucking
pink pig.
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Barbecue
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Burger
Bar Las Vegas
3930
Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV
(702)
632-9364 |
When chef Hubert Keller launched the Burger
Bar, burger maniacs flocked to the restaurant's sky bridge location
connecting Luxor and Mandalay Bay. Keller improved on the concept of
"build your own burger" by giving diners more options than Burger King ever
thought possible.
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Cafe Lalibela
849 W. University Drive
Tempe, AZ
(480) 829-1939 |
Diners should note that
traditional Ethiopian etiquette disapproves of licking your fingers
while eating--even though it may be tempting to do so at Cafe
Lalibela. Serving both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, this
wonderful cafe has garnered several accolades for its unique cuisine.
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Carnegie
Deli
3400 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV
791-7111
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The ambience at the Carnegie Deli is
very much like its sibling in New York--right down to the hall of fame
portraits of 62 New York celebrities on the wall. Attitudinally,
it's very much like the quintessential New York deli, too. The
atmosphere is boisterous and busy, but with a sense of fun.
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Cathay House
5300 Spring Mountain Road
Las Vegas, NV
(702) 876-3838 |
When
Chinese
Restaurant News listed the top 100 Chinese restaurants in
America, the Cathay House was the only Las Vegas restaurant on the
list. Renown for its dim sum, it is a Chinatown establishment in which the 80/20 rule applies (80% or more patrons
being Chinese).
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Chinese
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Celebration
4503 West Lovers Lane
Dallas, TX
214-358-0612 |
Celebration's menu features classic home cooking--all the comfort foods with
which many Americans grew up: pot roast, fried chicken, meat loaf and much
more. Best of all, you can have seconds on both entrees and the
accompanying vegetables (which alternate daily).
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American
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Chino Bandido
1825 West Chandler Blvd.
Chandler, AZ
(480) 889-5990 |
The concept of "east meets west" takes an interesting
turn at Chino Bandido where combination plates may include not only
Chinese or Mexican dishes, but a few Caribbean twists such as jerk fried
chicken. This concept isn't only interesting; it's delicious.
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Chinese/Mexican |
Chinois
3500 Las Vegas Blvd. S
Las Vegas, NV
(702) 737-9700 |
Chinois, a critically acclaimed fine-dining
fusion restaurant located in The Forum Shops at Caesar's
is, in the estimation of many, proof that world famous chef and restaurant
impresario Wolfgang Puck can also "walk the wok." I wasn't
quite as impressed.
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Chinese
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Commander's Palace
3663 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Las Vegas, NV
892-8272 |
The comfortable climes of the Commander's Palace in the
Aladdin Resort and Casino succeed in duplicating the inimitable hospitality,
incomparable food, impeccable service and sophisticated Southern stylings of
possibly the most venerated restaurant in the country.
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Cajun
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Conway's Red Top
112 West 2nd
Pueblo, CO
404-0028 |
Bigger may not always be better, but it
can be pretty darn good. The gargantuan world famous hamburgers at
Conway's
Red Top earn their "one's a meal" reputation, but
fell a bit short in my estimation as one of the best hamburgers in
America. More...
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Burgers
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Cornish Pasty Company
960 West University
Tempe, AZ
(480) 894-6261 |
The concept of a simple miner's pie served in cosmopolitan
Tempe, Arizona might sound antithetical, but it's a concept that appears to
be taking off well. The Cornish Pasty Company is gaining a loyal
following, particularly among adventurous Arizona State University
students. More...
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English
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Crab
House at Pier 39
203C Pier 39
San Francisco, CA
(415) 434-2722 |
Sitting on San Francisco's storied Pier
39, a tourist destination of worldwide repute with fabulous views, the
Crab House is known for its succulent crab, but there's more to the menu
than crab. The seafood stews are what hook me in.
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Culver's
645 N. Rand Road
Lake Zurich, IL
(847) 540-6700 |
Want a better franchise
burger? Wisconsin residents might steer you toward the trademarked
ButterBurger, specialty of the house at Culvers,
a franchise serving the Midwest since 1984. The ButterBurger is
made from ground chuck sandwiched between a "lightly"
buttered, toasted bun.
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CYCLO
VIETNAMESE CUISINE
1919 W. Chandler Blvd,
Chandler, AZ
(480) 963-4490 |
Named for a pedaled, three-wheeled, hooded passenger
vehicle, Cyclo
became in a scant few months, the hottest Vietnamese restaurant in the Phoenix
area and the very best Vietnamese restaurant I've discovered outside of
Albuquerque.
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DESTINO NUEVO LATINO BISTRO
1815 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
(415)
552-4451 |
The culture and cuisine of Peru and Argentina come alive in
this trendy Market Street bistro where contemporary cuisine is presented
with a flair. The atmosphere is fun and lively, the food absolutely
mouth-watering and the experience to dine for.
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El Ranchito Cafe & Club
610 West Jefferson
Dallas, TX
214-946-4238 |
In the Mexican neighborhoods of west Dallas,
adventurous "gringo" diners who grew up on Tex-Mex cuisine have
apparently discovered the wonderful cuisine of Old Mexico.
They're finding that Mexican cuisine is far more sophisticated and diverse
than Tex-Mex. More... |
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El Tovar
Grand Canyon
National Park
Grand Canyon, Arizona
(928) 638-2631 |
It took six million years for the Colorado River to create
the colorful, steep-edged gorge considered one of the natural wonders of the
world. It took the Fred Harvey Company fewer than two years to build
the El Tovar Hotel. After gazing at nature's best, enjoy El Tovar's
best.
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Fatburger
6775 W. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV
889-9009 |
Fatburger's motto reads,
"we're not for everybody," but they are for people who appreciate truly
outstanding burgers. This is one of, if not THE very best burger chain
restaurant in America--so good it's hard to believe, it's a chain.
It's a "must visit" restaurant every time we visit Las Vegas.
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FRONTERA GRILL
445 North Clark
Chicago, IL
312-661-1434 |
The Frontera Grill rocks and rollicks! It's vibrant, boisterous and lively--no need for mariachis here.
The wait staff is ambassadorial in its courtesy and Mensa-like in its
knowledge. The food is beautiful to look at (edible art) and
absolutely delightful to the taste.
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Gale Street Inn
935 Diamond Lake Road
Mundelein, IL
(847) 566-6145 |
The Gale Street Inn is quintessentially
Chicago, a city in which masculinity is historically defined by political
power, competitive sports teams, broad-shouldered skyscrapers...and
restaurants with rich wood appointments serving huge slabs of beef; hearty,
rich soups and steaming rolls.
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Gates Bar B. Q.
10440 E. 40 Highway
Independence, MO
(816) 353-5880 |
Gates Bar-B-Q is
a "City of Fountains" original, a family restaurant established in
1946 which has grown from a single store to a family of six modern
restaurants (and growing) throughout the Kansas City metroplex. It is
also one of America's best barbecue franchises.
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Ghirardelli Chocolate Shop & Soda Fountain
3767 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Las Vegas, NV
895-8908 |
Ghirardelli Shops are a true
chocoholics dream where you can purchase a tempting assortment of chocolate
confections and gifts. The menu is replete with decadent ice cream sundae
masterpieces, floats, malts and shakes, some of which are named for San
Francisco area landmarks.
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Gino's
East of Chicago
561 West Main Street
Lake Zurich, IL
847-438-4800 |
Ostensibly no one knows more about a
city's best dining destinations than the taxi drivers who ferry famished
fares there...or at least, that's the theory. The original Gino's
East was founded in 1966 by taxi drivers who lured away the pizza chef
at Pizzeria Uno and started their own pizzeria.
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Graziano's
Brick Oven Pizza
5690 West Touhy Avenue
Niles, IL
847-647-4096 |
It takes an excellent product to compete
when prospective diners are savvy and sophisticated as Chicago
diners. Graziano's Brick Oven Pizza is certainly no pretender,
featuring honest-to-goodness food that can be categorized only as
"terrific" or any synonym thereof.
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Hackney's
880 N. Old Rand Road
Lake Zurich, IL
(847) 438-2103
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The
second city doesn't take a back seat to anyone when it comes to burgers
and if you have to hire a hackney (carriage or automobile) to get to Hackney's,
by all means do so. Hackney's features burgers worth going out for
on a Windy City day.
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HAMILTON CHOP HOUSE
40290
Highway 550
Durango, Colorado
(970) 259-6636 |
Durango is renown
for its excellent microbreweries, but it also has a reputation as a good to
very good restaurant town. Iit has one outstanding restaurant gem in
its midst--the outstanding Hamilton Chop House. Tom Hamilton is a
perfectionist and he comes close to achieving that standard. This is
the best steak house in the west!!
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Hap's
Pit Barbecue
4801 East Washington
Phoenix, Arizona
(602) 267-0181 |
Outstanding
barbecue in Arizona? You'd better believe it! Hap's Pit
Barbecue is one happening barbecue joint, one that makes you wonder if its
name is short for "happiness because that's what it elicits from its
diners--that and audible exclamations of "wow" and
"yum." More... |
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Honey
Bear's Barbecue
2824 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
602-279-7911 |
Honey
Bear's has been serving Memphis-style barbecue since 1986 when the
proprietors launched the first of three Phoenix area restaurants. In
close proximity to the airport, it's a popular destination for people
flying in and out of Phoenix.
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In-N-Out Burger
2790 W. Chandler
Chandler, Arizona
(800) 786-1000
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The sun isn't the only golden celestial orb
Californians revere. In-N-Out Burger obsessed Californians never
seem to take off their tee-shirts emblazoned with slogans for the popular
California-based burger religion. We're more burger agnostic.
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Johnnie's
Beef
400 East Golf Road
Arlington Heights, IL
(847) 439-9700 |
If
you think Chicagoland politics are a contentious topic, try debating which
restaurant serves up the best Italian Beef Sandwich in the city of big
shoulders. In my humble opinion (no fisticuffs please), the very
best of the lot is Johnnie's Beef.
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Johnnie's
Grill
301 South Rock Island
El Reno, OK
(405) 262-4721 |
Johnnie's
onion-fried burgers aren't "two hands to handle" burgerzillas
that fill you up but don't leave you satisfied. In fact, these
burgers are almost waifishly thin yet exploding with flavor. You
might find that appurtenances are absolutely unnecessary--not even green
chile. More... |
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Joe's
Real BBQ
301 North Gilbert Road
Gilbert, AZ
(480) 503-3805 |
No
ordinary Joe is this, critics would have you believe. Instead, they
insist, this is one of the best restaurants in the Phoenix area.
Located in a 1929 brick building that saw its "hay day" in the
golden age of agricultural Arizona, it helps make downtown Gilbert a
popular dining destination.
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The Keg Steakhouse
3065 Chandler Boulevard
Chandler, Arizona
(480) 899-7500 |
A Canadian steakhouse in the silicon desert
city of Chandler, Arizona? You bet! Founded in 1971 in
Vancouver, the Keg Steakhouse is a cut (premium) above many American
dining establishments, particularly in terms of service and ambience.
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Steak
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Kimchy
Cabana
9020 Greenwood
Niles, IL
847-827-9020 |
Having experienced Korean cuisine from coast
to coast, it has always impressed me to find Korean food remarkably
consistent--usually at least good and often excellent. Kimchy Cabana
certainly ranks with the best I've had yet.
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Korean
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Kincaid's
Hamburgers
4901 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX
817-732-2881 |
Local, statewide, national and international
acclaim for Kincaid's Hamburgers places this former grocery and market in
stratospherically elite company as one of, if not THE best hamburger
restaurants in the world. We did find out that it's possible to
improve on perfection.
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Lambert's Cafe II
1800 West State Highway J
Ozark, MO
(417) 581-7655 |
In 2004, the Travel Channel, notorious for the
compilation of "top-ten" lists celebrating America's hedonistic
excesses named Lambert's Cafe the number one restaurant in America in which
to pig out. This shrine to gluttony is no
run-of-the-mill all-you-can-choke-down cafe.
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Lawry's The
Prime Rib
4043 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV
893-2223 |
Lawry's IS
prime rib! Their generously cut, perfectly marbled Lawry's cut with whipped
cream horseradish is better than perfection, easily the best I've ever had.
There's a prime rib for every appetite--the "California cut" for lighter
appetites to the "Beef Bowl Cut" for the largest appetites.
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Steak
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Lee's
Sandwiches
1901 West Warner Road
Chandler, AZ
(480) 855-1778 |
With a cult following that crosses cultural
barriers, Lee's launched its 25th restaurant in 2005, the first outside of
California in Chandler, Arizona. The 8,000 square foot Chandler
superstore is the second largest in Lee's fleet and the first of ten Phoenix
area restaurants planned.
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Lindo Michoacan
2655 East Desert Inn
Las Vegas, NV
702-735-6828 |
Lindo
Michoacan may be the
best gourmet Mexican restaurant we've visited in America which isn't owned
by
Rick Bayless. Over the years,
this storied restaurant has garnered unprecedented local acclaim,
perennially earning "Best of Las Vegas"
honors. No Mexican restaurant comes close.
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Los Dos Molinos
East Main Street
Springerville, Arizona
(928) 333-4846 |
With four locations, including one in New York City, Los Dos
Molinos is one of the nation's most famous New Mexican restaurants.
One of those locations are within the borders of the Land of Enchantment
though you can catch a whiff of all the cumin the restaurant uses all the
way in Socorro.
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Lotus of Siam
953 E. Sahara Ave.
Las Vegas, NV
702-735-3033 |
In its October, 2001 issue, Gourmet
magazine called Lotus of Siam "the best Thai restaurant in the United
States." It has since become a restaurant that inspires pilgrimages
among true aficionados of Thai cuisine. Lotus lives up to its hype and
then some.
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Malee's
Thai Bistro
7131 East Main Street
Scottsdale, AZ
(480) 947-6042 |
Malee's on Main is one of the most popular
and highly regarded Thai restaurants in the Phoenix area. Housed
in a circa 1921 building with a colorful history, it is only one of few
restaurants on Main Street, denizen for a veritable pantheon of art
galleries. The cuisine, too, is art.
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Memphis
Championship Barbecue
2200 E. Warm Springs Road
Las Vegas, NV
702-250-6909 |
Proprietor Mike Mills was a
three-time world champion of the annual world barbecue championship in
Memphis. The genesis of his award winning sauce can be traced back to
1903 when his grandmother won a World's Fair event with that same
sauce. More... |
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Mesa Grill
3570 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV
702- 731-7731 |
This is the Vegas version of the Mesa Grill,
flagship restaurant of Bobby Flay, arguably America's preeminent grill
master and New York City restaurant impresario. Both the eclectic menu
and the flamboyant ambience seem to mirror his over-the-top television
personality.
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Orange
Table
7373 East Scottsdale
Mall
Scottsdale, AZ
408-424-6819 |
The Orange Table is truly a diner for the new generation.
Credit that to an energetic and enthusiastic ownership triumvirate with a
passion for ingredients and the dining experience. A diverse and
exciting menu means you won't soon run out of options.
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The
Original Wineburger
6027 North
19th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
(602)
341-0688 |
Hand-made patties grilled to order and splashed with
Sangria--that's the Original Wineburger. Despite the wine, this is not
a gimmicky burger. In fact the wine is barely discernable and doesn't
detract at all from the high quality Black Angus beef.
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Pane Bianco
4404 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
602-234-2100 |
America's best pizzaioli may also be its preeminent
practitioner in the art of the sandwich. That would be Chris Bianco,
the inventive perfectionist and braintrust behind Pizzeria Bianco.
What Bianco does for pizza, he duplicates for sandwiches--crafting what may
be America's best.
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Parcel 104
2700 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA
408-970-6104 |
Freshly caught trout, free-range chickens,
hand-picked fruits and vegetables--those are what most influence Bradley
Ogden, an uber chef and restaurant impresario dedicated to seasonal,
farm-fresh American far. Alas, my visit to his restaurant was a dining
disappointment. More... |
Fine Dining |
Patsy
Grimaldi's Pizzeria
4000 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ
(480) 994-1100 |
America's most storied non-franchised
pizzeria is Patsy Grimaldi's in Brooklyn,
New York which can trace its pizza lineage to the opening of the very
first pizzeria in America in 1905. Fortunately, Scottsdale,
Arizona is much closer to Albuquerque by thousands of miles than is New
York City.
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Pinnacle
Peak Patio
10426 East Jomax Road
Scottsdale, AZ
(480) 585-1599 |
Unlike neighboring vistas, spectacular is
certainly not a word you would use to describe the Pinnacle Peak Patio, a
gawdy Western facade which has grown into the world's largest western
steakhouse with seating for 1800 people inside and outside for 2000.
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Steak |
Ping Pang Pong
4000 West
Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV
(702) 367-7111 |
Situated within the Gold Coast Casino, the Ping Pang Pong
restaurant may have a quaint name, but it also has a fine reputation for
Chinese food. Alas, it didn't win us over, but we seem to be in a
majority according to local publications.
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PIZZERIA BIANCO
623 East Adams Street
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 258-8300 |
A writer for Travel & Leisure magazine definitively proclaimed
Pizzeria Bianco as "the best place in America for pizza." The
terrific tome Pizza A Slice of Heaven, which provides a definitive
guide to pizza throughout the world went even further, calling it the best
pizza in the world. More... |
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Portillo's
Hot Dogs
148 W. Broughton Road
Bolingbrook, IL
(630) 759-3735 |
Portillo's story is the story of the American
dream, a rags to riches saga that began with a single hot dog stand opening
in 1963. That single investment has blossomed into a $150M per year
chain with six different concepts and more than 40 restaurants in the
Chicago area. More... |
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Richardson's Cuisine
of New Mexico
1582 E. Bethany Home Road
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 265-5886 |
I didn't think it possible, but there is at least one New
Mexican restaurant outside the borders of the Land of Enchantment which
prepares our food as well as, if not better, than some restaurants within
our borders. Richardson's cuisine could well be served in Santa Fe;
it's that good.
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RISTORANTE B&B
3355 Las
Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV
(720) 266-9977 |
Mario Batali is one of the most famous and celebrated chefs
in America, but lately he's become somewhat of an impresario, opening a
number of restaurants. If every meal served at his Ristorante B&B in
the Venetian is as fabulous as the meal we had during our inaugural visit, I
don't care if he ever visits Sin City.
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Rosemary's
Restaurant
8125 W. Sahara
Las Vegas, NV
869-2251 |
Aside from Lotus of Siam,
there is probably no other Vegas dining establishment which lights up
Chowhound's message boards quite as frequently or with such overwhelming
adulation. Despite having
garnered every conceivable accolade, Rosemary's doesn't rest on its laurels.
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Satay
Malaysian Grille
3755 Spring Mountain
Road, Suite 102
Las Vegas, NV
702-362-2828 |
Adventurous Las Vegas diners
have embraced the Satay Malaysian Grille, the first
Chinatown area restaurant to feature the fragrant spices, pungent curries and
distinctive flavor combinations that have long made Malaysian cuisine a favorite
of savvy diners.
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Asian |
Siegelman's
Restaurant Deli
912 Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights, IL
(847) 398-0222 |
In Siegelman's, the quintessential Jewish deli, we
found some of the very best pastrami in America--perfectly marbled to bring out
its dramatically captivating (not nearly sufficient to describe it) flavor and
in such huge proportions that your mouth is agape (and watering) at first sight. More... |
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Spice
Islands Cafe
210 Hope Street
Mountain View,
CA
(650) 961-3500 |
In Asia there is no cuisine as diverse yet as
inclusive as those of Southeast Asia--cuisine which skillfully melds Indian
curries, Chinese seasonings and the pungent herbs and spices of the region: hot
chili, garlic, curry, basil, lemon grass and more to create aromatic flavors and
even better memories. More... |
Singaporean
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Spiedini
221 North Rampart
Las Vegas, NV
869-8500 |
Spiedini is a magnificent sensory feast that
begins when your olfactory senses first catch a whiff of divinely intoxicating
emanations wafting from the kitchen as you drop your car off at the valet
parking station. Spiedini is one of the best Italian restaurants in the
west.
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Super
Smokers
601 Stockell Drive
Eureka, MO
(636) 938-9742 |
St. Louis, Missouri isn't widely recognized as one of America's
barbecue capitals as is cross-state barbecue bastion Kansas City, but perhaps it
should be. Super Smokers may not just serve the best barbecue in the
state, they have been certified as 'cuing the very best pork in the world. More... |
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Superdawg
Drive-In
Milwaukee Avenue at Devon & Nagle
Chicago, IL
773-76-0660 |
Superdawg has become America's premier hot dog restaurant--a
restaurant which has received acclaim from both print (New York Times, Roadfood,
National Geographic Traveler, Zagat) and broadcast (ABC's Nightline, Sunday
Morning with Charles Osgood, the Food Network) media.
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Sushi Eye
780 West Elliot Road
Tempe, Arizona
(480) 820-3376 |
If you knew sushi like sushi chef Richard Cho knows sushi, you,
too might want to open up a trendy, hip sushi sushi restaurant in close
proximity to Arizona State University. It's not "wake up little sushi" at
Sushi Eye; it's wake up taste buds and enjoy the best sushi in the Phoenix area.
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Swedish Bakery
5348 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL
(773) 561-8919 |
The amazing aromas of freshly
baked products at the Swedish Bakery are such a potent medium for conjuring up
memories of her childhood that my wife can't help but reminisce fondly of days
long gone when such fragrances wafted from her grandmother's kitchen.
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Topolobampo
445 North Clark
Chicago, IL
312-661-1434 |
Topolobampo is simply the best restaurant in
which we've dined, so far superior to other restaurants I previously thought
were outstanding that I scaled down my ratings for many of them. It is
electrical in its energy, edgy in its ambience, boisterous in its rhythm and
vibrant in its delivery.
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The Turquoise Room
303 East 2nd
Street (Rte 66)
Winslow, AZ
(928) 289-4366 |
It is only fitting that a hotel with the grandeur and
splendor of Winslow's La Posada Hotel have an elegant area set aside
for the finest in dining. The Turquoise Room is indeed a fabulous
restaurant, viewed by experts as one of the very best in the Four Corners
region.
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Typhoon
410 SW Broadway
Portland, OR
(503) 224-8285 |
Typhoon's restaurant's menu is inspired by the
humble pushcarts of the peasants and the opulent palaces of Thailand where
an incomparably delicious balance of sweet, salty, sour and bitter flavors
in all their glorious combinations have been perfected over the millennia.
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Weber Grill
220 North Milwaukee Avenue
Wheeling, IL
(847) 215-0996 |
In 1989, the first Weber Grill restaurant was
established in Wheeling, Illinois, ostensibly to build on the popularity of
grilling but more obviously to showcase the potential of Weber products.
The menu is replete with grilled specialties, all ascribed adjectives such
as "charcoal-fired.
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