For Bon Appétit’s annual “Hot 10” list, Andrew Knowlton has whittled down the list of 50 nominees and awarded the top honor to AL’s Place in San Francisco. “Think of the place as a window into the slightly manic and fully obsessive mind of an extremely talented and driven chef,” Knowlton writes. “It’s a restaurant so personal and passionate and satisfying that it was easy to name AL’s Place this year’s best new restaurant in America.”
To round out the list, he’s also selected Gjusta and Ludo Lefebvre’s Petit Trois in Los Angeles, and Semilla in Williamsburg — of which he says, “For $75, you receive ten works of art. I’m not exaggerating.” Here’s the full list:
1. AL’s Place, San Francisco
2. Gjusta, Los Angeles
3. Petit Trois, Los Angeles
4. Semilla, Brooklyn
5. Parachute, Chicago
6. Dai Due, Austin
7. Kindred, Davidson, NC
8. Rintaro, San Francisco
9. Manolin, Seattle
10. Milktooth, Indianapolis
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