101 Best Restaurants In America Slideshow

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by Anonymous, Mar 06, 2011 @ 2:33 PM

How about giving credit to its former chef de cuisine Ryan Smith who was the REAL genius behind the success of this restaurant. Thank god he's left for better things at Empire State South. Linton is a boob and can't cook to save his life.

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#66 Eugene, Atlanta, Ga.

Eugene pays homage to those who grow the local produce they use right on the menu. The list typically includes around two dozen farms, dairies, and even elementary school gardens, and pays tribute to the ingredients by altering them as little as possible while making everything in the kitchen from scratch. Named as one of Food and Wine's Best Chefs of 2009, Linton Hopkins offers refined dishes, such as his wild mushroom tasting plate, that come from the ingenuously rustic roots he describes as "folkways meeting Escoffier."

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