Tampabay.com
NOVEMBER 08, 2007

What, are we a bunch of losers?

Gayot.com just came out with its annual list of top restaurants and Food & Wine announced its best new chefs for the year. Check them out below. What is wrong with this picture? Not a single Florida restaurant or chef represented. What gives? Is it just bad p.r., or does this fair state really not have a single restaurant that can go mano a mano with those in Chi-town or Philadelphia (!?!)?

ATLANTA
• Bacchanalia

BOSTON
• L'Espalier

CARMEL VALLEY, CA
• Marinus

CHICAGO
• Avenues
• Alinea
• Charlie Trotter's
• Everest
• TRU

HEALDSBURG, CA
• Cyrus

HONOLULU
• Chef Mavro

LAGUNA BEACH, CA
• Studio

LAS VEGAS
• Alex
• Joël Robuchon
• Picasso
• Restaurant Guy Savoy

LOS ANGELES
• Mélisse
• Patina
• Providence
• Sona
• Spago Beverly Hills

NEW ORLEANS
• Restaurant August

NEW YORK
• Bouley
• Daniel
• Eleven Madison Park
• Jean Georges
• Le Bernardin
• Le Cirque
• Masa
• The Modern
• Per Se

OGUNQUIT, ME
• Arrows Restaurant

PHILADELPHIA
• Le Bec-Fin

SAN ANTONIO
• Restaurant Le Rêve

SAN FRANCISCO
• The Dining Room
• Gary Danko
• Michael Mina
• Silks

WASHINGTON, D.C.
• CityZen
• Michel Richard
Citronelle

WASHINGTON, VA
• The Inn at Little
Washington

Food & Wine Best New Chefs (and where they cook):
April Bloomfield--New York, New York
Gabriel Bremer--Cambridge, Massachusetts
Steve Corry--Portland, Maine
Matthew Dillon--Seattle, Washington
Gavin Kaysen--San Diego, California
Johnny Monis--Washington, D.C.
Sean O'Brien--San Francisco, California
Gabriel Rucker--Portland, Oregon
Ian Schnoebelen--New Orleans, Louisiana
Paul Virant--Western Springs, Illinois

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