Thursday, January 19, 2012

I'd Like A Side Of Conversation With That Meal Please!

Don't you just hate it when you are getting together with people for dinner and as you exit to leave you realize you have not had one decent conversation due to the noise? You've shouted out a few highlights of your story but everyone is smiling at the sad stories and saying "yes" when you haven't posed a question. It seems the older I get the more I find myself saying, "let's just go some place quiet to eat". Well, I must not be alone in that thought because last year "Town & Country " magazine published an article titled "The Quietest Restaurants In the World". So I thought I'd share a few of these places with you!

BOSTON

L'Espalier, 774 Boylston Street, 617-262-3023
Locke-Ober, 3 Winter Place, 617-542-1340
No. 9 Park, 9 Park Street, 617-742-9991
Radius, 8 High Street, 617-426-1234

CHICAGO

Alinea, 1723 North Halstead, 312-867-0110
Il Mulino, 1150 North Dearborn, 312-440-8888
Pane Caldo, 72 East Walton Street, 312-649-0055
Pelago,201 East Delaware Place


DALLAS

Bijoux, 5450 West Lovers Lane, 214-350-6100
The French Room at the Adolphus, 1221 Commerce Street, 214-742-8200
The Mansion at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, 2921 Turtle Creek boulevard, 214-559-2100


LOS ANGELES

The Belvedere at The Peninsula at Beverly Hills, 9882 South Santa Monica Boulevard, 310-975-2736
Bouchon Bistro, 235 North Canon Drive, 310-271-9910
Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Boulevard, 310-887-2777
Sushi Dokoro Ki La Ra, 9777 South Santa Monica Boulevard, 310-275-9003
The Tower Bar at The Sunset Tower Hotel, 8358 Sunset Boulevard, 323-848-6677


lONDON

Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, Park Lane
Cecconi's, 5A Burlington Gardens
Green's Restaurant and Oyster Bar, 36 Duke Street
Le Gavroche, 43 Upper Brook Street
L'Oranger, 5 St. James Street
The Square, 6-10 Bruton Street


MIAMI

Grazie, 701 North Washington Avenue, 305-673-1312
Ola, 1745 James Avenue, 305-695-9125
Quinn's, 640 Ocean Drive, 305-673-6400


MILAN

Montecristo, 17 Via Giuseppe Prina
Ristorante Acanto, 17 Piazza Della Repubblica
Ristorante Giacomo, 6 Via Pasquale Sottocorno


NEW YORK

Annisa, 13 Barrow Street, 212-741-6699
Estiatorio Milos, 125 West 55th Street, 212-245-7400
I Trulli, 122 East 27th Street, 212-481-7372
Kajitsu, 414 East 9th Street, 212-228-4873
Lincoln Restaurant, 142 West 75th Street, 212-359-6500
Marea, 240 Central Park South, 212-582-5100
Savoy, 70 Prince Street, 212-219-8570
Sistina, 1555 Second Avenue, 212-861-7660


PARIS

Bar Vendome at the Ritz Paris, 15 Place Vendome
Helene Darroze, 4 Rue d'Assas
Le Pre Catelan, Route De Suresnea, Bois de Boulogne
Les Bouquinistes, 53 Quai des Grands Augustins
Les Ombres, 27 Quai Branly
Restaurant Lasserre, 17 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt
Restaurant Laurent, 41 Avenue Gabriel


SAN FRANCISCO

Acquerello, 1822 Sacramento Street, 415-567-5432
Bushi-Tei, 1638 Post Street, 415-440-4959
Fino, 624 Post Street, 415-928-2080
Fleur de Lys, 777 Sutter Street, 415-673-7779
Quince, 470 Pacific Avenue, 415-775-8500
Spruce, 3640 Sacramento Street, 415-931-5100


SHANGHAI

Tang Dynasty, 2 Thumb Plaza, Lame 199 Fang Dian Road
Whampoa Club, 3 Zhong Shan Yi Road
Ye Shanghai, 338 Huang Pi Nan Road


SYDNEY

Aria, 1 Macquarie Street
Catalina, Lyne Park
Quay, Overseas Passenger Terminal


WASHINGTON, D.C.

1789, 1226 36th Street, 202-975-1789
Equinox, 818 Conneticut Avenue NW, 202-331-8118
Michel Richard Citronelle, 3000 M Street NW, 202-625-2150
Obelisk, 2029 P Street NW, 202-872-1180
Tosca, 1112 F Street NW, 202-367-1990


Now go out to dinner and talk it up! (which may actually make it not so quiet afterall!)

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