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The Fedora

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  1. If the question were what restaurant is doing the most innovative food or the most modern food I would have 100% no problem believing they would be likely fine dining in a large metro area, but that isn't what the list allegedly is. It stands the reason that the best restaurant serves the most delicious food because I had always assumed good food tastes good. I remember reading reviews of elBulli where the diners made remarks along the line of "well, food like this isn't being judged on how good it tastes" or "it's hard to quantify this kind of cooking in terms of taste" and there is a certain novelty to toying with textures or preconceived expectations. There is also something about riffs on classic dishes with modern technique, but when asked people like Thomas Keller say their favorite food is something incredibly simple, something from their childhood. Thumbing through Grant Achatz biography I remember a story he tells when he realizes he's just had the best meal of his life cooked by someone's grandma in a hole in the wall after being thoroughly disappointed by several three star restaurants. That being the case, I just cannot believe that anything at Noma, Alinea or Can Roca is just that much mindblowingly more delicious than the perfect ramen or perfect po boy that they deserve to be on the list and the hole in the walls don't. That isn't even to say anything about the restaurants in between. I guess it has a lot to do with how you define the best, and my definition is just the most delicious food, even ignoring the frill and price tag to match, the most delicious food in the world is probably not being served in those restaurants.
  2. It's because these lists are BS. What the list should be called is "50 best restaurants in cities that are fashionable to visit or live in." Nobody is ever going to convince me that all but one of the best restaurants in the US are within 75 miles of NYC or SF. I literally could not agree with this anymore. You're also not going to convince me that just about all of the best places to eat in the world are fine dining. This is a list of what's hip and has name recognition for the most part.
  3. That misses the point as far as I can see. The question as I interpret it is "does religion have a place in restaurants?" It was not addressing the main topic, but addresses a point several other posters have brought up regarding the nature of Christians in pushing their beliefs on others. In regards to whether religion belongs or not, that is entirely the choice of the owner as much as it is their choice what food they serve. If the goal of a restaurant is to be as appealing as possible to the widest group of people, then every restaurant should just be a McDonald's. I have a million things to disagree with McDonald's on though, I'm not part of their demographic, should I take that as being personally slighted? By serving meat or only kosher meat or foie gras a restaurant already pretty clearly expresses where it stands on certain issues. They have that freedom just as I have to freedom to vote with my feet and my dollars and go elsewhere. The restaurant will either go on without me or not. If not they'll change to meet my needs or close. It's pretty simple. If they're in an overwhelmingly Christian neighborhood and they see all their regulars at church and afterward at their restaurant, it probably does add to the comfort of their customers. The someone who comes in, eats there once, and then never comes back because they disagree with the restaurant's views has very little say in the restaurants decor, and rightfully so.
  4. Now there seems to be a huge logical fallacy going on in this thread. That because some, as in the minority, Christians behave a certain way that is offensive, therefor all Christians behave that way and as such any reference to their religious scripture is offensive. Are these people members of the Westboro church? Seems like if they were you would be tipped off by something a good deal more visually arresting than a framed invitation to have a grateful heart. Why this would be anymore offensive than a Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist, Zoroastrian prayer or whatever is beyond me. Did they ask you to pray over your food before delivering it first? No? Well then.
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