The verdict is in. After a year of travel and research, the restaurant critic of the International Herald-Tribune in Paris, Patricia Wells, has named the world’s best restaurants.
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On assignment for the paper, she narrowed a large list down to 10 top-end and 10 casual restaurants.
She included one Chicago establishment on the casual list: Frontera Grill came in at No. 3. Here are the other winners.
Top restaurants overall:
1. Joel Robuchon, Paris
2. Restaurant Fredy Girardet, Crissier, Switzerland
3. Lai Ching Heen, Hong Kong
4. Le Louis XV-Alain Ducasse, Monte Carlo, Monaco
5. Osteria Da Fiore, Venice
6. Jiro, Tokyo
7. Guy Savoy, Paris
8. Taillevent, Paris
9. Restaurant Daniel, New York
10. Da Cesare, Albaretto della Torre, Italy.
Top casual restaurants:
1. Al Forno, Providence, R.I.;
2. La Tupina, Bordeaux, France;
3. Frontera Grill;
4. City Chiu Chow Restaurant, Kowloon, Hong Kong;
5. Ca l’Isidre, Barcelona;
6. The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, England;
7. Checchino dal 1887, Rome;
8. Cibreo, Florence, Italy;
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9. Viridiana, Madrid;
10. Le Cameleon, Paris.