Following this morning’s breaking story of Luce’s Dominique Crenn winning Esquire’s Chef of the Year award, as well as Luce itself getting on the magazine’s 20-strong Best New Restaurants list, we’re pleased to bring you the complete list, which we’re posting after the jump.
As further proof to what we all knew — that magazine editors put together these lists based on what rhymes — Spruce joins Luce in the San Francisco contingent.
Again, congratulations to Crenn, Luce, and now Spruce.
Here’s the list:
Bar Boulud, NYC
Bar Blanc, NYC
Kampuchea, NYC
Scampo, Boston
Voice, Houston
Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas
Takashi, Chicago
Mercat, Chicago
L.2O, Chicago (Restaurant Of The Year, as MP:Chicago broke this morning)
Plumed Horse, Saratoga, CA
Luce, San Francisco (Chef Of The Year, which MP:SF broke this morning)
Palate, Glendale, CA
Convivio, NYC
Corbett’s, Louisville
Pacific Time, Miami
Zahav, Philadelphia
Distrito, Philadelphia
Terra, Tesuque, NM
Spruce, San Francisco
Scarpetta, NYC
Breaking: Esquire’s 2008 Chef Of The Year [MenuPages SF]
Luce [MenuPages]
Luce [Official Site]
Spruce [MenuPages]
Spruce [Official Site]
