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Fast food: Shake Shack makes for a surprise appearance at number 11 in the 101 best restaurants in America
Shake Shack has been listed among some of America's finest dining establishments in a new ranking of the country's best restaurants.
The fast food chain makes for a surprise appearance at number 11 alongside high-profile restaurants such as Le Bernadin in New York (number three) and New Orleans' Cochon.
The list was topped by The French Laundry in California, with Gramercy Tavern in New York taking second place.
Indeed, restaurants in the Empire State dominated The Daily Meal list, with David Chang's Momofuku Ssam Bar and Mario Batali's Babbo making an appearance in the top ten.
Notable exceptions included Girl & the Goat (number nine) and Alinea (number 14), both in Chicago.
The list seems to point to Americans' growing preference for unique dining experiences.
Manhattan's WD-50, for example - which comes in at number 32 - is a 'molecular' restaurant where they serve up experimental culinary mash-ups such as pho gras, a blend of Vietnemese pho and foie gras.
The imaginative menu here also includes a scientific spin on eggs Benedict, consisting of egg yolk cylinders with a side of crispy cubes of hollandaise sauce.
In fourteenth place is Alinea, an eclectic spot in Chicago where award-winning chef Grant Achatz serves squab that is mysteriously 'inspired by Miró.'
The very best: The French Laundry is number one on the list. The chef here serves an elaborate - and pricey - $ 270 nine-course tasting menu that never repeats a single ingredient
At Alinea, presentation is just as important as the food itself. The restaurant's specialty is its dessert art, an impressionist painting of chocolate and fruit that the waiter serves atop a rubber tablecloth.
Xi'An Famous Foods in Queens, New York, serves up genuine Chinese dishes that may scare off unadventurous diners, including its famous 'spicy and tingly lamb face salad.'
And a large number of the nation's best restaurants change their menus daily, an indication that Americans enjoy the surprise factor these spots have to offer.
The French Laundry in Napa Valley, California, is number one on the list.
Artistic food: The specialty at Alinea (number 14) is the dessert art - an impressionist painting of chocolate and fruit served atop a rubber tablecloth (pictured)
This rustic restaurant's modest exterior is deceiving; the chef here serves an elaborate - and pricey - $ 270 nine-course tasting menu that never repeats a single ingredient.
Although some weird and new restaurants have entered the list, old favorites still hold true.
Hot spot Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York City's East Village comes in at number four, followed by Eleven Madison Park, where fine dining and 'century-old culinary traditions' take the lead.
Diners who wish to take a meal at many of the top 101 must be quick off the mark, as exclusivity tends to be a recurrent theme at these spots.
Popular places: WD-50 in Manhattan (left) is number 32. Washington, D.C.'s Minibar (right), where the Obamas celebrated Valentine's Day this year, is number 95 on the list
Innovative: WD-50 is a 'molecular' restaurant that serves up experimental culinary mash-ups such as pho gras, a blend of Vietnemese pho and foie gras (pictured)
At number 50, Next restaurant in Chicago has an online reservation system for buying tickets, but the waiting list consists of over 20,000 diners desperate to nab a seat.
Even modest establishment Franklin BBQ in Austin, Texas, often has a line out the door of people craving its famous beef brisket.
And in 95th place, Minibar in Washington, D.C.- where the Obamas celebrated Valentine's Day this year - takes its name from the sheer size of the intimate restaurant, which seats just 12.
Tried and true: Hot spot Momofuku Ssam Bar in New York City's East Village is number four
The Daily Meal top 101 was compiled with the help of a panel of restaurant critics and food writers, who selected the winners from a list of 313 nominations.
Unsurprisingly, restaurants in food capital New York City dominate the top 20 spots on the list.
And the country's other 'food towns' - Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans and San Francisco, to name a few - are where many of the best restaurants seem to be congregated.
Italian delights: Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Arizona, (number 77) serves top-notch thin crust pizza and homemade country bread
There are, however, 34 restaurants on this year's list that have never made the top 101 before.
And three new states - Hawaii, Ohio and Mississippi - are represented this year, making a total of 22 states that are home to the nation's best restaurants.
THE 101 BEST RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA
2. Gramercy Tavern, New York, N.Y.
3. Le Bernardin, New York, N.Y.
4. Momofuku Ssäm Bar, New York, N.Y.
5. Eleven Madison Park, New York, N.Y.
6. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
7. ABC Kitchen, New York, N.Y.
8. Babbo, New York, N.Y.
9. Girl & the Goat, Chicago, Ill.
10. Cochon, New Orleans, La.
11. Shake Shack, New York, N.Y.
12. Jean Georges, New York, N.Y.
13. Daniel, New York, N.Y.
14. Alinea, Chicago, Ill.
15. Chez Panisse, Berkeley, Calif.
16. Del Posto, New York, N.Y.
17. Per Se, New York, N.Y.
18. Commander's Palace, New Orleans, La.
19. Zuni Cafe, San Francisco, Calif.
20. Animal, Los Angeles, Calif.
21. Gotham Bar & Grill, New York, N.Y.
22. Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles, Calif.
23. Bouchon Bistro, Yountville, Calif.
24. Husk, Charleston, S.C.
25. Joël Robuchon, Las Vegas, Nev.
26. Franklin BBQ, Austin, Texas
27. Mission Chinese, San Francisco, Calif.
28. August, New Orleans, La.
29. Masa, New York, N.Y.
30. Bar Tartine, San Francisco, Calif.
31. Marea, New York, N.Y.
32. WD-50, New York, N.Y.
33. Vetri, Philadelphia, Pa.
34. Beast, Portland, Ore.
35. The Publican, Chicago, Ill.
36. Ippudo, New York, N.Y.
37. Inn at Little Washington, Washington, Va.
38. Blackbird, Chicago, Ill.
39. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven, Conn.
40. Galatoire's, New Orleans, La.
41. Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria, New York, N.Y.
42. La Taqueria, San Francisco, Calif.
43. Bazaar, Los Angeles, Calif.
44. Torrisi Italian Specialties, New York, N.Y.
45. Guy Savoy, Las Vegas, Nev.
46. Spiaggia, Chicago, Ill.
47. Xi'An Famous Foods, Queens, N.Y. 48. Di Fara, Brooklyn, N.Y.
49. Spago, Los Angeles, Calif.
50. Next, Chicago, Ill.
51. Cut, Los Angeles, Calif.
52. Coi, San Francisco, Calif
54. Quince, San Francisco, Calif.
55. FIG, Charleston, S.C.
56. Michael Mina, San Francisco, Calif.
57. é by José Andrés, Las Vegas, Nev.
58. Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder, Colo.
59. NoMad, New York, N.Y.
60. Bern's Steak House, Tampa, Fla.
61. Alan Wong's, Honolulu, Hawaii
62. O-Ya, Boston, Mass.
63. Clio, Boston, Mass.
64. State Bird Provisions, San Francisco, Calif.
65. Komi, Washington, D.C.
66. Craigie on Main, Cambridge, Mass.
67. TRU, Chicago, Ill .
68. Yardbird Southern Table and Bar, Miami, Fla.
69. McCrady's, Charleston, S.C.
70. Joe's Stone Crab, Miami, Fla.
71. Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Texas
72. Lucques, Los Angeles, Calif.
73. Le Pigeon, Portland, Ore.
74. SriPraPhai, Queens, N.Y.
75. Hominy Grill, Charleston, S.C.
76. Zahav, Philadelphia, Pa.
77. Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix, Ariz.
78. Al Di La, Brooklyn, N.Y.
79. City Grocery, Oxford, Miss.
80. The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, Calif.
81. Fore Street, Portland, Maine
82. Michael's Genuine, Miami, Fla.< /span>
83. Jaleo, Las Vegas, Nev.
84. Al Forno, Providence, R.I.
85. Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, Las Vegas, Nev.
86. Dahlia Lounge, Seattle, Wash.
87. The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tenn.
88. Canlis, Seattle, Wash.
89. Congress, Austin, Texas
90. Underbelly, Houston, Texas
91. Catbird Seat, Nashville, Tenn.
92. Woodshed Smokehouse, Fort Worth, Texas
93. Sushi Yasuda, New York, N.Y.
94. Fearing's, Dallas, Texas
95. Minibar, Washington, D.C.
96. The Four Seasons, New York, N.Y.
97. Benu, San Francisco, Calif.98. Stella!, New Orleans, La.
99. Providence, Los Angeles, Calif.
100. Rasika, Washington, D.C.
101. Lola, Cleveland, Ohio
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