With just a few weeks left in 2002 I have after a 3rd stunning meal at Jewel Bako, decided to give it my #1. Each year we dine at three spots on the last few days of December. This years picks are a return to Fresh, Kai for the first time, and a long awaited meal at Honmura An (I have wanted to go for years but have sadly never made it, my food guru gives it one of the top 5 overall restaurants in NY over the last 20 years).
Top Restaurants 2002
NYCity
#1 Jewel Bako
#2 Lupa
#3 Jean Georges
#4 Grand Sichuan Int'l Midtown
#5 Felidia
#6 Union Pacific
El Mundo
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#4 L'Astrance (Paris)
#5 Temple Club (Siagon)
#6 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#7 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#8 Les Tonnelles (Loire, France)
#9 Indochine (Siagon)
#10 Walter Bauer (Vienna)
Special Merit/No Particular Order
The Minnow, Veritas, Sistina,
Fresh, Holy Basil, Al Di La
Manducati's, Willi's Wine Bar (Paris)
Tomasso's, Gramercy Tavern, Picholine
Locanda Vini Olii, Al Ponte (Verona, Italy)
L'osteria del Vignaiolo (Piedmonte, Italy)
L'Oste Scuro (Verona, Italy)
Il Gattopardo, Jaglhof (Styria, Austria)
Weininger (Vienna), Loibnerhof (Wachau, Austria)
Zur Blauen Gans (Burgenland, Austria)
We're giving Fresh another try to (on Sunday.) I want to believe.
I only ate there the day they opened so it will be fun for me, I loved the meal and the wine list....let us know!!
Do you remember any of the wine list? Gems? (Of course, it's probably different by now...)
i hear it has changed, we drank a Brovia Barolo cheap but it was way too young, look for foreau vouvray's.....
Oh my god the foreau vouvray is dry.
Nice meal. Staff still seems a little undertrained. They are anxious to help though.
Translucent diver scallop app was the best thing by far.
thanks going tonight!!
dry and mineral i hope....
In the January Gourmet mag that arrived today was an article on Fresh.....they were mostly possitivo but did say "not inexpensive" and "cooking tends to be solid rather than refined", and they didnt like the clams (neither did I last time), but lots of praise on many a dish (I am ready for the "prime rib" of swordfish with creamed spinish and fried shallots)....lovely picture of sea urchin and cavier in fennel froth with orange oil (wasnt there when I went)....
You eating swordfish? Your argument against eating it is what got me to quit.
I prob should not, and didnt last night (not available)...I got the note from Earth Island to avoid!!....will try to avoid.....
We all loved it last night, I felt it was more expensive than before and the sub'd tuna for toro on the dish I loved first time and price was up:<(.....service was a hair off, the app's more better to me, wine list less exciting a hair....our guests have had 4 meals in NY and rated them like this, Summer said Town, Baltazar, Fresh, Picholine while Phil said Fresh, Picholine, Baltazar, Town....
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Top Restaurants 2002
NYCity
#1 Jewel Bako
#2 Lupa
#3 Jean Georges
#4 Grand Sichuan Int'l Midtown
#5 Felidia
#6 Union Pacific
El Mundo
#1 Da Guido (Piedmonte, Italy)
#2 Taubenkobel (Burgenland, Austria)
#3 Zur Rose (Sud Tyrol, Italy)
#4 L'Astrance (Paris)
#5 Temple Club (Siagon)
#6 Altwienerhof (Vienna)
#7 Locanda Dell Arco (Piedmonte, Italy)
#8 Les Tonnelles (Loire, France)
#9 Indochine (Siagon)
#10 Walter Bauer (Vienna)
Special Merit/No Particular Order
The Minnow, Veritas, Sistina,
Fresh, Holy Basil, Al Di La
Manducati's, Willi's Wine Bar (Paris)
Tomasso's, Gramercy Tavern, Picholine
Locanda Vini Olii, Al Ponte (Verona, Italy)
L'osteria del Vignaiolo (Piedmonte, Italy)
L'Oste Scuro (Verona, Italy)
Il Gattopardo, Jaglhof (Styria, Austria)
Weininger (Vienna), Loibnerhof (Wachau, Austria)
Zur Blauen Gans (Burgenland, Austria)
- Skinny 12-19-2002 5:53 am
We're giving Fresh another try to (on Sunday.) I want to believe.
- jim 12-19-2002 5:44 pm [add a comment]
I only ate there the day they opened so it will be fun for me, I loved the meal and the wine list....let us know!!
- Skinny 12-20-2002 5:58 pm [add a comment]
Do you remember any of the wine list? Gems? (Of course, it's probably different by now...)
- jim 12-20-2002 6:24 pm [add a comment]
i hear it has changed, we drank a Brovia Barolo cheap but it was way too young, look for foreau vouvray's.....
- Skinny 12-20-2002 8:28 pm [add a comment]
Oh my god the foreau vouvray is dry.
Nice meal. Staff still seems a little undertrained. They are anxious to help though.
Translucent diver scallop app was the best thing by far.
- jim 12-23-2002 10:22 pm [add a comment]
thanks going tonight!!
dry and mineral i hope....
- Skinny 12-26-2002 5:24 pm [add a comment]
In the January Gourmet mag that arrived today was an article on Fresh.....they were mostly possitivo but did say "not inexpensive" and "cooking tends to be solid rather than refined", and they didnt like the clams (neither did I last time), but lots of praise on many a dish (I am ready for the "prime rib" of swordfish with creamed spinish and fried shallots)....lovely picture of sea urchin and cavier in fennel froth with orange oil (wasnt there when I went)....
- Skinny 12-27-2002 2:28 am [add a comment]
You eating swordfish? Your argument against eating it is what got me to quit.
- steve 12-28-2002 2:19 am [add a comment]
I prob should not, and didnt last night (not available)...I got the note from Earth Island to avoid!!....will try to avoid.....
- Skinny 12-28-2002 4:42 am [add a comment]
We all loved it last night, I felt it was more expensive than before and the sub'd tuna for toro on the dish I loved first time and price was up:<(.....service was a hair off, the app's more better to me, wine list less exciting a hair....our guests have had 4 meals in NY and rated them like this, Summer said Town, Baltazar, Fresh, Picholine while Phil said Fresh, Picholine, Baltazar, Town....
- Skinny 12-27-2002 3:09 pm [add a comment]