Other restaurants you admire?

[jaybee]

What restaurants, if any, represent models or standards of attainment for you?

[bluehill]

Thanks for you questions Jaybee,

There are many restaurants that we admire and strive to live up to the professional standards they set. Though I believe we have decidedly set our sights on our own course, here is list of restaurants that we look to for inspiration and dining pleasure:

L'Arpege

Trois Gros

L'Astrance

Joel

Fifth Floor

Daniel

The Slanted Door

[cabrales]

Dan & Mike -- Is your list presented in order, with the restaurant of greatest inspirational value to you listed first?

[bluehill]

Hi Cabrales!

The list was not in any order. We just picked the first places that came to mind. We were influenced by restaurants in which we have worked or already know and respect some of the individuals working there.