2017 restaurants

Restaurants, 2015     Restaurants, 2016      Hotels booked, 2016
(In progress; I'll try to improve these as I get time)

Restaurants (and a few other businesses) visited on the blog Eating Every Day, 2017

KEY:

*100 on my list of 100 indispensable restaurants

 

•FIVE on my list of FIVE indispensable restaurants

 

y: I will go again

 

ok: I may go again

 

n: I will not go again

These judgments are personal and have little or nothing to do with “quality”

DISCLAIMER: My wife and I are among the original and continuing partners of Chez Panisse, in Berkeley. We are there fairly often, and readers will be excused for thinking we may have a biased view of the excellences of that restaurant. I try to be objective.

CALIFORNIA

SONOMA COUNTY

y    Handline Restaurant, 935 Gravenstein Highway, Sebastopol; 707-829-1977 (1/23/2017)
y    Monti's, 714 Village Court, Santa Rosa, California; 707-568-4404 (1/25/17)

y   •Cocoa Planet, 921 Broadway, Sonoma, California; +1 (707) 721-1275 Feb. 23

100   •El Molina Central, 11 Central Avenue, Sonoma; +1 (707) 939-1010 Feb. 23; March 21St 5

y   •Ca Bianca, 835 2nd Street, Santa Rosa, California; +1 (707) 542-5800 March 29

 

y   •Downtown Bakery and Creamery, 308A Center Street, Healdsburg; (707) 431-2719 May 1

 

y   •Yeti Restaurant, 190 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa; +1 (707) 521-9608 April 31

 

y   •Willi's Seafood & Raw Bar, 403 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg; +1 (707) 433-9191 May 4

 

y   •Rosso Pizzeria & Mozzarella Bar, 151 Petaluma Blvd South, Petaluma; +1 (707) 772-5177 May 14

 

y   •Thistle Meats, 160 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma; 707-772-5442 May 14

 

y   •Preston Farm and Winery, 9282 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg;707-433-3372 May 16

San Francisco

ok   Trestle, 531 Jackson Street, San Francisco; +1 (415) 772-0922 (2/7/2017)

ok   •Flour + Water, 2401 Harrison Street, San Francisco; +1 (415) 826-7000 Feb. 22

Berkeley
•FIVE    CHEZ PANISSE and CAFÉ, 1517 Shattuck Avenue; 510-548-5525 (1/20/2017)

y    Bartavelle Coffee & Wine Bar, 1603 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley; +1 (510) 524-2473 Feb. 14

•Summer Kitchen & Bake Shop, 2944 College Avenue, Berkeley; 510-981-0538 Feb. 17; May 16

•Ici Ice Cream, 2948 College Avenue, Berkeley; 510-665-6054 Feb. 17

ok   The Wolf, 3853 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland; +1 (510) 879-7953  Feb. 16

POINTS SOUTH

n   •Great Shakes, 160 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California; +1 (760) 327-5300 March 16

ok   •In-N-Out Burger, 331 Railroad Canyon Road, Lake Elsinore, California; +1 (800) 786-1000 March 16

ok   •Bistro 45, 45 South Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, California; +1 (626) 795-2478 March 17

y   •The Raymond Restaurant, 1250 South Fair Oaks Avenue, South Pasadena; +1 (626) 441-3136 March 18

100   •Union, 37 E Union Street, Pasadena, California; +1 (626) 795-5841 March 19

OREGON

Ashland and vicinity

•FIVE New Sammy's Cowboy Bistro, 2210 South Pacific Highway, Talent, Oregon; +1 (541) 535-2779 (1/27/2017)
y    Flip, 92 N Main Street, Ashland; open every day 11-9k (2/5/2017)

Portland

y    Broder Nord, 2240 North Interstate Avenue, Portland; +1 (503) 282-5555 (1/30/2017)
y    Ken's Artisan Bakery, 338 NW 21st Avenue, Portland; +1 (503) 248-2202 (1/30/2017)
y    Chesa, 2218 NE Broadway, Portland; +1 (503) 477-9521 (2/1/2017)
y    Maurice A Pastry Luncheonette, 921 SW Oak Street, Portland; +1 (503) 224-9921 (2/4/2017)
y    Altabira, 1021 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon; 📞503-963-3600; 31 December

 

ITALY

 

 

Rome

 

y    Roscioli Caffè, Piazza Benedetto Cairoli 16, Rome; +39 06 89165330 April 4

ok    Da Francesco, Piazza del Fico 29, Rome; +39 06 6864009 April 5

y    Eataly Rome, Piazzale 12 Ottobre 1492, Roma; +39 06 90279201 April 6

ok    Trattoria da Teo, Piazza dei Ponziani 7A, Rome; +39 06 5818355 April 8

y    •Emma, Via del Monte della Farina 28, Rome; +39 06 64760475 April 9 Nov 23

y    •Caffè Novecento, Via del Governo Vecchio 12d, Rome; +39 06 6865242 April 12

ok    •C'era una Volta, Piazzale Enrico Dunant 13, Rome; +39 06 536278 April 13 Nov 19, 21

y    •Litro, Via Fratelli Bonnet 5, Rome; +39 06 45447639 April 15; April 24 Nov 22, 24

ok    •Fast Food Eat Street Food, Piazza Trilussa, Rome; +39 06 580 9456 April 18

ok    •Max Roma, Viale Aventino 20, Rome; +39 06 64420669

ok    •Cafeteria, Scavi Di Ostia Antica, Viale Dei Romagnoli 717, Ostia Antica, Rome; +39 337 1175780 April 22

100    •Da Cesare, Via del Casaletto, 45, Rome; +39 06 536015 April 23 Nov 23

100    •Osteria Palmira, Via Abate Ugone 29, Rome; +39 06 58204298 April 24

y    •Fatamorgana, Via Roma Libera 11, Rome; 📞+39 06 58036 15 Nov 24

y    •La Casa del Caffè Tazza d'Oro, Via degli Orfani 84, Rome; 📞+39 06 67897 92 Nov 24

y    •Grappolo d'Oro, Piazza della Cancelleria 80, Rome; 📞+39 06 68970 80 Nov 24

y    •L'Osteria di Monteverde, Via Pietro Cartoni 163, Rome; 📞+39 06 53273 887 Nov 20
y    •Piperno, Monte de' Cenci 9, Rome; 📞+39 06 68806 629 Nov 25

 

Lake Como

 

y    •Albergo Del Sole, Piazza San Giorgio 17, Varenna; 📞+39 0341 815218 Nov 18

y    •Ristorante Darsene di Loppia, Via Melzi d'Eril 1, Bellagio; 📞+39 339 42.29.884 Nov 17

ok  •Cafè Retrò Ristorante Tivoli, via Generale Guisan 6, Paradiso, Switzerland; 📞+41 91 993 16 54 Nov 12

ok  •L'Antico Pozzo, Salita Mella 26, Bellagio, Italy; 📞+39 031 951644

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS

y    •Restaurant De Heerlijckheyt Het Loo, Koningstraat 1, Apeldoorn; 📞+31 55 521 3997 Nov 10

y    •Bitter En Zoet, 9341 AR Veenhuizen; 📞+31 592 385 002 Nov 9

y    •De Jufferen Lunsingh, Hoofdweg 13, Westvelde; 📞+31 592 612 618 Nov 9

ok    •De Vollenhoofse Poort, Stationsweg 3, Zwartsluis; 📞+31 38 386 61 40 Nov 9

y    •Berg en Dal, Hoog Soeren 30; 📞+31 56 519 12 19 Nov 9

y    •Bakkerij Job, Stationsstraat 22A, Gieten; 📞+31 592 26 06 56

y    •Museum Landgoed Fraeylemaborg, Hoofdweg 30 Slochteren; 📞+31 598 42 15 68

y    •Cafe de Paris, ? 6 de Millystraat, Zuidlaren

y    •Brink Croissanterie, Brink 19B, Ruinen; 📞+31 522 47 14 72

y    •Hotel Wesseling, Brink 26, Dwingeloo, Netherlands; 📞+31 521 59 15 44

y    •Hotel Zwartewater, De Ulakte 20, Zwartsluis, tel , Netherlands; 📞+31 038-3866444

ok    •Restaurant Grachthof, Binnenpad 54, Giethoorn, Netherlands; 📞 +31 521 361 270

ok    •Tapas Barca, Bierkade 1, Blokzijl, Netherlands; 📞+31 527 76 91 20

y    •Hotel Geertien, Muggenbeet 3, Blokzijl, Netherlands; 📞+31 527 29 12 45

100•Vuurtoreneiland, Amsterdam harbor; 📞+31 020 362 16 64

y    •Mads, Zoutkeetsplein 1, Amsterdam; 📞+31 20 303 45 25

y    •De Vier Pilaren, Stadhouderskade 11, Amsterdam; 📞+31 20 363 68 31

y    •Wolf Atelier, Westerdoksplein 20, Amsterdam; 📞+31 20 344 64 28

ok    •De Gouden Reael, Zandhoek 14, Amsterdam; 📞+31 020 623 3883

y    •Bak Restaurant, Van Diemenstraat 410, Amsterdam; 📞+31 20 737 25 53

100•Worst, Barentszstraat 171, Amsterdam; 📞+31 20 625 61 67