This year's most expensive restaurants according to Forbes

by Jordan Running (RSS feed)
Oct 6th 2005 at 7:41PM

Forbes has declared 2005 over, at least for restaurants, and printed its Most Expensive U.S. Restaurants of 2005. At the top of the list—and leading all the others by an impressive margin—is New York's Masa at $366 per person, not including alcohol. Next is Grant Achatz' brand new Alinea in Chicago at a cheap-by-comparison $192, followed by The Herbfarm's expensive-for-Seattle $152. By the time you get to the end of the list, a $52 meal at T. Cook's in Phoenix seems like a bargain.

As an aside, why does only one of the pictures in Forbes' slideshow show actual people dining, and only three show any food? It's kind of creepy.

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Berkana Dec 18th 2005 6:13PM

I thought Chez Panisse would show up somewhere up there at $90+ per person. Sheesh, $366 per person?! (o_0)?! That food goes in the mouth and comes out as fecal matter. It might be good, but I can't imagine it being three Benjamin's worth of good. What a waste. That better be some amazing food, or their clients have more money than brains.

Paul Dec 18th 2005 6:13PM

This list seems to be EXTREMELY inaccurate, I have defiantly been to a few restaurants in NYC that cost more the $200 prix fixe before drinks and tip, and there are dozens that cost more then $100 per person before drinks and tip, but this list goes all the way down to $53, which, really isn't that expensive at all, without telling us what their limiting criteria is, this list is kinda stupid, and arbitrary.