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A single California restaurant is named to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list

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Saison, the San Francisco restaurant known for chef Joshua Skenes’ nightly changing tasting menus, claimed the No. 27 spot on the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list at a gathering in New York last night. It is the only California restaurant to be featured on the list this year.

Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, was named the No. 1 restaurant in the world. It is the first restaurant in Italy to claim the title.

The list, which debuted in 2002, actually includes 100 restaurants, with the top 50 given special attention and praise. It draws from the opinions of more than 900 international gourmands from the Diners Club World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. The academy’s participating chefs, restaurateurs and food critics vote for their “bests” based on dining experiences around the world.

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June 15, 11:00 a.m.: An earlier version of this post said the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list was compiled by Restaurant magazine; the list is now its own entity.

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Noma, René Redzepi’s restaurant in Copenhagen, (he’s had pop-ups in London, Tokyo and Sydney) that claimed the World’s Best title for four years, was named No. 5 after having been in the top three since 2009.

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There are six U.S. restaurants on the list this year: Saison in San Francisco (No. 27); Eleven Madison Park in New York (No. 3); Alinea in Chicago (No. 15); Le Bernardin in New York (No. 24); Estela in New York (No. 44); and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York (No. 48).

The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., a past top 50 winner, was dropped to number 85.

Here’s the full list of top 50 winners:

  1. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy
  2. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
  3. Eleven Madison Park, New York
  4. Central, Lima, Peru
  5. Noma, Copenhagen
  6. Mirazur, Menton, France
  7. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain
  8. Narisawa, Tokyo
  9. Steirereck, Vienna
  10. Asador Etxebarri, Vizcaya, Spain
  11. D.O.M., Sao Paulo, Brazil
  12. Quintonil, Mexico City
  13. Maido, Lima, Peru
  14. The Ledbury, London
  15. Alinea, Chicago
  16. Azurmendi, Vizcaya, Spain
  17. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
  18. White Rabbit, Moscow
  19. Arpege, Paris
  20. Amber, Hong Kong
  21. Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
  22. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa
  23. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
  24. Le Bernardin, New York
  25. Pujol, Mexico City
  26. The Clove Club, London
  27. Saison, San Francisco
  28. Geranium, Copenhagen
  29. Tickets, Barcelona, Spain
  30. Astrid y Gastón, Lima, Peru
  31. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo
  32. Restaurant Andre, Singapore
  33. Attica, Melbourne, Australia
  34. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin
  35. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
  36. Borago, Santiago, Chile
  37. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
  38. De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands
  39. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
  40. Ralae, Copenhagen
  41. Fäviken, Järpen, Sweden
  42. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai
  43. Biko, Mexico City
  44. Estela, New York
  45. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
  46. Combal Zero, Rivoli, Italy
  47. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland
  48. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, New York
  49. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain
  50. Septime, Paris

Restaurants named No. 51 to 100 are available on the World’s 50 best website.

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