Eric Ripert’s Le Bernardin in NYC ranked No. 1 restaurant in US on influential La Liste survey
Manhattan’s French-inspired Le Bernardin was ranked the No. 1 restaurant in the US by influential survey La Liste for the fourth year running — bucking a pattern that venerates Asian delicacies over all others.
Eric Ripert’s gracious West 51st Street seafood mecca shared its 99.5 score (on a scale of 100) with only one other American eatery, Single Thread Restaurant & Inn in Healdsburg, Calif. The honor adopted Michelin’s renewal of Le Bernardin’s treasured three-star rating last month.
Although Michelin stays the gold customary, La Liste has made inroads, Ripert said.
“Michelin is still relevant and powerful, but La Liste is becoming more important,” Eric Ripert said. Credit: Courtesy of La Liste
“Michelin has 100 years in existence, and La Liste only 10,” he told us. “Michelin is still relevant and powerful, but La Liste is becoming more important.”
Paris-based La Liste differs from Michelin and other restaurant-rating platforms in that it’s algorithm-driven. Overall scores are based on elements including critics’ reviews, guidebooks, many sorts of media coverage and social-media postings.
Ripert said La Liste packs a punch with guests from Asia, particularly Japan, South Korea and China — a clientele that gives 30% of Le Bernardin’s dinner business.
The survey has also gained traction in Western Europe “and, of course, in France,” Ripert said.
Le Bernardin, which Ripert owns with longtime companion Maguy LeCoze, has loved singular endurance among high-end eating places since it opened in New York in 1986. It repeatedly earned 4 stars from the New York Times. After narrowly avoiding doom during the pandemic, its 110-seat eating room seats stay as a lot in demand as almost 4 many years in the past.
Visitors from Asia present 30% of Le Bernardin’s dinner business, Ripert said. Getty Images
Le Bernardin, which Ripert owns with longtime companion Maguy LeCoze, has loved singular endurance among high-end eating places since it opened in New York in 1986. Gabi Porter
La Liste was sort to other Manhattan locations, as nicely, with total scores just fractionally below Le Bernardin’s for Jungsik, Restaurant Daniel, Jean-Georges and Atomix.
“These kinds of honors are crucial to business, especially among travelers from overseas and especially during the holidays,” said one name-shy industry insider. “Owners don’t like to talk about it, but for the really elite places, November through New Year’s is make-or-break time just like it is for retailers.”
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