Recently, Business Insiders tabulated the best restaurants in America based on the list compiled by five of the major restaurant rankings coming from food critics, diners, positive reviews and experts. Each restaurant was scored based on the number of times it appeared on each of the list and recommendations from famous foodies. It is the ultimate list of America's finest restaurants, acting as the total summary of various best-restaurants list and online generated reviews in 2014.
These premium restaurants in the United States are masters of perfecting the recipe to be a standout within the competitive restaurant industry. They repetitively amaze American and foreign diners with their tasteful recipe of excellent meals, outstanding service and appealing restaurant atmosphere. They continue to demonstrate the complete quality of a dining experience, owning their places in this influential list of America's best restaurants.
The main ingredient that these best restaurants have perfected is the fashion of food. They showcase individuality, personality and taste with their own definition, with their own fashion. These five restaurants are America's couture of food on the global scale, exemplifying the right cut and appearance of a heavenly tasteful cuisine.
The top five restaurants in the United States are:
1. Le Bernardin
Originally Parisian, with its flagship location in Paris, Le Bernardin by sibling duo Maguy and Gilbert Le Coze also has a restaurant in New York, which the number one restaurant in the whole United States. The Le Bernardin of New York City is headed by Chef Eric Ripert. This restaurant only serves fish dishes which are freshly and delicately prepared.
Awarded by The Times with four stars, three stars from Michelin, and a grade of AAA by the Five Diamond Award, Chef Daniel Humm's Eleven Madison Park gets the second leading spot of the best restaurants in the United States. Chef Humm serves his refined Swedish cuisine in this New York restaurant. Eleven Madison Park's multicourse menu costs $225 dollars.
Holding on the third place for two consecutive years, The French Laundry is said to be considered as a Mecca for foodies, making it the No. 44 spot on the World's 100 Best Restaurants. In Yountville of California, Chef Thomas Keller's The French Laundry is considered as a landmark restaurant in Napa Valley. To indulge yourself with this restaurant's goodness, it will cost $295 dollars.
4. Per Se
Another restaurant by Chef Thomas Keller, Per Se in New York has the fourth place on this list. For many years, it has been a three-star Michelin restaurant with an urban interpretation of Chef Keller's The French Laundry in California. The prix fixe menu costs $310 per person.
5. Daniel
Another superb restaurant from New York City, Daniel of Chef Daniel Boulud has the last spot on this top list of America's finest restaurants. Daniel is also listed in The World's Best Restaurants, on the No. 40 spot. It is located in the heart of Manhattan's Upper East Side, a perfect location for its elegant and modern French cuisine, inspired by the seasons, and high-class collection of wines. A three-course tasting dinner menu costs $125.
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