The List

I present: The List.  The places below are the restaurants and food shops I’ve visited in three of the greatest food cities in the world — New York, Paris, and Tokyo. If you’d like to hear about my experience or see my pictures from someplace I haven’t written about, just ask.  I’d be glad to share them.  And in the meantime, hopefully this list will provide a hint of the many reviews to come in the future.

Restaurants in bold indicate places I’ve been to more than 5 times.  Those with a line through the name… don’t cry for them.  They have moved on to a better place.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

A
Abraço
Absolute Bagels
Ada
Adrienne’s Pizza Bar
Adour
Aix
Aji Ichiban
Alain Ducasse at the Essex House
Aldea
Al Di Lá
Alias
Alice’s Tea Cup
Almondine Bakery
Alto
Amir’s Falafel
Amish Fine Food
Amorina
Amuse
Amy Ruth’s
Amy’s Bread
Angelo’s Pizzeria
Annisa
Apizz
Apple Restaurant
Aquavit
Artie’s Delicatessen
Artisanal
Artopolis
Arturo’s Pizzeria
Asiate
Aureole

Australian Homemade Ice Cream
A Voce
Azuri Café
Babbo
Balthazar
Balthazar Bakery

Bar Americain
Bar Boulud
Bar Masa
Barney Greengrass
Bar Room at the Modern
Beard Papa’s Cream Puffs
Becco
Bellavitae
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Bice
Billy’s Bakery
Birdbath Bakery
Bistro du Vent
Black Hound
Blaue Gans
Bleecker Street Pizza
BLT Fish
BLT Steak
Blue Hill
Blue Hill Café
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Blue 9 Burger
Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon Bakery
Blue Ribbon Bakery Market
Blue Ribbon Sushi Brooklyn
Blue Smoke
Bolo
Bombay Frankie Roti Roll
BondSt Sushi
Boqueria
Bottega del Vino
Bouchon Bakery
Bouley
Bouley Bakery and Market
Brasserie
Brasserie 8 ½
Bread
Brgr
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
Broadway Bagels
Bruno Bakery
Buddakan
Buddha Bar
Burger Joint
Buttercup Bake Shop
Cacio e Pepe
Café at Country
Café Boulud
Café con Leche
Café du Soleil
Café Gray
Cafe Grumpy
Café Lalo
Café Mozart
Café Sabarsky
Cafeteria
Cake Man Raven Confectionery
Calle Ocho
Candle Café
Caracas Arepa Bar
Carmine’s
Carne
Carnegie Deli
Casa Mono
Caserta Vecchia
Ceci Cela
Celeste
Centolire
Centovini
Centrico
‘Cesca
Charles’ Southern Style Kitchen
Che Bella Pizza
Chevy’s Fresh Mex
ChikaLicious
Chinatown Brasserie
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Chipotle
Chocolate Show New York
Chocolat Michel Cluizel
Chocolats Debauve & Gallais
Chokolat Patisserie
Ciao Bella
Citarella
City Bakery
Clinton St. Baking Company
Co.
Cold Stone Creamery
Columbia Bagels
Columbus Bakery
Compass
Cones
Corner Bistro
Corton
Cottage
Country
Craft
Craftbar
Craftsteak
Crema Lita Ice Cream
Crepes on Columbus
Crispo
The Crooked Tree
Cru
Cub Room
Cucina & Co.
Cupcake Café
Da Ciro
Da Gennaro
Daisy May BBQ
Daniel
Danube
Davidburke & Donatella
David Burke at Bloomingdale’s
DB Bistro Moderne
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
Dean & Deluca
Degustation
Del Posto
DeMarco’s Pizzeria
De Robertis Pasticceria & Caffé
Despaña
Devi
Di Fara Pizza
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Domino’s Pizza
Donovan’s Pub
Donut Pub
Doughnut Plant
Dovetail
Dumpling House
Dumpling Man
Economy Candy
Eddie’s Sweet Shop
Edgar’s Cafe
Egg
Egg Custard King Café
Eileen’s Special Cheesecake
Eleven Madison Park
El Rey de la Caridad
El Sombrero
Emack and Bolio’s Ice Cream
Esca
Ess-a-Bagel
Estiatorio Milos
Faicco’s Pork Store
Fairway Market
Falai
Falai Panetteria
Famous Famiglia
Farinella
Fat Witch Brownies
Fatty Crab
Fauchon
Felidia
Ferrara Bakery & Café
Fiamma Osteria
15 East
Fika Espresso Bar
Financier Patisserie
5 Ninth
Five Points
Fleur de Sel
Flor de Mayo
Fork + Knife
Fornino
Frankies 17 Clinton Street Spuntino
Franny’s
Fried Dumpling
Friend of a Farmer
Full House Seafood Restaurant
Full Moon Pizzeria
Garden of Eden Gourmet Market
Gari
Gennaro
Georgia’s Bake Shop
Gilt
Gimme! Coffee
Gino’s Pastry Shop
Giorgione
Giovanni’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria
Gonzo
Gordon Ramsay at the London
Gotham Bar and Grill
Gramercy Tavern
Grandaisy Bakery
The Grey Dog’s Coffee
Grand Sichuan Int’l Midtown
Gray’s Papaya
Grimaldi’s
The Grocery
Grom
Grotto
H&H Bagels
Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream
Hallo Berlin
The Harrison
Heartbeat
Hearth
Highline
Hill Country
Homemade Bake Shop
Homer’s World Famous Malt Shop
Hong Kong Supermarket
Hot & Crusty
Hudson Cafeteria
Hummus Place
Hungarian Pastry Shop
Il Buco
Il Laboratorio del Gelato
Indian Café
‘ino
‘inoteca
Insieme
Ippudo
Island Burgers and Shakes
Ito En
Jacques-Imo’s
Jacques Torres Chocolate
Jean Georges
Jewel Bako
JG Melon
Joe’s Dairy

Joe’s Pizza
Joe’s Restaurant (Queens)
Joe’s Shanghai
Joe the Art of Coffee
John’s Pizzeria
JoJo
Junior’s Cheesecake
Kalustyan’s Market
Katz’s Deli
Kee’s Chocolates
Kesté Pizza & Vino
Kitchenette Uptown
Koronet
Kossar’s Bialys
Kuruma Zushi
Kyotofu
L&B Spumoni Gardens
La Bergamote
La Colombe
Lady M Cake Boutique
La Esquina
La Grenouille
La Lanterna di Vittorio
La Maison du Chocolat
La Mia Pizza Restaurant
Landmarc
La Pizza Fresca
L’Arte del Gelato
La Rosa Bakery
La Rosita
Las Ramblas
L’asso
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Le Bernadin
Le Monde

Lemongrass Grill
Lenny’s Bagels
Leonardo’s Caffé
Le Pain Quotidien
Levain Bakery
Likitsakos Market
Lil’ Frankie’s Pizza
L’Impero
Lincoln Café
The Little Owl
Little Pie Company
Lombardi’s
The London Bar at Gordon Ramsay
Lupa
Luzzo’s
M2m Mart
Mad Mac
Madeleine Patisserie
Madonia Brothers Bakery
Magnolia Bakery
Majestic Pizza and Calzone
Make My Cake
Mama Mexico
Mama’s Pizza
Mandarin Bakery
Mandarin Court
Mandoo Bar
March
MarieBelle
Mary’s Dairy
Mary’s Fish Camp
Mary’s Off Jane
Mas
Masa
Max Brenner Chocolate Café
Max SoHa
Megu
Mercer Kitchen
Mesa Grill
Mike’s Deli
Milano Market
Milk & Cookies
Minamoto Kitchoan
Minetta Tavern
Miss Mamie’s Spoonbread Too
Mitchel London Foods
The Modern – Dining Room
Moishe’s Kosher Bake Shop
Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar
Momofuku Ko
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Momofuku Ssäm Bar

Morimoto
Motorino
Moustache
Mister Softee
Murray’s Cheese Shop
Naples 45
Nathan’s Famous
Neuhaus Chocolatier
Nice Matin
Nick’s Pizza
Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches
Ninth Street Espresso
Nobu
NoLIta Ice Cream Factory
Nonna
Norma’s
Nougatine
Numero 28
Nussbaum and Wu
Oasis
Olive Garden
One Girl Cookies
Onera
The Orchard
Ottimo
Otto
Ouest
Palacinka
Pala Pizza Romana
Palombo Pastry Shop
Pampano Taqueria
Panino Sportivo Roma
Papa John’s Pizza
The Park
Patisserie Claude
Patsy’s Pizzeria
Payard Patisserie & Bistro
Pearson’s Texas Barbecue
Peasant
Peperoncino
Perilla
Perry St.
Per Se
Peter Luger
Petrossian Bakery
Picholine
PicNic Market and Café
Pie
Pierre Marcolini Chocolatier
Pinch – Pizza by the Inch
Pinkberry
Pink Tea Cup
Pinnacle Deli
Piola
Pisticci
Pizza 33
Playwright Tavern & Restaurant
Pommes Frites
P*ong
Porchetta
Prune
Public
Quality Meats
Rack & Soul
Rain
Raoul’s
The Red Cat
Regional
Rice to Riches
Richart Design et Chocolat
Rickshaw Dumpling Bar
Righteous Urban Barbeque
Ristorante La Grolla
Roberto’s
Rocco Pastry Shop
Room 4 Dessert
Rosa’s Pizza
Ruby et Violette
Russ & Daughters
Rue des Crepes
Sago Tea Café
Saigon Grill
Saint’s Alp Tea House
Sakagura
Sal and Carmine’s
Salumeria Rosi
San Domenico
Sant Ambroeus
Sapphire
Sarabeth’s
Scalini Fedeli
Serendipity 3
Settepani Bakery
71 Clinton Fresh Food
Sezz Medi
Shake Shack
Shakoor’s Sweet Tooth
Silver Moon Bakery
Something Sweet
Soutine Bakery
Spice Market
Spicy & Tasty
Spiga
The Spotted Pig
Sripraphai
Stage Deli
Stand
The Stanton Social
Starwich
Strip House
Strokos
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Suba
Sugar
Sugar Sweet Sunshine
Sullivan Street Bakery
Sumile Sushi
Sundaes and Cones
Sushi Lounge
Sushi Seki
Sushi Yasuda
Sweet Chef Southern Styles Bakery
The Sweet Life
Sweet Melissa Patisserie
Sweet-n-Tart Café
Symposium
Tabla
Tailor
Taqueria y Fonda La Mexicana
Tamarind
Tao
Tasti D-Lite Ice Cream
The Tasting Room
Tehuitzingo Deli and Grocery
Telepan
Tempo
Ten Ren’s Tea Time
Terrace in the Sky
Thalassa
Tia Pol
Tisserie
Tocqueville
Tom’s Restaurant
Totonno Pizzeria Napolitano
Trattoria 089
Tribeca Grill
Two Boots Pizzeria
Two Little Red Hens Bakery
202
Una Pizza Napoletana
Uncle Louie G Ice Cream
Union Square Café
Upstairs at Bouley Bakery
Ureña
Ushiwaka Maru
V&T Pizzeria
Varietal
Variety Coffee & Tea
Veloce Pizzeria
Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffé
Via Emilia
Viet-Nam Banh Mi So 1
V.I.P. Café & Bakery
Vong
Vosges Haut Chocolat
Waldy’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Penne
Wallse
WD-50
Westside Market
White Castle
Whole Foods
‘wichcraft
William Greenberg, Jr. Desserts
Wimp’s Southern Style Bakery
Wrapp Factory
Xando Cosi
Yakitori Totto
Yoghurt Place II
Yonah Schimmel Knishes
Zabar’s
Zaragoza Mexican Deli & Grocery
Zen Palate
Zibetto Espresso Bar

PARIS, FRANCE

À la Mère de Famille
Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée
Anahuacalli
Arnaud Larher
Au Boeuf Couronné
Au P’tit Grec
Au Pied de Cochon
Au Trou Gascon
Aux Lyonnais
Benkay
Berthillon Glacier
Boulangépicier
Boulangerie Julien
Café Angelina
Café Med
Café Ruc
Cantine de Quentin
Carette
Carré des Feuillants
Chez Denise
Chez Hamadi
Chez Michel
Chez l’Ami Jean
Christian Constant Chocolatier
Christophe
Dallayou
Delmontel
Fauchon
Fromagerie Alléosse
Fromagerie Laurent Dubois
Fromagerie Marie-Anne Cantin
Gérard Mulot
Galeries Lafayette
Gosselin
Grégory Renard
Guy Savoy
Hédiard
Jean-Paul Hévin
L’Ambroisie
L’Ardoise
L’Arpège
L’As du Falafel
L’Astrance
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
L’Avenue
L’Entredgeu
L’Epi Dupin
L’Etoile d’Or
La Bigarrade
La Grande Cascade
La Maison du Chocolat
La Maison du Miel
La Régalade
Ladurée
Le Boulanger de Monge
Le Bristol
Le Cinq
Le Clocher Pereire
Le Grand Épicerie
Le Grenier à Pain
Le Jardin d’Ivy
Le Pamphlet
Le Pré Catelan
Le Soufflé
Le Verre Volé
Le Violin d’Ingres
Ledoyen
Lenôtre
Les Ambassadeurs
Les Bouquinistes
Les Deux Magots
Les Papilles Gourmandes
Maison Kayser
Maison de la Truffe
Mi-Va-Mi Falafel
Mon Vieil Ami
Moulin de la Vierge
Pain d’Épis
Pain de Sucre
Patrick Roger Chocolatier
Pierre Gagnaire
Pierre Hermé
Poilâne
Ribouldingue
Rousseau et Seurre Patisserie
Sadaharu Aoki
Taillevent
Un Zebre a Montmartre

TOKYO, JAPAN

Aragawa
Dalloyou
Girandole
Gonpachi
Isetan depachika
Jisaku Tsukiji
Koju
Kozue
Kyubey
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Le Château de Joël Robuchon
L’Osier
MIST Chabuya Japan
Mitsukoshi depachika
Mochi Cream
New York Bar
New York Grill
Ningyocho Imahan
Odakyu depachika
Park Hyatt Tokyo Delicatessen
Pierre Gagnaire
Ryugin
Sukiyabashi Jiro
Sushi Kanesaka
Sushi Mizutani
Takashimaya depachika
Tapas Molecular Bar
Tofu-ya Ukai
Tokyu depachika
Tsukiji Market
Tsukiji Sushi-iwa
Tsunahachi
Ukai Toriyama

5 Comments to 'Asiate - New York'

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  • Food Snob said, October 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    Your list is devastatingly impressive.
    It’s depressing me.

  • Philip said, February 5th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Many compliments for your exhaustive reports – they are both intriguing and insightful.

    I am in Paris soon and would love a good recommendation for a hidden jewel (ie nothing mentioned in the Guide rouge) but along the same lines of L’Ami Jean or Le Comptoir du Relais – any info would be gratefully digested!

  • chubbychinesegirl said, November 10th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    wow what an impressive list!

  • Kelvin said, November 28th, 2009 at 1:51 am

    This is an amazing blog, you’ve inspired me. I’m going to eat my way through your list ;-)

    Missed out on Le Cinq in Paris last month, had to bail out of a reservation last minute, but will be doing Molecular Bar in Tokyo in a week. Trying to squeeze in Jiro but doesn’t look likely.

    Keep this going and I’ll try my best to catch up!

  • adam said, November 28th, 2009 at 6:45 am

    Thanks ! Let me know how your meal goes at the Molecular Bar. Have a safe and fun trip.

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