According to  The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025  list, the top ten in the world are  Maido   in Lima, Peru. Asador Etxebarri   in Atxondo, Spain. Quintonil   in Mexico City, Mexico. Diverxo   in Madrid, Spain. Alchemist   in Copenhagen, Denmark. Gaggan   in Bangkok, Thailand. Sézanne   in Tokyo, Japan. Table by Bruno Verjus   in Paris, France. Kjolle   in Lima, Peru. Don Julio   in Buenos Aires, Argentina.   In the above top 50 I've only been to Gaggan, twice.   Read about my first time in 2014 .  Chef Gaggan Anand is to my left.  But, no restaurants from the USA.  So I checked from #11 to #50 and found: Atomix, New York.  That's it.  Only one. Tokyo has two. Bangkok has five. In this annual Best 50 Restaurants selection, past winners are excluded.  Plus, several just closed down.  So I asked Google AI Overview to find a list of the most outstanding restaurants in histor...

I was planning to again find fault with Donald Trump, but no, that is getting tiresome.  The end to the Hamas-Israel War keeps being pushed forward, so no sense trying to predict anything.  Nothing new happening in Ukraine and I just am not interested in the fate of Hunter Biden. Condé Nast Traveler  sent me the just announced results of  The World's 50 Restaurants 2024 , so I will today summarize what happened.  This all began in  2002  when the water company, Pellegrino, led the way.  That other guide, was started by tire company  Michelin , and they began awarding stars in 1926.  Look for a huge centennial version in two years. All the ceremonial stuff took place at Wynn Las Vegas, and the top restaurant named was Disfrutar in Barcelona.  I was recently in that city, got no notice of this coming selection, and had as my best meal in the city  Popeye's Chicken .  Disfrutar was #2 last year.  All the chefs operating ...