Top 100+ U.S. Restaurants 2017

1		The Willows Inn	Blaine Wetzel	Progressive American	Lummi Island, WA
2		Saison	Joshua Skenes	Progressive American	San Francisco, CA
3		Blue Hill at Stone Barns	Dan Barber	Progressive American	Pocantico Hills, NY
4		Alinea	Grant Achatz	Molecular	Chicago, IL
5		The Restaurant at Meadowood	Christopher Kostow	Modern American	St. Helena, CA
6		Manresa	David Kinch	Progressive American	Los Gatos, CA
7		per se	Eli Kaimeh	Contemporary French	New York, NY
8		Eleven Madison Park	Daniel Humm	Contemporary French	New York, NY
9		Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare	César Ramirez	Japanese/French	New York, NY
10		Catbird Seat	Ryan Poli	Progressive American	Nashville, TN
11		Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro	Nobu Yamazaki	Sushi	Washington, DC
12		é by José Andrés	Aitor Lozano	Progressive Spanish	Las Vegas, NV
13		Aubergine	Justin Cogley	Modern American	Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
14		Benu	Corey Lee	Progressive Asian	San Francisco, CA
15		minibar by Jose Andres	Ruben Garcia	Molecular	Washington, DC
16		Single Thread Farm	Kyle Connaughton	Progressive American	Healdsburg, CA
17		Tempura Matsui	Kiyoshi Chikano	Tempura	New York, NY
18		The French Laundry	David Breeden	Contemporary French	Yountville, CA
19		Oriole	Noah Sandoval	Modern American	Chicago, IL
20		Hugo’s	Mike Wiley & Andrew Taylor	Progressive American	Portland, ME
21		Le Bernardin	Eric Ripert	Contemporary French	New York, NY
22		Grace	Curtis Duffy	Modern American	Chicago, IL
23		Jean Georges	Jean George Vongerichten	Contemporary French	New York, NY
24		Castagna	Justin Woodward	Progressive American	Portland, OR
25		Blanca	Carlo Mirarchi	Progressive American	Brooklyn, NY
26		Urasawa	Hiro Urasawa	Sushi	Beverly Hills, CA
27		Smyth	John Shields	Progressive American	Chicago, IL
28		In Situ	Corey Lee	Progressive International	San Francisco, CA
29		Momofuku Ko	Sean Gray	Progressive American	New York, NY
30		42 Grams	Jake Bickelhaupt	Modern American	Chicago, IL
31		Providence	Michael Cimarusti	Modern American	West Hollywood, CA
32		Aska	Fredrik Berselius	New Nordic	Brooklyn, NY
33		Elements	Scott Anderson	Progressive American	Princeton, NJ
34		Le Coucou	Daniel Rose	French	New York, NY
35		Quince	Michael Tusk	Contemporary Italian	San Francisco, CA
36		Atera	Ronny Emborg	New Nordic	New York, NY
37		Kuruma Zushi	Toshihiro Uezu	Sushi	New York, NY
38		Taco Maria	Carlos Salgado	Progressive Mexican	Costa Mesa, CA
39		Birch	Benjamin Sukle	Progressive American	Providence, RI
40		Sushi Yoshizumi	Akira Yoshizumi	Sushi	San Mateo, CA
41		Masa	Masa Takayama	Sushi	New York, NY
42		Schwa	Michael Carlson	Modern American	Chicago, IL
43		Next	Jenner Tomaska	Various	Chicago, IL
44		Coi	Matthew Kirkley	Progressive American	San Francisco, CA
45		Tasting Counter	Peter Ungár	Progressive American	Somerville, MA
46		Atelier Crenn	Dominique Crenn	Progressive French	San Francisco, CA
47		Stages at One Washington	Evan Hennessey	Progressive American	Dover, NH
48		Marea	Michael White	Contemporary Italian	New York, NY
49		Commis	James Syhabout	Progressive American	Oakland, CA
50		DAMON BAEHREL	Damon Baehrel	Hudson Valley	Earlton, NY
51		Daniel	Daniel Boulud	Contemporary French	New York, NY
52		Peter Luger	Various	Steakhouse	Brooklyn, NY
53		Frasca Food & Wine	Lachlan Mackinnon Patterson	Contemporary Italian	Boulder, CO
54		Sushi Nakazawa	Daisuke Nakazawa	Sushi	New York, NY
55		Vintage Cave	Misao Masuda	Modern American	Honolulu, HI
56		Contra	Jeremiah Stone	Progressive American	New York, NY
57		Pineapples & Pearls	Aaron Silverman	Progressive American	Washington, DC
58		Alter	Brad Kilgore	Progressive American	Miami, FL
59		Trois Mec	Ludo Lefebvre	Progressive French	Los Angeles, CA
60		Bouley	David Bouley	Contemporary French	New York, NY
61		Sushi Zo	Keizo Seki	Sushi	Los Angeles, CA
62		Blue Hill	Dan Barber	Progressive American	New York, NY
63		Chi Spacca	Ryan DeNicola	Steakhouse	Los Angeles, CA
64		Mourad	Mourad Lahlou	Contemporary Morrocan	San Francisco, CA
65		Totoraku	Kaz Oyama	Yakiniku	Los Angeles, CA
66		Babbo	Mario Batali	Italian	New York, NY
67		The Modern	Abram Bissell	Modern American	New York, NY
68		Shuko	Nick Kim & Jimmy Lau	Sushi	New York, NY
69		Kyo Ya	Chikara Sono	Sushi	New York, NY
70		Ushiwakamura	Hideo Kuribara	Sushi	New York, NY
71		Mélisse	Josiah Citrin	Contemporary French	Santa Monica, CA
72		15 East	Noriyuki Takahashi	Sushi	New York, NY
73		Carnevino	Nicole Brisson	French & Italian	Las Vegas, NV
74		Guy Savoy	Julien Asseo	Contemporary French	Las Vegas, NV
75		Sushi Yasuda	Mitsuru Tamura	Sushi	New York, NY
76		Acquerello	Suzette Gresham	Contemporary Italian	San Francisco, CA
77		Jung Sik Dang	Jung Sik Yim	Progressive Asian	New York, NY
78		Aquavit	Emma Bengtsson	Nordic	New York, NY
79		Sixteen	Nick Dostal	Modern American	Chicago, IL
80		Californios	Val Cantu	Contemporary Mexican	San Francisco, CA
81		Canlis	Brady Williams	Modern American	Seattle, WA
82		Spago	Lee Hefter	Modern American	Beverly Hills, CA
83		N’Naka	Niki Nakayama.	Kaiseki	Los Angeles, CA
84		Joel Robuchon at The Mansion	Christophe de Lellis	French	Las Vegas, NV
85		NoMad	James Kent	Modern American	New York, NY
86		Ink.	Michal Voltaggio	Progressive American	West Hollywood, CA
87		Orsa & Winston	Josef Centeno	Modern American	Los Angeles, CA
88		Del Posto	Melissa Rodriguez	Contemporary Italian	New York, NY
89		Maude	Curtis Stone	Modern American	Beverly Hills, CA
90		Agern	Gunnar Gíslason	New Nordic	New York, NY
91		Minetta Tavern	Dan Silverman	French Bistro	New York, NY
92		Gabriel Kreuther	Gabriel Kreuther	Contemporary French	New York, NY
93		Commonwealth	Jason Fox	Progressive American	San Francisco, CA
94		BOKA	Lee Wolen	Modern American	Chicago, IL
95		Baumé	Bruno Chemel	Progressive French	Palo Alto, CA
96		Gramercy Tavern	Michael Anthony	Modern American	New York, NY
97		Elizabeth	Iliana Regan gan	New Nordic	Chicago, IL
98		Topolobampo	Rick Bayless	Contemporary Mexican	Chicago, IL
99		Fork	John Patterson	Moderate Dining	Philadelphia, PA
100		El Ideas	Phillip Foss	Modern American	Chicago, IL
101		Empellon Cocina	Alex Stupak	Progressive Mexican	New York, NY
102		George’s California Modern	Trey Foshee	Modern American	La Jolla, CA
103		O Ya NYC	Tim Cushman	Sushi	New York, NY
104		Square Root	Phillip Lopez	Progressive American	New Orleans, LA
105		Aldea	George Mendes	Modern Portugese	New York, NY
106		Blackberry Farm	Cassidee Dabney	Modern American	Walland, TN
107		Café Juanita	Holly Smith	Contemporary Italian	Kirkland, WA
108		Volt	Bryan Voltaggio	Progressive American	Frederick, MD
109		Shunji	Shunji Nakao	New Entries - Formal	Los Angeles, CA
110		Mori Sushi	Masanori "Maru" Nagano	Sushi	Los Angeles, CA
111		Joe’s Stone Crabs	Guillermo Mignone	Seafood	Miami Beach, FL
112		Lambs Club	Geoffrey Zakarian	New Entries - Formal	New York, NY
113		Addison	William Bradley	Contemporary French	Del Mar, CA
114		Komi	Johnny Monis	Contemporary Greek	Washington, DC
115		Cut	Ari Rosenson	Steakhouse	Beverly Hills, CA
116		Barley Swine	Bryce Gilmore	Modern American	Austin, TX
117		Chez Panisse	Cal Petternell	French	Berkeley, CA
118		North Fork Table & Inn	Stephan Bogardus	Modern American	Southold, New York
119		Craft	Kyle Koenig	Modern American	New York, NY
120		Guenther Seeger NY	Guenther Seeger	Modern American	New York, NY
121		Goosefoot	Chris Nugent	Modern American	Chicago, IL
122		Michael Mina	Raj Dixit	Modern American	San Francisco, CA
123		Lincoln	Jonathan Benno	Contemporary Italian	New York, NY
124		O Ya	Tim Cushman	Progressive Asian	Boston, Massachusetts
125		Sushi Ran	Takatoshi Toshi	Sushi	Sausalito, California
126		Ai Fiori	Scott Schneider	Contemporary Italian	New York, NY
127		Carbone	Mario Carbone & Rich Torrisi	Contemporary Italian	New York, NY
128		Bâtard	Markus Glocker	Contemporary French	New York, NY
129		Frontera Grill	Rick Bayless	Mexican	Chicago, IL
130		Sushi Inoue	Shinichi Innoue	Sushi	New York, NY
131		Shibumi	David Schlosser	Modern Izakaya	Los Angeles, CA
132		Gary Danko	Gary Danko	Modern American	San Francisco, CA
133		Nozawa Bar	Osamu Fujita	Sushi	Beverly Hills, CA
134		Sons & Daughters	Teague Moriarty	Modern American	San Francisco, CA
135		Galatoire’s	Michael Sichel	Creole	New Orleans, LA
136		Brush Stroke	Isao Yamada	Kaiseki	New York, NY
137		Upland	Justin Smillie	Modern American	New York, NY
138		Nico	Nicolas Delaroque	Modern American	San Francisco, CA
139		Yamakase	Kiyoshiro Yamamoto	Sushi	Los Angeles, CA
140		Aburiya Raku	Mitsuo Endo	Izakaya	Las Vegas, NV
141		Q Sushi	Hiroyuki Naruke	Sushi	Los Angeles, CA
142		Mister Jiu’s	Brandon Jew	Progressive Chinese	San Francisco, CA
143		Sierra Mar	Elizabeth Murray	Modern American	Big Sur, California
144		Menton	Scott Jones	Contemporary French	Boston, Massachusetts
145		Matsuhisa	Nobu Matsuhisa	Sushi	West Hollywood, CA
146		Village Pub	Mark Sullivan	Modern American	Woodside, California
147		Wing Lei	Ming Yu	Formal	Las Vegas, NV
148		Gotham Bar & Grill	Alfred Portale	Modern American	New York, NY
149		1313 Main	Adam Ross	Modern American	Napa, California
150		Sushi Tsujita	Hideyuki Takeda.	Sushi	Los Angeles, CA
151		1 or 8	Kazuo Yoshida	Japanese/Sushi	Brooklyn, NY
152		Café Boulud	Aaron Bludorn	Contemporary French	New York, NY
153		petit crenn	Dominique Crenn	Contemporary French	San Francisco, CA
154		Spiaggia	Tony Mantuano	Contemporary Italian	Chicago, IL
155		Yazawa	Self-cooking	Yakiniku	Los Angeles, CA
156		Los Fuegos	Francis Mallman	Asador	Miami Beach, FL
157		Uchi	Tyson Cole	Sushi	Austin, TX
158		Auberge du Soleil	Robert Curry	Contemporary French	Rutherford, California
159		Restaurant Eugene	Mario Carbone & Rich Torrisi	Modern American	Atlanta, Georgia
160		ZZ’s Clam Bar	Mario Carbone & Ricch Torrisi	Seafood	New York, NY
161		The Herbfarm	Chris Weber	Modern American	Woodinville, Washington
162		Spago	Mark Andelbradt	Modern American	Las Vegas, NV
163		Clocktower	Jason Atherton	Modern American	New York, NY
164		Blackbird	Ryan Pfeiffer	Modern American	Chicago, IL
165		Acadia	Ryan McCaskey	New Entries	Chicago, IL
166		The Musket Room	Matt Lambert	Modern American	New York, NY
167		Bar Masa	Masa Takayama	Sushi	New York, NY
168		Keens Steakhouse	Various	Steakhouse	New York, NY
169		Sanford	Justin Aprahamian	Modern American	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
170		Boulevard	Tim Quaintance	California	San Francisco, CA
171		Sushi Zo	Masashi Ito	Sushi	New York, NY
172		Twist by Pierre Gagnaire	Frédéric Don	Contemporary French	Las Vegas, NV
173		August	Todd Pulsinelli	Creole/Modern American	New Orleans, LA
174		The Slanted Door	Charles Phan	Vietnamese	San Francisco, CA
175		Sushi Ota	Yukita Ota	Sushi	San Diego, California
176		Miyake	Masa Miyake	Sushi	Portland, ME
177		Harvest by Roy Ellamar	Roy Ellamar	Modern American	Las Vegas, NV
178		Gwen	Gareth Evans	Steakhouse/Modern American	Los Angeles, CA
179		Jewel Bako	Mitsunori Isoda	Sushi	New York, NY
180		Gunshow	Kevin Gillespie	Modern American	Atlanta, Georgia
181		Pass & Provisions	Terrence Gallivan & Seth Siegel Gardner	Progressive International	Houston, Texas
182		Lazy Bear	David Barzelay	Progressive American	San Francisco, CA
183		Bazaar Meat by Jose Andres	David Thomas	Asador	Las Vegas, NV
184		Sushi Den	Toshi Kizaki	Sushi	Denver, Colorado
185		Hatsuhana	Keita Sato	Sushi	New York, NY
186		Campton Place	Srijith Gopinathan	Contemporay Indian	San Francisco, CA
187		The Bohemian	Kiyo Shinoki	Yakiniku	New York, NY
188		Fiola da Fabio Trabocchi	Fabio Trabocchi	Contemporary Italian	Washington, DC
189		Dovetail	John Fraser	Modern American	New York, NY
190		Ardent	Justin Carlisle	Progressive American	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
191		North Pond	Bruce Sherman	Modern American	Chicago, IL
192		Craigie on Main	Tony Maws	Modern American	Cambridge, Massachusetts
193		Bacchanalia	David Carson	Modern American	Atlanta, Georgia
194		Indian Accent	Manish Mahotra	Progressive Indian	New York, NY
195		Otium	Timothy Hollingsworth	Modern American	Los Angeles, CA
196		NAOE	Kevin Cory	Miami Beach/North Miami	Miami, FL
197		Rotisserie Georgette	Stephanie Abrams & Francisco Blanco	French Bistro	New York, NY
198		L’Espalier	Frank McClelland	French	Boston, Massachusetts
199		Untitled	Suzanne Cupps	New Entries - Casual	New York, NY
200		Brindille	Carrie Nahabedian	Modern French	Chicago, IL

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