The restaurant Sobrino de Botínis, located just off Madrid’s Plaza Mayor, claims to be the oldest restaurant in the world. I have not been there but have been fortunate to visit many restaurants around the world. I wish I had kept track of them all for the "favorites" database. There are a few dozen listed here. Most of them were enjoyable but not all. I added ratings to the best of my recollection.
Arbor Inn (Frank & Diannahs's) 47 S. Bingaman St., St. Lawrence, PA 19606. 610-406-0126
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 3. Just outside Reading, PA. Great ambiance and awesome Coquille St. Jacques. No web site that I can find.
Bern's Steak House 1208 South Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606. 813-251-2421
Cuisine: Steak
Rating: 5. Words can't describe it. Art in steaks. Biggest wine list anywhere. Thousands of bottles going back to 1785. If you go there, take a kitchen and wine cellar tour.
Bistro twenty two Rt. 22, Bedford Village, NY. 914-234-7333
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Quiet with great background music and terrific food.
Blue Water Grill 31 Union Square West of 16th Street, New York, NY 212-675-9500.
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 4. Seafood specialties. Excellent service. Food was outstanding. Jazz music on lower level.
Bluefin 1567 Broadway @ 47th St., New York, NY 212-918-1400
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 4. Same company as Blue Water Grill. Excellent food and great service. Located at Hotel W.
Bourbon Street Bar and Grille 5 Utility Drive, Palm Coast, Florida: (386) 447-3026
Cuisine: New Orleans
Rating: 4. New Orleans flavor like French Quarter File (USDA Prime) Shrimp Etouffe, Seafood Bonavista, Jambalaya & Gumbo. Good jazz.
Cafe Boulud Palm Beach Brazillian Court, Palm Beach, FL:
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Chef Daniel Boulud has a great reputation. Service was excellent and food quite unique and delicious. Price performance not the best.
Cafe Chardonnay 4533 PGAA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 561-627-2662
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Excellent food and superb service.
Cafe L'Europe 331 South County RoadPalm Beach, Florida 33480Phone 561-655-4020Fax 561-659-6619
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Outstanding food and a 15,000 bottle wine collection. Beautiful walk-in wine storage closet.
Cafe Salsa 808 King Street, Alexandria, VA. 703-684-4100
Cuisine: Cuban
Rating: 4. Nuevo Latino Cuisine. Great Cuban & Puerto Rican Salsa. Lots of plantains. Excellent sangria.
Castello The Fairmont Banff SpringsP.O. Box 960Banff, Alberta, Canada
Cuisine: Italian
Rating: 3. Outstanding antipasto bar. Great wines and excellent service. Very Italian and in a a beautiful setting in the Canadian Rockies.
Chez Napoleon 365 W. 50th St., New York, New York
Cuisine: French
Rating: 3. French family-run restaurant that has been a staple in New York City's Theater district for over 40 years. Seats 40 people. Quiet and friendly. Incredible Coquille St. Jacques.
Coco Bongos 37 Ethan Allen Highway, Ridgefield, CT. Phone: (203) 544-0059
Cuisine: Nuevo Latino
Rating: 5. Nice décor. Excellent food. Very tasty. Brand new.
Columbia Restaurant 2117 East 7th Ave., Tampa, FL 813-248-4961
Cuisine: Cuban
Rating: 3. A great treat. The best Cuban restaurant I know of. Second only to Bern's Steak House
Escoba #8, 513 - 8th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Outstanding food, wine, and setting. Great service. One of best ever.
Felidia Ristorante 243 East 58th Street, New York, NY. 212-758-1479
Cuisine: French
Rating: 3. 38,000 bottles of wine in the cellar. Great food too.
III Forks Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Cuisine: Steak
Rating: 4. Club-like ambiance with an elegant bar and lounge. Superb service.
Insieme
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 5. Consistently great food and service
Iron Horse Grill 20 Wheeler Avenue, Pleasantville, NY. Phone: (914) 741-0717
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 5. Supberb food and service
La Fortuna Rt. 6, Bethel, CT 203-797-0909
Cuisine: Italian
Rating: 3. Outstanding Italian food. Same owner/chef for 20+ years. See website for pictures of making ravioli
La Hacienda de los Moralis Vazquez de Mella 525, Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico
Cuisine: Mexican
Rating: 5. Sixteenth-century center of gourmet cuisine in Mexico. Magnificent restaurant. Fantastic service, food, and music.
la Maree 1 Rue Daru - 260 faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris
Cuisine: French
Rating: 5. Seafood that melts in your mouth
La Valentina Presidente Masaryk No. 393. Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico. 5282-2297
Cuisine: Mexican
Rating: 4. Hacienda atmosphere with great sculptures. Superb food and service. Elegant.
Laekjarbrekka Reykjavik, Iceland
Cuisine: Top drawer. Icelandic lobster tails and 1955 Armagnac
Rating: 5.
Los Almendros Campos Eliseos 164, Col. Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico. 5531-6646
Cuisine: Mexican
Rating: 4. Superb Yucatan food, Tequila, and beer. Outstanding service.
Metrazur Grand Central Terminal East Balcony, New York, New York. 212-687-4600
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 4. Great service and great food and you can't beat the convenient location. A Charlie Palmer Restaurant
Positano's 233 Hill Point Rd, Westport, CT
Cuisine: Italian
Rating: 4. Excellent Italian Cuisine.
Purdys Homestead 100 Titicus Road, Routes 22 & 116, North Salem, NY 10560
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Rustic inn. Excellent cuIsine. Good Westchester County location.
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Santa Fe 72 West 69th Street, New York, NY 10023 212-724-0822
Cuisine: Southwestern
Rating: 4. Excellent Southwestern Food and a huge selection of Margueritas.
Spoto's Oakwood Grill Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Cuisine: Colorado Mountain House
Rating: 4. Wood burning grill concept. Very special. Draws a large crowd.
Tacarandas - Antigua Cocina Mexicana Euler No. 11, Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico. 5531-89-36
Cuisine: Mexican
Rating: 5. Best salsa ever. Like all restaurants in Mexico City, the service was outstanding.
Tavern On The Green Central Park at West 67th StreetNew York, NY 10023
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 4. One of the best in every respect. Check out the web site.
Thai Pepper Restaurant 372 W. Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, Pennsylvania. 610-688-5853
Cuisine: Thai
Rating: 4. Great food and great service. The Pupu apppetizer platter is really good. Go for "very spicy" entrees.
The Settlers Inn 4 Main Avenue, Hawley, Pennsylvania
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 5. Creative regional cuisine using the freshest herbs, fruits, and vegetables of each season. Menu items feature the products of local farmers and purveyors. They believe use of local products helps to continue the tradition of small farming in the community.
Ting Tai Fung 194 Hsin-I Road, Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan
Cuisine: Chinese
Rating: 5. Greatest dumplings on earth! Juicy, with flavorful fillings, and light thin dough.
Todd English's Rustic Kitchen Quincy Market, Boston
Cuisine: Continental
Rating: 1. Very high price vs. quality. Unbearable rap music. Terrible service.
Vox 721 Titicus Road (Rt. 116 & 121), North Salem, NY 10560. 914-669-5450
Cuisine: French
Rating: 4. Superb cuisine and service. Jean Le Bris offers a friendly smile and good recommendations.
Wild Ginger Cafe 461 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. 203-431-4588
Cuisine: Asian
Rating: 3. Great spot. Simple but beautiful decor. Friendly smiles and really great Dim Sum (my favorite). Thai dishes are very spicy too!
Z Tejas Grille 20 W. 6th Street, Tempe, Arizona. +1 480 377-1170
Cuisine: Southwestern
Rating: 4. This was a very unique place. The food seemed to me like a blend of Mexican, Southwest, and Japanese. They have twelve restaurants in seven states.
