Beverly Hills Restaurant Makes Daily Meal’s 101 Best In U.S. List

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — If you’re looking to dine out more as the weather gets warmer, we’ve got some tasty news for you.

The Daily Meal recently unveiled its list for the “101 Best Restaurants In America,” and the online food and dining site included a restaurant from Beverly Hills.

Here is the best restaurant in our city, according to the Daily Meal’s rankings.

Spago

• Ranking: 44
• Address: 176 N Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

From Daily Meal: "Spago is one of those rare touristy restaurants locals love. Few restaurants have done more to influence American dining culture than chef Wolfgang Puck’s Beverly Hills, California, flagship. Its iconic pizzas, like the one topped with smoked salmon and caviar, influenced California Pizza Kitchen, one of America’s favorite pizza chains, and its seasonal, Asian-influenced market-driven menu ushered in a new era of California fine dining. Today, it remains one of LA’s essential restaurants."

Alinea, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago, was ranked as the No. 1 eatery in the United States, according to the Daily Meal. The top five restaurants were rounded out by Eleven Madison Park in New York City, Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, Le Bernardin in New York City and Inn at Little Washington in Washington, Virginia.

“These 101 restuarants serve food that’s thoughtful and thought-provoking, and they also have a dining room and a level of service that suit the quality of what’s on the plate, a good beverage list and a true sense of personality, imagination and consistency,” authors of the Daily Meal rankings wrote in an introductory statement to the list. “Visiting one of these restaurants feels like a truly memorable culinary experience.”

To compile the rankings, the Daily Meal contacted hundreds of dining experts around the country to ask which restaurants they considered the absolute best in their respective cities. Those restaurants were then added to other establishments that have “garnered near-universal acclaim” and eateries that have been featured on previous Daily Meal lists.

The remaining restaurants were subsequently ranked according to metrics such as food, service, beverage options and environment.

The full list of the 101 best restaurants is available on the Daily Meal.