How did a failed Manhattan chef who was L.A.-bound emerge in the Napa Valley to create a restaurant that rivals the three-star establishments of rural France? Taking over what had been a simple res...
Think Le Bernardin and you think accolades: Michelin, The New York Times, James Beard Foundation (plus a recent entry into the AAA Five Diamond club). A super sleek renovation in 2011 gave it more ...
Meals at this ever-evolving East Village hot spot wowed former New York Times critic Frank Bruni into a praise-filled, three-star review in 2008. And no wonder. David Chang's food offers bold, Asia...
Like many of the finest things in life, this restaurant seems to get better with age. Although it opened to much fanfare in 1998, it wasn't until Swiss head chef Daniel Humm's hire in 2006 that the...
As Mario Batali continues his reign atop the American culinary landscape, his flagship restaurant remains a New York essential. What can you say about this place that hasn't already been said? The ...
It's impossible to step inside Stephanie Izard's West Loop restaurant, popular with chefs and locals alike, and not feel the joy. The sense of community and comfort are widely apparent, from the so...
A serious cult favorite since it opened in 2006, Cochon is the domain of pork-loving chef Donald Link, proprietor of the popular Herbsaint and winner of a James Beard Award for his cookbook Real Ca...
If you haven't had Shake Shack but think you love burgers, you don't as much as you think you do. It's one of America's best fast-food burgers. Yes, better than In-N-Out, and yes, it has its own se...
Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the few chefs in New York City with the distinction of four stars from The New York Times. At his eponymous restaurant in the Trump International Hotel and Tower...
Daniel Boulud's very grown-up, flagship restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side maintains standards of service and cuisine that hark back to an earlier era (French haute cuisine is an endangered ...
There's little question that Grant Achatz, whose training includes stints with Charlie Trotter, Thomas Keller, and Ferran Adria, deserves the title of America's most creative chef (indeed The Dail...
Celebrating more than 40 years in business and still going strong, Chez Panisse was instrumental in changing the American food scene. Before this restaurant, practically nobody in America served ex...
