Top 100 Restaurants in North America & Europe

The results of the 2008 Opinionated About Fine Dining Survey are posted on my home page. They have also been published in a 56 page guide that is available for $6.95. If you participated in the survey, you should recieve your copy in the mail sometime next week. If you didn't participate and would like to recieve a free copy, you can still get one by filling out the survey. Just click on the link below and follow the registration links on the home page. Or, if you would like to purchase copies, you can do so using a PayPal account on the home page or most independant book stores will have copies by the end of the week. Thanks to everyone who helped with this project. It was loads of fun and its the tip of the iceberg.

www.opinionatedabout.com (I can't figure out how to make a link)

Nice piece about the survey in USA Today (on day I will figure out how to add a link on this site. [i]Mod fix[/i]

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/200 ... titialskip

Otherwise we are already collecting data for the 2009 Survey. This time it won't just be a top 100 and I am hoping to publish a comprehensive guide to dining in the U.S. that includes all levels of dining and an additional 3,500 restaurants in the U.S. are being added to the survey in a few weeks. If you would like to particpate (it would be greatly appreciated,) just click on the link and register. I will send you a free copy of the 2008 guide in the mail as soon as you begin rating restaurants.

http:/www.opinionatedabout.com

Also, I could use some help with the list of Chicago restaurants that are being added to the survey. Please let me know if you think there are restaurants that need to be added, or which need to be removed for that matter. I can espcially use some help with inexpensive ethnic restaurants that are worth telling people about when they are visiting Chicago

Formal Dining Alinea
Formal Dining Ambria
Formal Dining Arun's
Formal Dining Avenues
Formal Dining Carlos'
Formal Dining Charlie Trotter's
Formal Dining Everest
Formal Dining Les Nomades
Formal Dining Moto
Formal Dining Ritz-Carlton Dining Room
Formal Dining Seasons
Formal Dining Spiaggia
Formal Dining Blackbird
Formal Dining Butter
Formal Dining Copperblue
Formal Dining Courtright's
Formal Dining Crofton on Wells
Formal Dining Heat
Formal Dining Japonais
Formal Dining Kevin
Formal Dining Le Lan
Formal Dining Le Titi de Paris
Formal Dining mk
Formal Dining Naha
Formal Dining NoMI
Formal Dining North Pond
Formal Dining one sixtyblue
Formal Dining Pane Caldo
Formal Dining Pump Room, The
Formal Dining Schwa
Formal Dining Shanghai Terrace
Formal Dining Signature Room
Formal Dining Spring
Formal Dining Tallgrass
Formal Dining Topolobampo
Formal Dining Tru
Formal Dining Zealous

French & Italian Avec
French & Italian Bin 36
French & Italian Bistro Campagne
French & Italian Brasserie Jo
French & Italian Café Absinthe
French & Italian Café Bernard
French & Italian Cafe Central
French & Italian Café des Architectes
French & Italian Café le Coq
French & Italian Cafe Matou
French & Italian Cafe Pyrenees
French & Italian Café Spiaggia
French & Italian Caliterra Bar & Grille
French & Italian Chez Joel
French & Italian D & J Bistro
French & Italian Follia
French & Italian Francesca's on Taylor
French & Italian Froggy's French Cafe
French & Italian Jacky's Bistro
French & Italian KiKi's Bistro
French & Italian la petite folie
French & Italian Le Bouchon
French & Italian Le P'tit Paris
French & Italian Le Titi de Paris
French & Italian Le Vichyssois
French & Italian Marché
French & Italian Mimosa
French & Italian Mon Ami Gabi
French & Italian Va Pensiero
French & Italian Vivere
French & Italian Wave

Steaks-Seafood Atwood Cafe
Steaks-Seafood Bob Chinn's Crab House
Steaks-Seafood BOKA
Steaks-Seafood Chef's Station
Steaks-Seafood Chicago Chop House
Steaks-Seafood Custom House
Steaks-Seafood David's Bistro
Steaks-Seafood erwin, an american cafe & bar
Steaks-Seafood Gene & Georgetti
Steaks-Seafood Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse
Steaks-Seafood Green Dolphin Street
Steaks-Seafood Hugo's Frog Bar & Fish House
Steaks-Seafood Jane's
Steaks-Seafood Jilly's Cafe
Steaks-Seafood Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab
Steaks-Seafood Magnolia Cafe
Steaks-Seafood Meritage Cafe & Wine Bar
Steaks-Seafood Morton's, The Steakhouse
Steaks-Seafood Narcisse
Steaks-Seafood Oceanique
Steaks-Seafood Park Grill
Steaks-Seafood Rhapsody
Steaks-Seafood Rushmore
Steaks-Seafood Shaw's Crab House
Steaks-Seafood Stained Glass Wine Bar Bistro
Steaks-Seafood Tomboy
Steaks-Seafood West Town Tavern
Steaks-Seafood Wildfire
Steaks-Seafood Zest

Other Ethnic Agami
Other Ethnic Happy Chef Dim Sum House
Other Ethnic Pegasus
Other Ethnic Roditys
Other Ethnic Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
Other Ethnic Fogo de Chão
Other Ethnic Frontera Grill
Other Ethnic Le Colonial
Other Ethnic Le Lan
Other Ethnic Lao Sze Chuan
Other Ethnic Opera
Other Ethnic La Bonita Ixcapuzalco Recipes
Other Ethnic Mas
Other Ethnic Mirai Sushi
Other Ethnic Nacional 27
Other Ethnic Opera
Other Ethnic Red Light
Other Ethnic Russian Tea Time
Other Ethnic Salpicón
Other Ethnic Starfish
Other Ethnic Sushi Wabi
Other Ethnic SushiSamba rio
Other Ethnic Vermilion
Other Ethnic Vong's Thai Kitchen
Other Ethnic Yoshi's Café
Other Ethnic Tizi Melloul

Other Ethnic Agami
Other Ethnic Happy Chef Dim Sum House
Other Ethnic Pegasus
Other Ethnic Roditys
Other Ethnic Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
Other Ethnic Fogo de Chão
Other Ethnic Frontera Grill
Other Ethnic Le Colonial
Other Ethnic Le Lan
Other Ethnic Lao Sze Chuan
Other Ethnic Opera
Other Ethnic La Bonita Ixcapuzalco Recipes
Other Ethnic Mas
Other Ethnic Mirai Sushi
Other Ethnic Nacional 27
Other Ethnic Opera
Other Ethnic Red Light
Other Ethnic Russian Tea Time
Other Ethnic Salpicón
Other Ethnic Starfish
Other Ethnic Sushi Wabi
Other Ethnic SushiSamba rio
Other Ethnic Vermilion
Other Ethnic Vong's Thai Kitchen
Other Ethnic Yoshi's Café
Other Ethnic Tizi Melloul

Frankly, not a very creative list. A number are out of business. Have you read about LTHForum.com's Great Neighborhood Restaurants program?

Thanks that's a good resource. But Schwa is a neighborhood restaurant?

Steve Plotnicki wrote:Thanks that's a good resource. But Schwa is a neighborhood restaurant?

yes

It's too bad they closed for a while. They were actually on my Top 50 list for North America but when they closed I took them off. Had I known they were going to repoen before we published the survey I would have left them on. Oh well.

I gather their reopening was somewhat of a surprise.