Urbanspoon Names Top 250 High-End Restaurants in U.S.

  • May 15, 2012
Urbanspoon Names Top 250 High-End Restaurants in U.S.
The most comprehensive restaurant list of its kind, the list highlights 250 of the top restaurants across the nation, and is a result of analyzing more than 600,000 restaurants, millions of reviews from professional food critics, the Urbanspoon community and diners.

The Urbanspoon Top High-End Restaurant List covers 36 states and 64 metropolitan areas including historically Food-loving cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago and highlights some smaller locations like Destin, Florida. The complete list can be viewed at https://www.urbanspoon.com/blog/82/Americas-Most-Popular-High-End-Restaurants.html.

Restaurants on the Urbanspoon 2012 Top High-End Dining List were selected based on the number of aggregate blog posts on Urbanspoon; diner ‘up votes' and ‘down votes;' consumer reviews; critic reviews; and total page views.

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Here are results in some of the top cities:

Boston, MA
Journeyman
Bondir
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
Aragosta Bar + Bistro
Red Lantern
49 Social
Abe & Louie's
Craigie On Main
Neptune Oyster

Chicago, IL
Alinea (pictured above)
Fogo de Chão
Gene & Georgetti
L2O (Beldon-Stratford)
Benny's Chop House
Chicago Cut Steakhouse
Next
Topolobampo
Publican

Las Vegas, NV
Estiatorio Milos (Cosmopolitan)
Bouchon (Venetian)
Delmonico (Venetian)
Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill
Mon Ami Gabi (Paris)
Picasso (at Bellagio)
Restaurant Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace)
RM Seafood (Mandalay Bay)
Carnevino (Palazzo)
Buffet (Bellagio)

Miami, FL
Area 31
Zuma
Chef Adrianne's Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar
Chima Brazilian Steakhouse
Joe's Stone Crab
Palme d'Or
Prime One Twelve
The River Seafood & Oyster Bar
The Dutch (W South Beach Hotel)
Houston's (Boca Raton)

New York, NY
Marea
Daniel
Eleven Madison Park
Gramercy Tavern
Jean-Georges
Le Bernardin
The Modern
Momofuku Ko
Per Se
Peter Luger Steak House

San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Spruce
Bouchon
French Laundry
Mustards Grill
Chez Panisse
Dio Deka
One Market
Gary Danko
The Slanted Door

Washington, DC
Chima Brazilian Steakhouse
Fogo de Chão
Jaleo
Ray's the Steaks
Tabard Inn
Newton's Table
Rogue 24
The Source