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230 Forest Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Located in the heart of downtown Laguna Beach, 230 Forest Avenue has earned its spot as a landmark dining destination. For over a decade guests have enjoyed innovative California cuisine from award-wining executive chef/owner Marc Cohen. The bistro style restaurant features an upbeat and chic atmosphere with a bustling outside patio and bar. The ever changing wall of art adds to its charm. Seafood rules here, along with steaks and the famous martini bar. Reservations are recommended for thi...
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Animal
Los Angeles, CA
Posted on October 14, 2012.
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo opened Animal restaurant in June 2008 to widespread acclaim. Since opening it’s doors the duo has been awarded some of the most prominent national accolades including, Food & Wine Best New Chefs of 2009, two James Beard nominations, Rising Star Chefs by Star Chefs and Wine List of the Year by GQ Magazine. They have been covered in numerous publications, including, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, The New Yorker, Travel + Leisure and Food & Win...
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B & G Oysters
Boston, MA
Posted on May 2, 2012.
B&G Oysters is renowned Chef Barbara Lynch´s modern yet classic take on the oyster bar. Located in Boston´s South End, B&G Oysters has a decidedly neighboorhood feel, combining polished but friendly service with fantastically fresh seafood dishes and food-friendly wines. B&G Oysters has received many accolades over the years for its cuisine and wine program from publications including Boston Magazine, Food & Wine, and The Boston Globe. This subterranean spot draws energy from its open k...
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Balthazar
New York, NY
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Balthazar serves traditional bistro fare from breakfast through late-night supper. Opened by Keith McNally in the spring of 1997, Balthazar offers a French menu prepared by chefs de cuisine Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson. Diners can also choose from an extensive wine list, a raw seafood bar, and breads and pastries from Balthazar bakery. Balthazar is renowned for its exceptional design. The building was converted from a leather wholesaler´s warehouse to an airy space that can accommodate over 200 ...
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Bistro Don Giavani
Napa, CA
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Chef/Owner Donna Scala blends the key elements of creativity, design and commitment with quality that make this Bistro a unique dining experience. Donna grew up in the hotel and restaurant business. Her grandfather owned several different types of restaurants and Donna received first-hand experience throughout her childhood. Donna´s passion for food grew and she headed to the South of France to formally studying her culinary craft. She returned to the Bay Area in 1982 to open a gourmet Frenc...
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Bistro Jeanty
Napa - Yountville, CA
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Chef/Owner Philippe Jeanty has had a life long love affair with food. His restaurant in Napa Valley is a classic example of his philosophy on food and restaurants. Fresh quality ingredients, exacting and demanding preparation, consistent service at the table, comfortable and informal surroundings. He was born in the Champagne region of France. This is a rural agricultural region where the wine is world famous for its´ elegance and refinement. Philippe´s father worked for the great Champagne...
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Boudro´s
San Antonio, TX
Posted on March 11, 2013.
Boudro´s is an experience to savor, embracing all the flavor of our regional heritage with a distinctive menu of Texas and southwestern specialties. Relax in the cool, comfortable interior or take a sidewalk table right on San Antonio´s renowned Riverwalk. Then it´s time for the best food on the River, from smoked shrimp enchiladas and blackened prime rib to seafood straight from the Gulf. Boudro´s is the ideal spot for intimate lunches or dinners as well as large parti...
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Brasserie Ten Ten
Boulder, CO
Posted on June 20, 2012.
Brasserie Ten Ten is one of Boulder´s finest gathering places! Brasserie Ten Ten has been delighting customers with our French inspired cuisine since its opening in July of 2003. Executive Chef, Anthony Hessel, brings his vast experience to this friendly and bustling setting, making it a perfect place to enjoy brunch, lunch or dinner.  This classic French brasserie and bar is on Boulder´s Pearl Street Mall across from the Hotel St Julien. 
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Cache Cache
Aspen, CO
Posted on June 16, 2012.
Cache Cache is a French-style bistro operated by working Co-owners Jodi Larner and Chris Lanter. Jodi has been a partner in the business since 1989, two years after its doors opened in October of 1987. She has firmly established the clientele and attributes the success of the restaurant to these faithful patrons who have supported Cache Cache for so long. Their restaurant philosophy is based on an unrelenting emphasis on table service, wine service and the highest quality food which they have ne...
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Cafe L´Europe
Sarasota, Fl
Posted on June 7, 2012.
Established in 1973 in John Ringling´s original real estate office, the oldest building on Saint Armands Circle, Café L´Europe has proven itself as one of the Florida´s most distinguished dining establishments. The original brick walls, enhanced with featured artwork from the Café Collection, fresh flowers, archways, stained glass and Spanish terra cotta tiles provide a warm, relaxing old-world ambiance. Café L´Europe features indoor and outdoor dining as well as private dining roo...
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Cal Pep
Barcelona
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Cal Pep presents a new way of cooking, really different from the typical format of entreés, dessert... but a more fresh and bright view of understanding cooking, with an easy preparation and a quick manufacture. This proposal grew from the idea of sharing the dishes and their tastes and particularities like ‘tapas´. Faithful at his style, Pep makes us enjoy light, exquisite and really varied dishes. Cal Pep shows us a Mediterranean cookingn which characterozes for his preparation with gu...
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Cantinetta Luca
Carmel, CA
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Authentic Italian restaurant with a unique Salumis Cellar. The menu offers casual dining, featuring items such as delicious pizza, baked in an authentic, Italian, wood-burning pizza oven. Luca also specializes in antipasti, a dozen or so varieties of salumis and handmade pasta. Whole fish and roasted meats are served family style. All of the presentations are simple and rustic; food prepared with fresh seasonal ingredients to bring out bold flavors. The executive chef is Jason Balestrieri who w...
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Chimayo
Park City, UT
Posted on May 2, 2012.
The cuisine at Chimayo is not like the typical southwestern fare you may have had before. They gather their southwestern culinary style from a geographical region extending from Southern Mexico to Southern Utah. Executive Chef Bill White finds this region to possess an incomparable integrity as rugged, varying and vast as the southwestern landscape. The food at Chimayo captures the best characteristics of the cuisine of the Southwest and rolls them seamlessly together with the more refined a...
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Coco Pazzo
Chicago, IL
Posted on June 30, 2012.
Jack Weiss opened the doors of Coco Pazzo in the River North area of Chicago in 1992. Much excitement followed, as this was the first Chicago restaurant to focus solely on the Tuscan region of Italy. Praise was immediate for the straightforward seasonal cuisine, award-winning all-Italian wine list, beautiful loft setting, and impeccable, friendly service. Coco Pazzo has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the AAA Four Diamond award, the DiRona Award (Distinguished Restaurants of ...
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Craig´s
West Hollywood, CA
Posted on October 9, 2012.
Craig´s is an upscale American Style restaurant with a blend of traditional Italian dishes.  Craig Susser opened his namesake restaurant on Melrose Avenue in 2011 and it quickly has become one of the hottest new restaurants in LA. Craig was the former manager of the legendary Hollywood restaurant Dan Tana’s where he started working as a waiter over 23 years ago. The actor Ryan Phillippe is one of 20 investors in Craig’s, and is one of the many stars that convene regularly at Craig&acut...
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Desert Bistro
Moab, UT
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Karl and Michelle Kelly provide gourmet southwestern cuisine in a casual yet elegant environment. They have recently moved to a new location, but the food and dining experience is as outstanding as ever.
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Drafts Sports Bar and Grill
Park City, UT
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Drafts would normally make most people think of cold beer, which it should because this place has over 50 beers from around the world, including 20 beers on tap that are served by experienced (and saucy) mixologists. But in this case, Drafts is also synonymous with hand-crafted burgers, stone-hearth pizzas and a dazzling array of gourmet pub food and appetizers with slope side views of the Canyons resort from the base of the ski mountain. And if beer is not your thing, check out the extensive wi...
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Elote Cafe
Sedona, AZ
Posted on February 25, 2013.
The Elote Cafe delivers an upscale twist on traditional Mexican food — think fall-off-the-bone tender meats, hand-rolled tamales, and slow-simmered molé sauces. It´s located inside the historic, recently revamped Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel and offers a seasonal menu of fine Mexican favorites served in a handsome and view-filled atmosphere. Reservations are not accepted. About the Chef: Chef Jeff Smedstad, owner of Elote Cafe located in Sedona Arizona, focuses his style o...
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Frasca Food and Wine
Boulder, CO
Posted on June 4, 2012.
Frasca is the creation of Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey and Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson. Their shared passion for Friuli-Venezia Giulian cuisine and fine wine is reflected in the exquisitely prepared fare and a comprehensive wine list boasting over 200 varieties. The seasoned and professional staff ensures a memorable evening with their meticulous attention to detail, expert wine pairing, and extensive knowledge of the menu. And the pastoral, elegant dining room evokes the gracious and fri...
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Geoffrey´s
Malibu, CA
Posted on October 9, 2012.
Geoffrey´s Malibu: A Recipe for a Classic Restaurant Many ingredients combine to create a classic restaurant. First and foremost, it takes a grand beginning. A start that conveys a sense of pedigree and of great things to come. Geoffrey´s Malibu certainly has met that standard. Located on the site of the former Holiday House, a resort/hotel/watering hole to the stars for decades, it was designed by world-famous architect Richard Neutra. It opened its doors in 1948, and immedia...
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Giorgione
New York, NY
Posted on May 2, 2012.
Giorgione was born after a lengthy process of elimination. First I viewed the raw, very raw, space and grasped its retail potential. Somewhat naturally I saw a beautiful green grocer, but reality and neighborhood rent numbers came into focus. Too much rent too little foot traffic! Wood oven pizza was my next pick… that was soon laid to rest on the anvil of reality and superseded by a full service Italian restaurant, pizza and all. The raw bar and wood fire place came later still. Giorgio...
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