 Restaurant magazine and S. Pellegrino's annual "World's 50 Best Restaurants" list was released on Monday at an awards ceremony in London's Guildhall - and it seems the Danes have done it again. The number one spot goes to Restaurant Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark for the second year straight. Last year's top ranking catapulted Noma and chef René Redzepi's Nordic cuisine into the international culinary spotlight. According to Redzepi, the day after the list came out in 2010, Noma received more than 100,000 requests for a table. The top honor is just another indication it's been a delicious year for the small European country. Denmark also beat out 23 other countries to take home gold in the 2011 Bocuse d'Or cooking competition - often referred to as the "culinary Olympics." One visible omission from the list is the five-time "World's Best Restaurant," elBulli. Chef Ferran Adrià withdrew himself and the storied molecular gastronomy restaurant from the awards because elBulli will serve its last meal as a restaurant on July 30, 2011. It will reopen as a nonprofit "think-tank for creative cuisine and gastronomy" in 2014.
“The original aim still stands, that is to promote and celebrate brilliant restaurants,” said Restaurant magazine editor, William Drew. Six of the restaurants crowned this year - Alinea in Chicago, Illinois; Daniel, Per Se, Le Bernardin, Momofuku Ssäm Bar and Eleven Madison Park (up 26 spots from 2010) in New York - are on American soil. D.O.M. in Brazil jumped from number 18 to number 7, making it the only South American restaurant to grace the top ten. The highest climber, Nihonryori RyuGin, moved up 28 spots. Here is the full list: 1) Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark) 2) El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain) 3) Mugaritz (Errenteria, Spain) 4) Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy) 5) The Fat Duck (Bray, England) 6) Alinea (Chicago, Illinois) 7) D.O.M. (São Paulo, Brazil) 8) Arzak (San Sebastián, Spain) 9) Le Chateaubriand (Paris, France) 10) Per Se (New York) 11) Daniel (New York) 12) Les Créations de Narisawa (Tokyo, Japan) 13) L'Astrance (Paris, France) 14) L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (Paris, France) 15) Hof Van Cleve (Kruishoutem, Belgium) 16) Pierre Gagnaire (Paris, France) 17) Oud Sluis (Sluis, Netherlands) 18) Le Bernardin (New York) 19) L'Arpege (Paris, France) 20) Nihonryori RyuGin (Tokyo, Japan) 21) Vendôme (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) 22) Steirereck (Vienna, Austria) 23) Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau, Switzerland) 24) Eleven Madison Park (New York) 25) Aqua (Wolfsburg, Germany) 26) Quay Restaurant (Sydney, Australia) 27) Iggy's (Singapore) 28) Combal Zero (Rivoli, Italy) 29) Martín Berasategui (Lasarte-Oria, Spain) 30) Bras (Laguiole, France) 31) Biko (Mexico City, Mexico) 32) Le Calandre (Rubano, Italy) 33) Il Ristorante Cracco (Milan, Italy) 34) The Ledbury (London, England) 35) Chez Dominique (Helsinki, Finland) 36) Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek, South Africa) 37) Amber (Hong Kong, China) 38) Dal Pescatore (Mantova, Italy) 39) Il Canto (Siena, Italy) 40) Momofuku Ssäm Bar (New York) 41) St. John (London, England) 42) Astrid y Gastón (Lima, Perú) 43) Hibiscus (London, England) 44) La Maison Troisgros (Roanne, France) 45) Alain Ducasse Au Plaza Athénée (Paris, France) 46) De Librije (Zwolle, Netherlands) 47) Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville (Crissier, Switzerland) 48) Varvary (Moscow, Russia) 49) Pujol (Mexico City, Mexico) 50) Asador Etxebarri (Atxondo-Bizkaia, Spain) |
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i never have left the united states but the united states food is good
Here it is, 13 days after this list was published by CNN.com and 8 days after the final ridiculous comment was posted. I just stumbled on this list while reading a friend's food blog and eating Sunday morning breakfast. All the comments were pretty amusing and most were just outright stupid. Come on!!! Who would actually take anything that CNN publishes seriously? Some of these people who posted comments were suffering from "righteous indignation" and others were just pumping up their own egos by adding their favorite local eateries...oh and then their were just the "idiots".
Personally, I could give a rat's ass about where or how a restaurant is ranked. If I like the food and the staff and the environment, I'll eat there again and again regardless of how inventive or traditional or cheap or expensive it is. Euro-centric, American-centric, Western-centric. Missing Asia, Africa, India, the Middle-East and God forbid how could they leave out Canada?
Get a grip here people...it's CNN.com for God's sake!!!
pubs serve better food.
Bestrestaurant?? Base on what?? Come on..!!
So New York (City, I assume) is the only place in the U.S. for a decent meal? My guess is the author is unaware that the rest of the country exists, or perhaps does not care. Personally, if I never find myself in NYC, I'll die satisfied. New York snobs can have it, I'll take the rest of the country.
Some people mistake a tummy ache for a gastronomic delight. I ate at #16 Pierre Gagnaire and had to chase my meal down with Evian and some Rolaids. Never again!
Not one restaurant from Canada, I find that hard to believe?
Anrhony's in Tallahassee, Florida is the greatest
I'm sure all of these restaurants make really good food. I'm also sure that 99% of their patrons couldn't tell a $200 dish from a $30 dish. Put a small portion of something on plate, make it look fancy, charge an arm and a leg for it, give it a foreign name, and people will swear it's the best thing they've ever eaten.
Momofuku Ssäm Bar (New York)??? you sure you didn't mean Momofuku Ko? because Ssam bar isn't anything special
Gentelin's on Broadway in Alton, IL is the best restaurant in the United States hands down!
I've ate at 6 of the 50 listed. I guess I have to go to Denmark this month to try out Noma.
Fuddrucker's has the best burgers, hands down.
Delivery?
The French Laundry didn't make the list??? WTF - my meal there was AMAZING. Thomas Keller is a genius.
WaterFront in SD ROCKS!! They have the BEST Cheeseburger HANDS DOWN!!
ON-ON!
Buenos Aires, Argentina has the best steak in the world and not on the list...shame
Alinea in Chicago has their menu online. For $195.00 it better be the 6th best restaurant in the world. Take a family of 4, have a drink and you probably spent a cool grand. Damn!
What do you think it "costs" to get on this list?
@#$% that hoity toity nonsense! Give me Bobcat Bite (Santa Fe, NM) or Kuma's Corner (Chicago, IL) over that overpriced, under portioned, cr@p any day!
Jack the Horse in Brooklyn Heights
There's a McDonald's down the street from my apartment that should have made this list. That shit's good man!
No, redwine and a pimento cheeze sandwich in Spain is good s hit.
Adding the McJackson Burger on my menu today. It's 50 year old meat between 10 year old buns. I bet you will love that sh it, man.
Obviously my invitation to help craft this list has been lost in the mail again. In order to make it up to me, Pellegrino can pay for me to go to all 50 restaurants.
I had the best red wine and pimento cheeze sandwich while dining in Spain.
Prestige = quality ¬_¬
just because they are expensive it doesnt mean they are good
was in some of them, they werent anything exeptional
I know severall small, old, "hidden" restaurants that are ways better than these things
No African restaurants on this list. What about Mama Put-Ibadan, Oyo state
Oyo state, Nigeria
B.S.-I been to Spain, Mexico, California, Netherland Antilles and was born in NY. Done the haute/nouveau/petit food thing (yawn), eaten everything from live baby eels to rocky mountain oysters. Best seafood restaurant that I have ever been to was El Roble on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Those folks invented island seafood Mojo, which incidentally has been copied in several different forms. They also have a savory fried/mashed plantain and mixed seafood concoction called mofongo tigre that will forever be in your mind as upper stuff.
I've been to Spain and had the best red wine and a pimento cheeze sandwich.
This list is B.S.
No INDIAN or MIDDLE EASTERN restaurants included.
Come on! Maybe the list should have more Asian restaurants , but everybody knows Europe is the best place to eat.....especially in Spain, France and Italy.
The list just ignores Canada all together. Come on! We do have excellent restaurants that do serve more just pancakes and maple syrup with bacon. I worked in the industry and can tell you that in cities like Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver all have excellent places to dine at. The people who put this list together seem to forget we exist or what?
Check this out
New Orleans have great restaurants.....Wow, I can't believe that they didn't make the list...
At #25 should be Aqua in Wolfsburg, Germany. For some reason you have "nonoured" a restaurant of the same name in Bath in England, where I was born. i wish. However Aqua in Woflsburg is well worth the trip:
http://www.theworlds50best.com/awards/1-50-winners/aqua
This list is Eurocentric, and has nothing to do with the best anything. It is political stuck up garbage. Did the people who made this list go to every restraunt in the world? No.
You can allways just make your own top50 list an present it for the press, and says thats your Top50 best in the world ;). This list doesn't necesary means it is the Top50 best in the world by all means, its only the 800 judges, judgment, what they think and to let others know that.
Its free for everyone els to make there own judment/decisions.
Even though and wil never be able to see fastfood as part os the Top50 best in the world, maybe the top50 best fast food places. ;)
This list obviously omits or fails to capture many of the emerging cuisine.
ok
So funny to read all your comment 70% og you want Fastfood or somekind of crappy food to be on the list.
This list is about the 50 best resturants in the world, resturants that don't look like others, ones who cooks there own way.
Take NOMA (Two Michelins and a upcommin 3rd.) for example, they use only ingreedients from the North of Europe (DK, SE, NO and FI) and cook food so tastefull and new you get stun by every dish. I've been there a couple of times, and yes its a bit expensive ( 7 course meal $190) but when you leave it you actually think it is well spend money, and its nowhere near some of the Frensh ones.
I agree with you completely Claes. I think we need to look at the judging criteria that was used to rank these restaurants. I'm not saying that there aren't some great fast food joints or more affordable but delicious restos out there, but i think those restaurants will have to have their own judging criteria. you cannot compare apples and oranges
This list is about the 50 best resturants in the world, resturants that don't look like others, ones who cooks there own way--------
You mean the Indian and chinese food are cooked in different ways !! how can any of the indian / chinese be not on the list itself since the food itself is unique in its own ways
Don't know about the Chineese or Indian ones. Never eaten at one before who where that different to one or another, and maybe the same with the judges, they need to know of the place to judge it.
i think it has to do with the originality of the dishes served rather than the type of cuisine. most of the dishes served in these restaurants cannot be easily duplicated, unlike chinese or indian. again, going back to my previous point. let's look at the judging criteria before slamming the list.
More money does not equal better taste. And just so you know, your sh!t smells just as bad as mine, if not worse.
Ehh....I prefer the Olive Garden.
Not only is this list Eurocentric, but it's only a certain part of Europe that is represented, and only certain kinds of cuisine are represented. Nothing here from the likes of Greece or Portugal, for instance.
Why isn't Olive Garden on here? Good portions and great wine.
You must have never had good wine....hahaha
I agree with this comment and some others. Seems like a lot of hype will get you in the Top 50. Have been to a couple of the restaurants on this list but have eaten more satisfying, tastier meals in both SoCal and NorCal, among other places. Oh! and in Asia too.
Can't believe that peter gilmore's quay was the only aussie on the list. Tetsuyas anyone??
I was wondering about that too....
There's a HUGE European bias to this. New York is the only state in the US to get a restaurant in the Top 50 and that's only because Europhiles would love to – but just can't – deny NY has great restaurants. But no restaurants from California made the list. Are you kidding me? And none from Canada? None from South America? None from the Indian subcontinent? And only a couple token choices from all of Asia? What a crock of BS!
Chicago, Illinois...
Oh, and there are two in South America, plus one in Mexico. Read before you rage.
I have eaten at Daniel a few times, it is over priced and the food is OK. The service is always great, but of course it has to be when your meal costs between $1,300- $2,2000. My ex loved to dine here, I have no idea why. I was always hungry after the bird portion servings our 11 course meals had. one piece of asparagus, or 4 peas. On the bright side their cosmos are to die for. Maybe this list is for expensive restaurants and not necessarily best. I have had way cheaper food that tastes a lot better. Their desserts are good too :) I will give them that.
Boy, are you clueless. Your ex loved to dine there because you were paying.
she never statehe paid...
Of course a guy with a name like Michelin Man would have his girlfriend/wife pick up the tab on dates. Even though I can afford it, I am a very traditional, old fashioned girl, so my ex husband always paid for the meals. I in turn was a stay at home mom. We both enjoyed it, my current boyfriend is a gentleman too and knows how to treat and speak to a lady. Something you should learn to do, then you will not spend your time making rude and unnecessary comments. Constructive criticism my friend. Jealousy takes you no where bitter,grumpy old man.
>$1,000? Dumb@$$.
You can say that again!
So because you wouldn't choose to spend a lot of money on a special meal, nobody should? Grow up!
I once had a fantastic red wine and a pimento cheeze sandwich while in Spain for a mere 516 euros.
It's: São Paulo, with U!
I can think of 2 in Bali....2 in Signapore and 5 in HK that blow thoses 50 out of the water.... i have been to at least 15 on the list of 50 and they are good i think the ones i listed are better......Seems the judges dont consider going to Asia where everything is 7 star compared to 3 star severice is thr west.....
made me fell so angry!!!!!
who made this list?Where is china restaurants?actually chinese food is very delicious, your guys have no chance to taste it. My email is gary.gao0416@hotmail.com. I can tell you what is best!
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Yeah, but can they cook?
Meanwhile in Africa... Top 50 ways to find a piece of bread.
Yeah, that's right up there with the 10 Top Dining Spots in Darfur.
mmm..road kill stew
Agree with Andrew... The two-day cooked pig in Ubud, Bali – Indonesia is amazing
Better than the Snake Blood Bile?
This is picture food, not 'real' food. Come to Texas—it's in the United States of America—for a real full tummy and a smile, and walk away with all your kids and no mortgage on the house to pay for a plate of picture food.
Interesting how most of the restaurants listed are of western type restaurants. Think we need open our minds and taste buds people.
Ask and you shall receive. Let's start with Marton Theme Restaurant, in Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
This is a biased eurocentric list of very very pricey restaurants. None from India, mainland China, middle east , south east Asia. Northern european countries do not have a great variety of cuisine, British food is so bland :(
i guess you missed it, singapore (iggy's, number 27) is in south east asai.
I'll go with French Laundry. And with Chez Panisse.
You must be a lawyer.
McDonalds (Everywhere)
Btw, The French Laundry in Yountville, California own's the Per Se.
yawn. nobody gives a flying funk. . there are more subways than any of these places therefore subway is the best.
Obvious Euro (i.e. French) bias. There are a ton of outstanding restaurants on the West Coast of the U.S. that needed to be represented. Sad list...
this list was compiled by people who eat 500 calories a day and pay out the nose for it just to look fancy. give me a huge, awesome burger with some wicked onion rings any day.
The show Man vs. Food shows the real food.
Yeah, Man vs Food. Have you had the 12 egg omelet offered at Beth's cafe that the host of that show said was ever so amazing? It was not a decent omelet, Ihop makes better omelets. Bigger isn't always better. Also, before you label me as some up tight ho who eats only 500 calories a day let me say this. I am a runner, as a runner I need to consume plenty of calories, over 2600 calories a day actually. If you eat garbage like that your palette must be in pretty poor condition.
Yeah, this is all prissy stuff, but to bring up Man VS. Food is another offense in itself.
The people who made that list must not have ever eaten in New Orleans.
Agreed. See my reply to Judy's post above.
you can get a better meal at Wendys for about 1/100 of the price; and you actually feel like you have eaten something..not like most jokes called high price dining....what a bunch of egotistic non sense.
They should have put Happy Elephant Thai Cuisine Chicago on the list
...I love great Thai food as well but "come on man", The Happy Elephant is not in Chicago. It's in Elk Grove...a crappy suburb behind O'Hare Airport and their food is ok.
Any restaurants on this list that aren't exclusive and overpriced?
Are you kidding/ This is marketing, not quality control.
What difference will this list make.........nobody will be able to get a reservation for 2 years unless you are famous or have a family pedigree, even before these places made the top 50 list!
Highlands Bar and Grill – Birmingham, AL
Love me some Frank Stitt! Have you gotten to go to Chez Fon Fon?
Charleston has more James Beard Award Winners than NYC. Not one on the list? Do some homework,
Funny. I dont see my local Family Drive In on the list.
Oh yeah, this is for the people with a stick up their arses. Never mind..
The operative word here is "world" not "local". And a drive through doesn't qualify as a restaurant, that is unless you're too lazy to cook. Heck, even Dahmer knew his way around a kitchen.
I love all the snarky comments – for once there is nothing mean-spirited.
Careful there Anthony Bourdain and your snarkiness...
There are 1.3 Billion people in China, 1.2 Billion people in India. Not even one of those top 50 Best Restaurants serves Chinese or India food.
What else do you expect from a western magazine ?
You just spoke my words. Forget cuisine I am sure India and China itself have some great restaurants.
Excatly.
Exactly
How come McDonald's ain't on the list?
Was edged out by Taco Bell, who was edged out by some French restaurant that doesn't even serve fries...
shame, shame, shame, nothing in New Orleans??? that alone tells me this list is meaningless.
Yeah, Antoine's and Commanders Palace have made many "best" lists and won many awards. Commanders is also where Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse honed their skills before becoming world renowned chefs in their own right. Throw in Galatoire's, Restaurant August, Cafe Adelaide, Palace Cafe, etc, etc, etc. Basically you can't find a bad meal in New Orleans – pre-Katrina at least.
Yeah, totally Eurocentric, and I guess kind of meaningless like any 'top 50' list. Surprised to see Astrid y Gaston in Peru tho, wow. Good stuff
Astrid y Gaston is an excellent restaurant. Good decision!
These lists are always kind of crazy. Noma and Mugaritz are spectacular, but to leave off Mathias Dahlgren in Stockholm or French Laundry in Napa is nonsense. And while fussy restaurants are very much out of fashion on the West Coast, Urasawa in Beverly Hills or Coi in San Francisco run circles around many of the restaurants I have been to on this list. The Fat Duck, Alinea and Biko are some of the most overrated restaurants I come across in the last 10 years. Alinea's acclaim is actually offensive...some interesting flavors, but falls short on so many levels. Hype wins the day in the current food world.
I can't believe they left out Beaver's Ice House in Houston.
Iron Works in Austin!
I cant believe they left out Chuck's Pick n Grab All You Can Eat Emporium & Collectibles
Sorry, CNN timed me out. Here goes again:
DIETER'S DELIGHT HAIKU
Rich food makes you fat
And only expands your waist
I suggest tapeworms
DIETER'S DELIGHT HAIKU
Rich food makes you fat
Do any of these 50 have a drive thru window?
The Butcher and Singer (Philadelphia). Outstanding!
Look, I love French food, I love Italian, and I love eating in Paris and all over Italy.
HOWEVER, nothing beats high-end Asian food. I doubt many of your judges have even tried it... most people I know in the Americas or Europe ever have.
Sorry, typographical error:
HOWEVER, nothing beats high-end Asian food. I doubt many of your judges have even tried it... most people I know in the Americas or Europe never have.
Yes, I love high end Asian food. I just don't like the back end surprise.
then you must be eating cheap food
... then you need to get to know more people.
Oh, so you care to partake in the Cleem of Sum Yung Guy?
If you want this to be an International list, you need to get some judges from Asia and other continents, with a non-Western palate.
Totally agree. They should have a judge from Papua New Guinea. I am sure he/she would have a very refined palate.
New Guinea. Yes! I just read and interview with a guy from New Guinea who said he had eaten men and he had eaten women and they taste the same. He could add balance to the judging, and maybe a few interesting anecdotes. And recipes.
just thinking the same
@CaliMan- There are a few good place that could have made the list from California but that would be duplicate to others. Notably, The French Laundry in Napa was left off the list, probably because there is already another Thomas Keller location, Per Se that is in the top ten. There may be one or two worth including in San Francisco but there is nothing Southern California that can match those on this list.
Me thinks this is a tad Euro-centric. England has more great restaurants than the US? Hmmmmm.
Yes, very very Eurocentric...
Agreed.
It's obvious that we can't make Fish 'n Chips quite like the Brits.
You haven't been to the Rose and Thistle in Eugene, Oregon, then.
These are the top 50 restaurants for rich people.
for rich people who think you have to pay more to get tastier food...
It's strange that they left out Pasolini & Benito. A great little bistro on Duc de Blangis in Bologna. Try their signature dish – copros carbonara de la phagein. Bon apetito!
100 bucks says the people who put this list never had to pay a dime for their food. Their food was either free or it was expensed for work.
Very few of these restaurants would make anybodys list if they were spending their own money.
Come on people! The French Laundry is WAY near the top. What are these people thinking?!
I was wondering about the French Laundry myself...I've been there a couple times and spent time with Tom Keller because some friends of mine live near there in Yountville. I'm not a food-person...love McDs and ribs from the corner truck, but the food there was amazing.
Me too.
I was wondering that myself. How could the French Laundry not be on the list? It has many times been considered the best in the U.S. and has also appeared towards the top of the World List in the past. How, all of the sudden, could this famed restaurant suddenly plummet all the way down and off of the list?!?
I'm guessing since Per Se is on the list they didn't want to honor Thomas twice by adding the French Laundry as well. Somehow I doubt he minds that much...
So I guess California has no great eateries?
yeah, you're right – Cali sucks!
Actually, there is a great asian spot off Pico in LA called Phuc Sum Gai
no Alex ... U suck!
I've been in Cali for four years now and haven't found any places that were amazing. They're good...but not amazing. To be honest I will take a good Philly cheese steak over most Cali cuisine any day.
Nobody in "Cali" calls it "Cali".
Ladykaka, try Steven's Steakhouse in Industry next to casino. Not saying it should be on this list but very good food and atmosphere.
I thought that was strange, too. There are a lot of fine restaurants in California, I wonder why none of them made the top 50.
Probably because there are god knows how many restaurants in the world and only 50 of them could be on the list. American is not the only country out there, you know.
Probably because you've gotta know somebody important in the judge's circle.
California has a lot of excellent eateries, but what about the ribs at Van's Pig Stand in
Shawnee, Oklahoma? All the real foodies know it is the best.
This wonderful "gastro" treat is such nonesense. The Franco-Anglo centric taste for food is really a remnant of the West still struggling to find relevance in a changing world. I have eaten mouth watering (2 day cooked) pig in Ubod Indonesia, phenomenal Malay curries in outdoor eateries, and dumpling to die for in Beijing – an being born in Mexico – I can name fantastic tex mex in Houston.
I think any attempt in ranking restuarant is silly, and feeds into such an incredibly pretentious western need show-itself. Even the Asian Restuarants making your list are principally suited to western belly – and the western need to be seen and fed at only the "best".
They are not good restaurant in cal
vans pig stand in norman oklahoma is the best EVER.
NJ has some top eateries too, but like someone already wrote.....only fifty can make it and with all of the countries out there........
Manresa @ Los Gatos is one of the best restaurants in California.
Two michellin stars :)
Sorry. But this list is bogus if The French Laundry (Napa Valley, California) does not make the top 50 and five New York restaurants do. The French Laundry was opened by Thomas Keller, the same guy that did Per Se in NY, and they are comparible and some would say the French Laundry outshines Per Se. To those who say there are no good restaurants in California, you are not very well informed. Northern California has some world class cuisine.
I have to agree with you regarding French Laundry. I've dined both there and at Per Se and both are excellent and are worthy of this list. I would be curious to see what the judging criteria includes. There are also some phenomenal restaurants in Las Vegas, including another Keller restaurant, Bouchon.
lot of good eateries in california
One of them is the French Laundry in northern cal. It was number 1 for at least 2 years, then it occupied 3-4th place for a while. Even the chef at Noma learned how to cook at the French Laundry.
5 Guys (New York)
Five Guys started in Northern Virginia. It's not a New Yawk thing! That aside, their success has spawned a mini-wave of burger joints following a similar model with a few extra flairs (interesting / "gourmet" toppings). While I love me some Five Guys, I'm starting to love the competition and choice even more.
So what Country is New York in?? All the other places also list the Country?
Roger Verge's places in Monaco and just north of Cannes!! Oh, Monaco is it's own "country" and the place N of Cannes is in France.. :-)
Geographically challenged I see.
Where is the country of Illinois (#6) located then?
5 Guys is hardly worthy of the bottom 100, not to mention the top 10. There are no less than 4 burger joints in San Diego that put 5 Guys to shame. Over hyped, over priced and last time I checked, the one in Pacific Beach is continuously empty...Rocky's Crown Pub, The Waterfront, In-n-Out, and Hodad's all make burgers that blow 5 guys out of the water...
Seriously?
Are you serious? In & out? Good, but certainly no better than Wendys.
Obviously some elitists from Europe put this list together. I have been to Europe and, trust me, most of their food is mediocre at best. America has much, much better food and restaurnants. No comparison.
And for your next joke?
Hehehehe... whew! that was a good one!!! No, seriously... that was a joke, right?!
Are you mentally ill?
Five Guys is taking over the king of burgers here in CA. In & Out, move over, here comes Five Guys.
do you realize this includes all the restaurants in the entire WORLD. 5 guys cannot be that good, but i guess i wouldn't know! if only we all had access to dining experiences one thousand times better than 5 guys :) that would be pretty cool.