BEST CHEFS IN AMERICA
from 'Food & Wine'
(A Restaurant Guide to America's Best Chefs)

NEW YORK

Besides talent, creativity, and ambition, these star chefs share one more distinctions: they're all former F&W 'Best New Chefs'. New York is the current home base of some of these 'superchefs'. Ask our Culinary Specialists to help you with your travel and dinner reservations!

NEW YORK CITY

Annisa
Anita Lo, F&W 2001

Lo scours the globe - Asia, the Middle East, Morocco- for inspiration and gets breataking results. (13 Barrow St.; 212-741-6690)

Blue Hill
Michael Anthony &
Dan Barber, F&W 2002

Dan Barber, along with co-chef Michael Anthony, is pushing American food in new and unpredictable directions. (75 Washington Pl.; 212-539-1776)

Bouley
David Bouley, F&W 1989

A master of modernized classical French, Bouley recently reopened this Tribeca destination, expanding the dining room into the former bakery space next door. (120 W. Broadway; 212-964-2525)

Cafe Boulud
Andre Carmellini, F&W 2000

Carmellini offers vigorous, refined French cuisine at a restaurant owned by his mentor, Daniel Boulud. (20E. 76th St.; 212-772-2600)

Cello
Laurent Tourondel, F&W 1998

Tourondel's exquisitely subtle seafood delicacies are presented in a patrician parlor. (50 E. 77th St.; 212-517-1200)

Commune
Matthew Kenny, F&W 1994

Kenney applies North African flavor combinations to New York contemporary dishes in this high-energy setting. (12 E. 22nd St.; 212-777-2600)

Daniel
Daniel Boulud, F&W 1998

Boulud is Gotham's preeminent master of French cuisine, and this plush, ornate salon provides  a fitting frame for his decadent dishes. (60 E. 65th St.; 212-288-0033)

Grammercy Tavern
Tom Colicchio, F&W 1991

Colicchio's virtuosity with rustic American, French and Italian food makes this one of New York City's treasured territories. (42 E. 20th St.; 212-477-0777)

Ouest
Tom Valenti, F&W 1990

In an elegant bistro, Valenti thrills the Upper West Side (and the celebrities who live there) with hearty, impeccable dishes. (2315 Broadway; 212-580-8700)

Picholine
Terrance Brennan, F&W 1995

Brennan refreshes the French canon and serves the ultimate cheese board, in a romantic space near Lincoln Center. (35 W. 64th St.; 212-724-8585)

Union Pacific
Rocco DiSpirito, F&W 1999

Culinary pinup DiSpirito displays his passion for experimentation in a soaring room with a Zen ambience. (111 E. 22nd St.; 212-995-8500)

Union Square Cafe
Dan Silverman F&W 1999 &
Michael Romano, F&W 1991

Silverman and Romano's generous Euro-Ameican food, served in galley-like rooms, keeps this 16-year old restaurant at the top of New Yorkers' list. (21 E. 16th St.; 212-243-4020)

Veritas
Scott Bryan, F&W 1996

Bryan offers up his signature braises, roasts and grille in an urban-chic setting with stellar wines. (43 E. 20th St.; 212-353-3700)

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