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Le Bernardin Wins Luxist's Editors' Choice Award for Best in Fine Dining

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Le Bernardin in New York is nominated for a Luxist Award for Best Seafood Restaurant

Considered "a legend in fine dining", Le Bernardin is one of the most influential seafood restaurants in America, if not the entire world. The midtown Manhattan restaurant holds three stars from the formidable The Michelin Guide and has a coveted four-star status from the New York Times.

Le Bernardin lives up to all that is expected from one of the finest restaurants in the world. From the exceptional food to the understated elegance of its dining room and formal, yet friendly service, Le Bernardin is the whole package, and thus it has been selected as Luxist's Editors' Choice Award Winner for the Best in Fine Dining.

A seafood restaurant with French roots, Le Bernardin's Executive Chef and co-owner is Eric Ripert. Born in Antibes and trained in France, the award-winning chef's background is impressive and includes stints at such legendary restaurants as the Tour D'Argent in Paris. He has worked with and learned from some of the most famous chefs around, including Joel Robuchon and Jean-Louis Palladin. A student no longer, Ripert is now considered one of their peers. "Ripert is unquestionably the finest seafood chef in the world," wrote Alan Richman in his article The Seven Temples of the Food World in the October 2007 issue of GQ.

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The French Laundry Wins the Luxist Award for Best Domestic Restaurant

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Few fine restaurants boast a past as sordid as The French Laundry. Even so, the Yountville, Calif. eatery is consistently rated among the world's best, and is the Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice winner in the best fine domestic dining category.

In the late 1880s, the building that currently contains the three Michelin star French Laundry was a humble saloon. When a town ordinance mandated that no alcohol be served within two miles of Yountville, the building was converted first into a brothel, then to a French steam laundry by the 1920s. In 1974, the town's mayor bought the laundry and converted it into a restaurant; twenty years later it was purchased by current owner and chef Thomas Keller.

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Auberge du Soleil Wins the Luxist Award for Best Romantic Restaurant

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Auberge du Soleil is nominated for a Luxist Award for Most Romantic Restaurant.

Enjoying a glass of wine at sunset in California's Napa Valley is one of the best ways to start an intimate evening, and the restaurant at Auberge du Soleil offers a chance to do just that. Auberge du Soleil is the Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award winner in the best romantic restaurant category.

Founded in 1981 by San Francisco restaurateur Claude Rouas, the eatery helped spawn the wave of popularity currently enjoyed by the entire Napa area. In 1985, Rouas and business partner Robert Harmon opened the inn---in French, auberge---to host visitors to the California wine country. He envisioned both the restaurant and the inn as a tribute to his beloved Provence, and, true to form, both continue to be exactly that.

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Le Bernardin Wins the Luxist Award for Best Seafood Restaurant

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A world-renowned New York restaurant that has received numerous awards, Le Bernardin, is also the winner of the Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award for Best Seafood Restaurant.

A seafood restaurant with French roots, Le Bernardin is known for its understated elegance. The mid-town Manhattan restaurant is beautifully and tastefully decorated: the restaurant reportedly spends $12,000 a month on fresh flowers. Its menu is extensive and includes such delectable dishes as warm lobster carpaccio, smoked yellow fin tuna, "prosciutto", bread crusted red snapper, crispy black bass and whole red snapper baked in rosemary and thyme salt crust. There are several tasting menus from which to choose, including Le Bernardin's Tasting Menu, which costs $138 per person, or $225 with wine pairing, per person. The prix fixe dinner costs $112 per person.

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Strip House Wins the Luxist Award for Best Steakhouse

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Strip House in New York is nominated for a Luxist Award for Best Steakhouse

Strip House, the famed New York steakhouse that opened in 2000 on East 12th Street just off of Fifth Avenue, is the winner of the Luxsit Awards' Readers' Choice Award for Best Steakhouse.

The restaurant's name is a double entendre that relates to both the delectable strip steaks as well as its seductive, yet sophisticated decor. The interior was designed by David Rockwell and offers a clubby yet striking atmosphere with deep red leather booths. The walls are adorned with black and white images of women that pays homage to the female form. The collection was photographed by Studio Manasse in Vienna in the early 1900's.

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Restaurant Guy Savoy Wins the Luxist Award for Best International Restaurant

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Fewer than 100 restaurants in the entire world have received Michelin's coveted three-star rating, and even fewer enjoy the renown of Restaurant Guy Savoy. The Paris eatery is also the winner of a Luxist Awards' Readers' Choice Award in the best international fine dining category.

Guy Savoy opened his first Paris restaurant in 1980 at the age of 27. Within five years, Savoy had earned two Michelin stars and Savoy was well on his way to becoming one of the world's most celebrated chefs. In 1987, he moved into the current Restaurant Guy Savoy location on Rue Troyon-all the while helping to establish Nouvelle Cuisine, a lighter approach to French cooking. Savoy earned a third Michelin star in 2002 and soon expanded internationally, opening a Las Vegas location in 2006 (a Luxist Awards nominee in the Best Domestic category).

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The Nominees for the Best in Fine Dining

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Luxist readers nominated and voted for the restaurants that they believe are the best-of-breed around the world. Below, are their favorite places to wine and dine within such categories as Best Steakhouse, Best Seafood, Most Romantic, Best Domestic and Best International restaurant.

Best Steakhouse
The first nominee is a classic steakhouse with a contemporary twist while the second nominee is a bonafied New York institution, having been in the business since 1887. The third nominee is the quintessential steakhouse that dry ages its beef on the premises while the fourth nominee is both seductive and sophisticated. The final nominee was designed to evoke the elegant supper clubs of 1940's Manhattan.

Cut
Peter Luger Steak House
Smith & Wollensky
Strip House
The Prime Rib

Best Seafood
The first nominee is a landmark for Boston's best seafood while the second nominee is one of the most celebrated seafood restaurants in the world. The third nominee has been a famous destination for its stone crabs for nearly 100 years while the fourth regularly offers fresh seafood that is flown in from around the world. The last nominee is known for its innovative cuisine with a Japanese twist.

Atlantic Fish
Le Bernardin
Joe's Stone Crab
L20
Nobu Miami Beach

Best Romantic
The first nominee offers seasonal American fare that is locally grown while the second features classic creole in one of the country's most romantic cities. The third nominee is so romantic that marriage proposals are commonplace there. The fourth nominee offers award-winning dining with small town charm while the final nominee is a culinary destination in the heart of the California wine country.

Blue Hill New York
Emeril's Delmonico
One if by Land, Two if by Sea
The Inn at Little Washington
The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil

Best Domestic
The first nominee offers innovative cuisine in the Windy City while the second is a New York icon as famous for its cuisine as it is for its stunning decor. The third nominee is consistently ranked among the world's best restaurants while the fourth is an award-winning restaurant named after its owner who is a world-renowned chef. The final nominee is the American outpost of a Parisian star that is known for its innovative nouvelle cuisine.

Charlie Trotter's
Four Seasons
The French Laundry
Masa
Restaurant Guy Savoy

Best International
The first nominee offers an eclectic menu in a breathtaking 14th century former convent while the second nominee offers world-class dining in a stunningly beautiful location. The third nominee is the finest restaurant down under while the fourth is the Paris home of one of the world's most celebrated chefs. The final nominee is among the most famous of restaurants in the world and is a star in the city of lights.

Il Canto (Siena)
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's (London)
Quay (Sydney)
Restaurant Guy Savoy (Paris)
Taillevent (Paris)

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