Roscoes chicken and waffles is up there. Wtf?!

4/28/2010 12:06:01 PM

Olde Timey BBQ #1

4/28/2010 12:07:23 PM

Gee, EMCE, I'd love to know the other 49!

4/28/2010 12:07:30 PM

any list that doesnt have cookout or bojangles is wtf

/nc state student

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 12:08 PM. Reason : ..]

4/28/2010 12:08:20 PM

I like Olive garden at #17

maybe mambagrl was right all along

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 12:09 PM. Reason : a]

4/28/2010 12:09:12 PM

no link because he is lying >_>

4/28/2010 12:09:48 PM

Someone go fetch the link
My time is far too precious

4/28/2010 12:13:18 PM

Your girlfriend is much too Precious.

If you know what I mean

4/28/2010 12:14:20 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/27/fifty.best.restaurants/index.html

4/28/2010 12:14:30 PM

Roscoes Chili and Donuts

4/28/2010 12:16:13 PM

What? No Bojangles?

4/28/2010 12:18:58 PM

ah crap Melvins barely missed the list

4/28/2010 12:19:04 PM

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"“Alinea is a chef driven restaurant – we live and die by the work, cuisine and vision of Grant Achatz”. That is the view of Grant’s Business partner in Alinea. Judging by our Academy’s opinions, the Chicago staff of Alinea can rest assured their lives are in safe hands with Achatz at the helm. And you’ll know why if you ever get to try dishes such as the all American peanut butter and jelly sandwich, served with bread wrapped round a grape on a specially made spike. This is arguably the most cutting edge food in America. "

4/28/2010 12:19:48 PM

For those that are even lazier:

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"1) Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark) 2) El Bulli (Roses, Spain) 3) The Fat Duck (Bray, England) 4) El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain) 5) Mugaritz (Errenteria, Spain) 6) Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy) 7) Alinea (Chicago, Illinois) 8) Daniel (New York) 9) Arzak (San Sebastián, Spain) 10) Per Se (New York) 11) Le Chateaubriand (Paris, France) 12) La Colombe (Cape Town, South Africa) 13) Pierre Gagnaire (Paris, France) 14) L'Hotel de Ville - Philippe Rochat (Crissier, Switzerland) 15) Le Bernardin (New York) 16) L'Astrance (Paris, France) 17) Hof Van Cleve (Kruishoutem, Belgium) 18) D.O.M. (São Paolo, Brazil) 19) Oud Sluis (Sluis, Netherlands) 20) Le Calandre (Rubano, Italy) 21) Steirereck (Vienna, Austria) 22) Vendôme (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) 23) Chef Dominique (Helsinki, Finland) 24) Les Créations de Narisawa (Tokyo, Japan) 25) Mathias Dahlgren (Stockholm, Sweden) 26) Momofuku Ssäm Bar (New York) 27) Quay Restaurant (Sydney, Australia) 28) Iggy's (Singapore) 29) L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (Paris, France) 30) Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau, Switzerland) 31) Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek, South Africa) 32) The French Laundry (Yountville, California) 33) Martin Berasategui (Lasarte-oria, Spain) 34) Aqua (Bath, England) 35) Combal Zero (Rivoli, Italy) 36) Dal Pescatore (Montava, Italy) 37) De Librije (Zwolle, Netherlands) 38) Tetsuya's (Sydney, Australia) 39) Jaan Par Andre (Singapore) 40) Il Canto (Siena, Italy) 41) Alain Ducasse Au Plaza Athénée (Paris, France) 42) Oaxen Krog (Oaxen, Sweden) 43) St. John (London, England) 44) La Maison Troisgros (Roanne, France) 45) wd~50 (New York) 46) Biko (Mexico City, Mexico) 47) Die Schwarzwaldstube (Baiersbronn, Germany) 48) Nihonryori RyuGin (Tokyo, Japan) 49) Hibiscus (London, England) 50) Eleven Madison Park (New York)"

4/28/2010 12:21:17 PM

i was disappointed in the fried chicken at roscoes

but they have grits there, so i can't complain too much

4/28/2010 12:21:49 PM

i saw the prices yesterday at that chicago place...$150 for tasting and $250 for more i guess

4/28/2010 12:22:10 PM

worlds 50 most pretentious restaurants.

4/28/2010 12:34:01 PM

I have never heard of any of them.

4/28/2010 12:36:05 PM

Pretentious must = You cant afford it, and dont have the palate to appreciate any of it.

Which is totally cool. Thats why theres places like Olive Garden and Applebees.

^Ive hard of about half of them, almost all of the american ones, and have eaten at a few. The food each time was fucking mind blowing. And some of them werent as expensive as you'd might think.


[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 12:39 PM. Reason : ]

4/28/2010 12:37:44 PM

^nor I, and I lived in NYC for a while.

4/28/2010 12:38:52 PM

Quote :

"bread wrapped round a grape on a specially made spike"

4/28/2010 12:40:38 PM

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"After four consecutive years ranked as the World's Best Restaurant, Spanish restaurant El Bulli takes a seat at No. 2. However, that won't make it any easier to snag a table. Only 8,000 reservations are accepted every year, out of a reported million requests."

lol

4/28/2010 12:41:07 PM

fuck these places

4/28/2010 12:42:02 PM

snooty restaurants itt

4/28/2010 12:43:28 PM

oh god, metalred is the vinylbandit of food :\

4/28/2010 12:43:37 PM

Its what i love, and what i do for a living. Sorry if i have high standards.

4/28/2010 12:45:39 PM

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"Pretentious must = You cant afford it, and dont have the palate to appreciate any of it. "

Pretentious = dressing up a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, calling it the most cutting edge food in america, and charging god knows how much for it.

4/28/2010 12:48:04 PM

Quote :

"Its what i love, and what i do for a living. Sorry if i have high standards."

What do you do for a living??

I'd love to knock some of these restaurants off my list. I've only been able to go to the one in San Sebastian. Most amazing food experience I've ever had. But I will say that I dine out a lot in Charleston, and we've got some chefs down here that can do some pretty amazing things that weren't too far away from what I had in Spain. However, it was still on another level.

4/28/2010 12:51:46 PM

I think it'd be pretty cool to travel the world and eat at each of these restaurants and have a blog about it

4/28/2010 12:52:22 PM

I can appreciate the difference between Outback and Morton's

But I don't think my palate is refined enough to appreciate the difference between Morton's and some of these places

So while I'd love to try some of them out, just for the experience, I'm not sure it would be worth it to try more than a handful of them at this point

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 12:59 PM. Reason : x]

4/28/2010 12:58:51 PM

Thats not pretentious. You wouldnt be paying god knows how much for a pbj. You'd be paying god knows how much for it as part of a 15-25 course tasting meal that delivers more flavor in a single bite than anything you've ever eaten. Its expensive, of course. Its insanely labor intenseive, and requires a serious degree of skill and precision.

Its also not the kind of place for those who think Golden Corral is a fine meal because you can eat all you want.

Pretentious is a place like...Solas. Mediocre at best food, at a high price because its "the place to be seen". That shit is a joke.

4/28/2010 1:02:51 PM

^What do you do again?

4/28/2010 1:03:43 PM

Quote :

"What do you do for a living??"

Im a chef. And i'd give my left nut to be able to work at, well, any place listed there.

4/28/2010 1:04:59 PM

You look like mutant Mario Batali.

4/28/2010 1:06:05 PM

Good talk.

4/28/2010 1:07:22 PM

Where are you a chef at?

4/28/2010 1:09:35 PM

not a single resto in canada on the list... sounds about right. i NEVER eat out up here because the food is ubiquitously terrible and overpriced. theres *one* restaurant i like because they have grilled octopus that is divine, but I've only been to it once this year so far.

4/28/2010 1:11:42 PM

Momofuku Ssäm Bar

I'm sorry but that's just funny.

4/28/2010 1:31:09 PM

Nice to see Uncle Yammy's Rib Shack of Greenville on the list at #20

4/28/2010 1:50:04 PM

I don't think tarun knows what a tasting menu is

4/28/2010 2:04:51 PM

plz 2 explain

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM. Reason : i seriously dunno what tasting menu is]

isnt it like a buffet but in limited quantity...no 2nd serving thingie?

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 2:11 PM. Reason : ..]

4/28/2010 2:09:54 PM

they just bring you a series of very small plates- no more than a bite or two of each dish. ive seen up to 35 things on a tasting menu but thats a biiiit much for most people i think

4/28/2010 2:12:43 PM

Its a menu that has a little flavored adhesive next to each listed entree than you can lick and get a taste of the food before you order, so you won't be ordering blind

4/28/2010 2:12:59 PM

$150 for tasting menu seems very expensive i dunno

^
i would love to visit slave's fantasy world someday

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM. Reason : sounds like a cool place to be]

4/28/2010 2:13:31 PM

Thats probably because you're poor and treat TGI Fridays as a destination restaurant.

4/28/2010 2:14:45 PM

it is expensive but there are super premium ingredients, elaborate cooking techniques and weird food technology used in some of these restaurants. I'm just pointing out things that increase the price besides ambiance, popularity and notoriety of the chef.

4/28/2010 2:15:58 PM

A tasting menu is like a sampler platter that takes longer.

4/28/2010 2:15:59 PM

i am not black i am brown. i am poor but i dont go to TGIF i would rather eat at home

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 2:19 PM. Reason : i get the point greenjay but i still thought 150-200 per person is expensive]

4/28/2010 2:16:59 PM

thats the caliber of restaurants i try to avoid entirely. fast food has its occasional advantage when you are travelling or its very late, pizza pretty similar i guess. But paying 15 bucks a meal for the same thing that comes from the freezer section at walmart? no thanks. I also dislike paying fine dining prices for stuff i can make better at home. Being a home chef has spoiled me entirely for restaurants.

4/28/2010 2:22:06 PM

oh snap, i've eaten at both of these:

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"27) Quay Restaurant (Sydney, Australia) 28) Iggy's (Singapore)"

4/28/2010 2:30:36 PM