11. LE BERNARDIN
New York, NY
12. ELEVEN MADISON PARK
New York, NY
13. BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS
Pocantico Hills, NY
14. SUSHI YASUDA
New York, NY
15. ATELIER CRENN
San Francisco, CA
16. SAAM - THE CHEF'S TASTING ROOM
Los Angeles, CA
17. THE RESTAURANT AT MEADOWOOD
St. Helena, CA
18. PROVIDENCE
Los Angeles, CA
19. ATERA
New York, NY
20. KURUMA ZUSHI
New York, NY
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Saam - The Chef's Tasting Room
Los Angeles, CA

465 S. LA CIENEGA BLVD.
310-246-5545
WWW.THEBAZAAR.COM

What do you do if you still have a chunk of space left over after opening two tapas restaurants, a patisserie and one of L.A.'s liveliest bars? Well, if you're José Andrés, you reach across the country into your bag of tricks and open a variation of your popular Minibar. Thursdays through Saturdays, Andrés serves diners a 22-course, prix-fixe, avalanche of creative fare filled with creations like modern olives, bagel and lox steam bun, hot-and-cold foie gras soup with corn foam, Nitro Gazpacho and Not Your Everyday Caprese. And the extravaganza even includes space-age cocktails like a salt-air margarita. No wonder the experience was described as, "the ultimate adventure in small plates molecular cooking" and "the most innovative and playful cuisine in L.A.”