The Top 50 Restaurants of 2009

by partysugar 18

Yesterday Restaurant magazine and S. Pellegrino announced its famed list of the world's 50 best restaurants. The list is developed by a large panel of well-regarded international judges consisting of 806 chefs, restaurateurs, food critics, and journalists.

For the fourth year in a row, Ferran Adriá's experimental Spanish restaurant, El Bulli, has been named the best eatery in the world. Coming in at sixth, Thomas Keller's Per Se is the highest-ranking US restaurant.

The most shocking news, however, is that Gordon Ramsay's flagship London establishment, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, which was number 13 on last year's list, is totally absent from this year's. To check out the complete list, read more.

1. El Bulli, Spain
2. The Fat Duck, UK
3. Noma, Denmark
4. Mugaritz, Spain
5. El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
6. Per Se, US
7. Bras, France
8. Arzak, Spain
9. Pierre Gagnaire, France
10. Alinea, US
11. L’Astrance, France
12. The French Laundry US
13. Osteria Francescana, Italy
14. St. John, UK
15. Le Bernardin, US
16. Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville, Switzerland
17. Tetsuya’s, Australia
18. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, France
19. Jean Georges, US
20. Les Creations de Narisawa, Japan
21. Chez Dominique, Finland
22. Ristorante Cracco, Italy
23. Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
24. D.O.M., Brazil
25. Vendome, Germany
26. Hof van Cleve, Belgium
27. Masa, US
28. Gambero Rosso, Italy
29. Oud Sluis, Netherlands
30. Steirereck, Austria
31. Momofuku Ssam Bar, US
32. Oaxen Skaergaardskrog, Sweden
33. Martin Berasategui, Spain
34. Nobu UK
35. Mirazur, France
36. Hakkasan, UK
37. Le Quartier Francais, South Africa
38. La Colombe, South Africa
39. Asador Etxebarri, Spain
40. Le Chateaubriand, France
41. Daniel, US
42. Combal Zero, Italy
43. Le Louis XV, France
44. Tantris, Germany
45. Iggy’s, Singapore
46. Quay, Australia
47. Les Ambassadeurs, France
48. Dal Pescatore, Italy
49. Le Calandre, Italy
50. Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden

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