The 25 Best Restaurants In America

March, 1987

The 25 Best Restaurants in AmericaThere aren't many opportunities in life to say, "This is the best there is," but Playboy's restaurant poll comes close. In 1980, we first polled the nation's food critics, columnists and editors to identify the absolute best restaurants in America; that list, revised in 1984, stands as the grandfather of such rankings. The chefs and owners, an individualistic bunch, are said to regard them as the definitive selections in the restaurant industry. It is...