If you read No Salad As A Meal, then you know Haas has been posting a round of "best-of" lists the last few days. Today's post is the last one: Best restaurant overall. Spoiler alert: It's the French Laundry.
But then you knew that, right? The region's only Michelin three-star restaurant generally cleans up in these kinds of lists, even when written by an in-the-know food blogger.
Some of Haas's other areas of comparison leave more room for debate: No overall winners in the design and small plates categories? The opinions to forgo winners come defended, but we still think one ought to be able to choose. That's what making these lists is all about, right?
Still, there's a lot of great content here, and a bookmark on the page would be a handy tool for any full-time foodie or part-time explorer. Meanwhile, here's a summary of the winners:
Best overall: French Laundry
Best Bay Area original design: No winner (First runner-up: Foreign Cinema)
Best Bay Area dessert: Town Hall's Butterscotch and chocolate pot the crème topped with butter crunch
Best Bay Area restaurant burger: Spruce
Best Bay Area pizzeria: Pizzeria Delfina
Best Bay Area small plates: No winner (First runner-up: Beretta)
Best Bay Area brunch: Ad Hoc
Best Bay Area casual dining: Bouchon
Best Bay Area elegant casual dining: Spruce
Best Bay Area fine dining: The French Laundry
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